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Chapter 8 Vocabulary
mrs. Hunt U.S. History Ch. 8 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1.) Progressivism | movement that responded to the industry pressures of industrialization |
| 2.) Muckraker | writer who uncovered and exposed misconduct in business or politics |
| 3.) Social Gospel | reform movement that emerged to improve society by applying Christian principles |
| 4.) Settlement Houses | community houses organized to provide social services to the poor |
| 5.) Direct Primary | citizens vote for nominees for upcoming elections |
| 6.) Initiative | a proposed new law at the ballet placed there by citizens |
| 7.) Referendum | process that allows citizens to approve or reject laws |
| 8.) Recall | process by which voters can remove elected officials from office |
| 9.) NCL | 1899, investigated the conditions with which goods were made and sold and to promote safe conditions for work and low wages |
| 10.) Temperance Movement | movement aimed at stopping alcohol abuse and the resulting problems |
| 11.) Suffrage | the right to vote |
| 12.) NAWSA | 1890, worked on both national and state levels to give women the right to vote |
| 13.) Nineteenth Amendment | constitutional amendment that gave women the right to vote |
| 14.) Americanization | assimilating immigrants into our society would make them loyal citizens |
| 15.) Niagara Movement | 1905, group of African Americans that pushed for voting and educational reforms |
| 16.) NAACP | 1909, abolished segregation and discrimination and to achieve rights for African Americans |
| 17.) Urban League | network of churches and clubs that helped African Americans settle and find work in the cities |
| 18.) Mutualistas | mexican group that made loans and provided legal assistance to members of their community |
| 19.) Square Deal | Roosevelt's program of reforms keeping the wealthy from taking advantage of the smaller businesses |
| 20.) Hepburn Act | 1906, a law passed to give government the ability to set railroad rates and prices for ferries |
| 21.) Meat Inspection Act | 1906, a law passed that allowed the government to inspect meat sold past state lines |
| 22.) Pure Food and Drug Act | 1906, law allowing inspection of food and medicines that banned interstate shipment |
| 23.) National Reclamation Act | 1902, law giving the federal government the power to decide where and how water is distributed by dams |
| 24.) New Nationalism | Roosevelt's plan to recover the governments trustbusting power |
| 25.) Progressive Party | 1912, party that emerged from the Taft-Roosevelt battle that split the Republican party |
| 26.) New Freedom | Wilson's program to place government controls on cooperations in order to benefit small businesses |
| 27.) Sixteenth Amendment | 1913, gave Congress the authority to levy and income tax |
| 28.) Federal Reserve Act | 1913, law passed for national banks to be under the control of the federal reserve board |
| 29.) Federal Trade Commission | 1914, identify monopolistic business practices, false advertising, etc. |
| 30.) Clayton Antitrust Act | 1914, law strengthening the Sherman Antitrust Act |
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