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history chapter 5 vc
reform and the progressive movement
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| national grange | the national grange is an organization that promotes laws that are helpful to farmers |
| gold standard | The gold standard was an economic idea in witch all paper money was backed by gold from the united states treasury |
| inflation | inflation is a sharp quick rise in prices |
| depression | a depression is a time when business activity is slow and many people a unemployed |
| civil service | civil service jobs are jobs in the federal government |
| settlement house | provides poor people with services such as english classes, summer camp for children, and day care for the children of mothers who work. |
| suffrage | suffrage is the rite to vote |
| muckrakers | writer who exposes political and social wrongdoings in business and in government. Muckrakers got their nicknames because they ranked up the muck, or dirt, in american life. |
| trustbusters | a person who tries to break up and punish buisness trust |
| conservation | conservation is the protection and wise use of earths natural recorses. |
| third party | a third party is a political party other than the two main parties |