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Progressivism: Vocab
U.S. History
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Jacob Riis | Exposed the slums through photography |
| Ida Tarbell | Revealed Rockefeller; wrote a report condemning business practices of Standard Oil Company |
| Lincoln Steffens | lead muckracker, wrote several articles on city corruption. Published the- Shame of the Cities |
| Robert M. La Follet | progressive governor who desired through ambitious agenda or reforms. |
| Frances Willard | Head of the WCTU, made it a powerful force for temperance and for the rights of women |
| Carry Nation | smashed saloons in Kansas, urged woman to do the same, known in temperance mov. for fiery speeches, dramatic raids |
| Susan B. Anthony | Womans Rights Movement |
| Upton Sinclair | Wrote "The Jungle" |
| Theodore Roosevelt | President |
| John Muir | naturalist who convinced the gov. to preserve Yosemite |
| Gifford Pinchot | conversationalist that wanted to protect the countries national environment |
| William Howard Taft | easy-going, cautious lawyer, had a strained view of presidency |
| Hiram W. Johnson | popular gov. of California |
| Woodrow Wilson | democrat, won election, New Freedom, Federal Reserve Act, Clayton Antitrust Act |
| Alice Paul | activist that formed the Congressional Union for Womens Suffrage |
| Marcus Garvey | Back to Africa Movement |
| Muckrackers | journalists who exposed corruption and problems for society |
| 17th Amendment | Allowed American voters to directly elect U.S. senators |
| Initiative | method of allowing voters to propose a new law on the ballot for public approval |
| Referendum | procedure that allows voters to approve or reject laws already proposed or passed by gov. |
| Recall | a vote to remove an official from office |
| Tenement | poorly built, overcrowded housing for immigrants |
| Prohibition | ban on alcohol that became law in 1920, ban was lifted in 1933 |
| Womans Christian Temperance Union | reform organization that led the fight against alcohol |
| 18th Amendment | prohibition of intoxicating liquids |
| National American Woman Suffrage Association | founded by Cody Stanton and Susan B. Anthony in 1890 to help obtain woman the right to vote |
| The Jungle | muckracking novel written by Upton Sinclair. It exposed horrific working conditions and unsanitary manufacturing |
| Bully Pulpit | platform used to publicize and seek support for important issues |
| Square Deal | Teddy's 1904 campaign slogan, promises fairness in all labor deals |
| Elkins Act | law passed by congress, prohibited railroads from accepting rebates from their best customers |
| Hepburn Act | authorized Interstate commerce commission to set max. railroad rates and gave power to regulate other companies |
| Meat Inspection Act | required Fed. Gov. inspection of meat shipped across state lines |
| Pure Food and Drug Act | forbade manufactured, sale, or transport of food and medicine containing harmful ingredients, required labels |
| Newlands Reclamation Act | allowed Fed. Gov. to build irrigational projects to make marginal land productive |
| 16th Amendment | allowed congress to levy taxes based in individuals income |
| New Freedom | Woodrow Wilsons plan of reform, called for tariff reductions, banking reforms, a stronger antitrust legislation |
| Federal Reserve Act | created a central fund from which banks could borrow to prevent collapse during financial panic. |
| Clayton Antitrust Act | prohibited companies from buying the stock of competing companies in order to form a monopoly |
| 19th Amendment | gave woman the right to vote |
| Brownsville Incident | accusation of African Americans |
| NAACP | fought for rights of African Americans |
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