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Nate's ch.21 review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Pure Food and Drug Act | prohibited manufacture, sale and transport of contaminated or mislabeled food or drug |
| 17th Amendment | allowed Americans to directly vote for US Senators |
| Square Deal | interests of business people, laborers and consumers should be balanced |
| Payne-Aldrich Tariff | reduced taxes on some imported goods but raised others |
| Conservation Movement | protects and preserves nature so people can enjoy its beauty |
| Wiliam Howard Taft | angered progressives with cautious reforms |
| Woodrow Wilson's reforms | pushed for banking and tariff reforms; wanted better working conditions for working class Am. |
| National American Woman Suffrage Association | founded by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony in 1890; promote women's suffrage |
| 19th Amendment | women's right to vote |
| Booker T. Washington | born into slavery; became respected educator at young age |
| NAACP | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; called for economic and educational equality for Afr. Am. |
| Women's Christian Temperance Union | 1874 fought for the adoption of local and state laws banning alcohol |
| child labor | some likes, others did not; a law was later made to make it illegal |
| capitalism | economic system where private businesses run most industries and competition determines price of goods |
| socialism | system where the government owns and operates a country's means of production |
| reason for the triangle shirtwaist fire | doors locked and fire escapes were blocked because boss was worried about theft |
| Muller v. Oregon | court case that upheld laws restricting women's work hours |
| Industrial Workers of the World | union that welcomed immigrants, women, Afr. Am.s and others not allowed into AFL |
| John Dewey | inspired teachers across country; Dewey Decimal System in the library |
| Robert M. LaFollette | decreased power of political machines |
| referendum | allows voters to approve or reject a law already passed or proposed by gov't body |
| muckrakers | group of journalists who exposed the worst of society; raised public awareness |
| political machines | powerful organizations that used legal and illegal methods to get their candidate elected to public offices |
| Spoils Sstem | practice where a political party gives govt jobs to unqualified people for supporting their party |
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