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Progressivism
Term | Definition |
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Progressivism | group of reform movements of the late 1800s that focused on urban problems, such as the plight, poor sanitation, and corrupt political machines. |
Muckrakers | a term coined for journalists who "raked up" and exposed corruption and problems of society. |
Seventeenth Amendment | a constitutional amendment allowing American voters to directly elect U.S. senators. |
Initiative | a method of allowing voters to propose a new law on the ballot for public approval. |
Referendum | a procedure that allows voters to approve or reject a law already proposed or passed by government. |
Recall | a vote to remove an official from office. |
Direct Primary | voters select a party's candidates for public office. |
Secret Ballot | people vote privately without fear or coercion. |
Prohibition | a ban on alcohol that became a law in 1920; the ban was lifted in 1933. |
Women's Christian Temperance Union | reform organization that led the fight against alcohol in the late 1800s. |
Eighteenth Amendment | a constitutional amendment that outlawed the production and sale of alcoholic beverages in the United States; repealed in 1943. |
National Association of Colored Women | an organization founded in 1896 that worked to fight poverty, segregation, lynchings, and the persistence of Jim Crow laws that denied african americans the right to vote. |
Bully Pulpit | a platform used to publicise and seek support for important issues. |
Square Deal | Theodore's Roosevelt's 1904 campaign slogan. |
Hepburn Act | law that authorized the Interstate Commerce Commision to set maximum railroad rates and gave it the power to regulate other companies engaged in interstate commerce. |