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Progressive Era

Political and economic progressive terms

TermDefinition
16th Amendment direct income tax
17th Amendment direct election of U.S. Senators by the voters
initiative method by which voters could force the state legislature to consider a bill
referendum method that allowed citizens to vote on proposed laws printed on their ballots
recall enabled voters to remove a corrupt or unsatisfactory politician from office by majority vote before that official's term had expired
direct primary placed the nominating process directly in the hands of the people instead of party leaders and political bosses
commissions and councils voters elect the heads of city departments to oversee city (municipal) services to break the power of the political bosses
muckraker informed the public about the scandalous realities of politics, factories, and slums
progressive shared in the belief that honest government and just laws could improve the human condition
"Square Deal" Roosevelt favored neither business nor labor, insisting on fairness for both
Sherman Antitrust Act legislation used by Teddy Roosevelt to file lawsuits against J.P. Morgan and John Rockefeller
Clayton Antitrust Act legislation that strengthened the government's ability to break up monopolies and protected labor unions
New Nationalism Roosevelt's commitment to more government regulation of big businesses and increased social welfare, including women's suffrage
New Freedom Wilson's commitment to bringing back conditions of free and fair competition in the economy by attacking "the triple wall of privilege"
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