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Progressive Era
Progressive Era Vocabulary for STAAR
Term | Definition |
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Initiative | Allows citizens to propose laws and vote on them. |
Progressive Movement | Aimed at correcting the political and social injustices of the Gilded Age. |
Settlement House | Community center for immigrants and poor people living in crowded cities. |
Muckrakers | Reporters, writers, and photographers who exposed the injustices of industrial society and government corruption. |
Populist Party | Political party representing the common man - farmers, industrial workers - the promoted reforms such as free silver. |
18th Amendment | Prohibition of the sale, manufacture, and transport of alcohol |
Jane Addams | Reformer known for establishing the Hull House |
Ida B. Wells | Reformer that organized a national anti-lynching crusade |
Social Gospel Movement | It was the moral responsibility of Christians to pass reforms to enhance the lives of the less fortunate |
Pure Food and Drug Act | Protected consumers health and welfare by insuring quality products |
Upton Sinclair | Muckraker who wrote about the abuses in the meat packing industry in "The Jungle" |
Recall | Elected officials can be removed from office by a special election. |
17th Amendment | Direct election of senators |
Square Deal | Theodore Roosevelt's progressive program that aimed at protecting the public's general welfare. |
19th Amendment | Government cannot deny the right to vote based on gender. |
Federal Reserve Act of 1913 | Law that created Federal Reserve System to control monetary policy. |
WEB Du Bois | African-American reformer who helped found the NAACP |
Theodore Roosevelt | Progressive president known for busting trusts |
Temperance Movement | Led by women, like Francis Willard, to eliminate alcohol |
Booker T. Washington | Reformer who proposed African-Americans achieve equality gradually through job training. |