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Progressivism
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Progressivism | A cluster of movements for various forms of social change. |
| Ashcan School | Artists in twentieth century, subject matter the things they found in the streets and slums, often supported progressive political and social reforms. |
| Clayton Antitrust | Legislation that strengthened antitrust laws. |
| Conservation | The efficient management and use of national resources. It represents a "middle-of-the-road" policy as opposed to to uncontrolled exploitation. |
| Federal Reserve Act | A 1913 law that established a Federal Reserve Board, controlled the rediscount and money supply. |
| Hepburn Act | Federal legislation, passed in 1906, gave the Interstate Commerce Commission power to inspect railroad companies records. |
| Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) | A militant labor organization, founded in 1905 and inspired by European anarchists. |
| Muckraker | Term for progressive investigative journalists who exposed the seamy side of American life. "Raking up the mud" |
| National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) | An organization founded in 1890, united the National Woman Suffrage Association. Ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment granting women the right to vote. |
| National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | A national interracial organization, founded in 1909, promoted the rights of African Americans. |
| New Freedom | Woodrow Wilson presidential campaign for a proposed policy that would restore competition by breaking up trusts and punishing corporations that violated rules of business conduct. |
| New Nationalism | Theodore Roosevelt's presidential election for an expansion of federal power to regulate big business and enact legislation to promote social justice. |
| Niagara Movement | A response by W.E.B. Du Bois and other blacks, following a meeting in Niagara Falls in 1905 |
| Square Deal | Initially employed by by President Theodore Roosevelt, in 1904. Describes an arbitrated settlement between workers and an employer. |
| Underwood Tariff | A 1913 reform law that lowered tariff rates and levied the first regular federal income tax. |
| Woman Suffrage | The right of women to vote, ensured by the passage and ratification of the 19th Amendment. |
| What was founded in 1890? | National American Woman Suffrage Association. |
| Who was reelected president in 1900 and assassinated in 1901? | McKinley. |
| Sixteenth Amendment | Authorized federal income tax, 1913. |
| Nineteenth Amendment | Established woman suffrage ,1920. |
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