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chapter 10
The Progressive Era
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Progressive Movement | aimed to restore economic opportunities and correct injustices in American life |
| Florence Kelley | became an advocate for improving the lives of women and children |
| Prohibition | the banning of alcoholic beverages |
| Muckrakers | journalists who wrote about the corrupt side of business and public life in mass circulation magazines during the early 20th century |
| Scientific Management | studies to see just how quickly each task could be performed |
| Robert M. La Follette | led Wisconsin in regulating big business |
| Initiative | a bill originated by the people rather than lawmakers--on the ballot |
| Referendum | accepted or rejected the initiative |
| Recall | enabled voters to remove public officials from elected positions by forcing them to face another election before the end of their term |
| Seventeenth Amendment | direct primary |
| Susan B. Anthony | leading proponent of women suffarge |
| Suffrage | the right to vote |
| Upton Sinclair | "The Jungle", this novel revealed the truth about sweat shops and factories |
| Squared Deals | if big business victimized workers, then President Roosevelt would see to it that the common people received |
| Meat Inspection Act | dictated strict cleanliness requirements for meatpackers and created the program of federal meat inspection |
| Pure Food and Drug Act | halted the sale of contaminated foods and medicines and called for truth in labeling |
| Conservation | some wilderness areas would be preserved while others would be developed for the common good |
| NAACP | the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, aimed for nothing less than full equality among the races |
| William Howard Taft | Secretary of War, ran against William Jennings Bryant who had been nominated by the democrats for the third time. |
| Payne Aldrich Tariff | a compromise that only moderated the high rates of the Aldrich bill |
| Bull Moose Party | Also known as the progressives party |
| Clayton Anti Trust Act | sought to strengthen the Sherman Anti Trust Act |
| Federal Trade Commission | Gave the agency the power to investigate possible violation of regulatory statues, to require periodic reports form corporations, and to put an end to a number of unfair business practices |
| Nineteenth Amendment | granting women the right to vote |
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