A movement to make society better and fix problems.

Laissez-Faire Economics

The idea that the government should not control businesses much.

The idea that the strongest and most successful people will succeed, while weaker people will struggle.

A group of businesses that work together to control an industry and reduce competition.

When one company controls most or all of a business.

When a company controls all the steps of making and selling a product.

Horizontal Integration

When a company buys or joins with other companies that make the same product.

A place that helped poor families and immigrants with things they needed.

Journalists who exposed problems and corruption in society.

A photographer and muckraker who showed the poor living conditions of immigrants and the poor.

Upton Sinclair - The Jungle

A writer who exposed unsafe conditions in meatpacking factories.

Sherman Anti-Trust Act

A law that stopped businesses from creating monopolies and unfair trusts.

A president who fought big businesses and helped protect workers and consumers.

Theodore Roosevelt’s plan to treat workers, businesses, and consumers fairly.

Actions during 1902 coal strike

Roosevelt stepped in to help end the strike and get workers and owners to compromise.

Pure Food and Drug Act

A law that made food and medicine safer for people.

A law that made sure meat was safe and clean to eat.

A president who supported Progressive reforms and worked to regulate big businesses.

An election where Woodrow Wilson won the presidency and the Progressive movement gained support.

An election where voters choose the candidates who will run for office.

A way for citizens to propose a new law.

A vote where citizens decide whether to approve or reject a law.

A way for voters to remove an elected official from office before their term ends.

An organization that worked to improve the lives and rights of Black women.

An organization that fought for women’s right to vote.

An organization that fought for women’s right to vote and equal rights.

Gave women the right to vote in 1920.

W.E.B. Dubois’ views

Believed Black people should fight for equal rights and education instead of waiting for change.

An organization that fought for equal rights and against racism.

An organization that helped Black Americans find jobs, housing, and better opportunities.

Anti Defamation League

An organization that fights hate and discrimination.

The movement of people west across the United States.

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Progressive Movement

Question	Answer
Progressive Movement	A movement to make society better and fix problems.
Laissez-Faire Economics	The idea that the government should not control businesses much.
Social Darwinism	The idea that the strongest and most successful people will succeed, while weaker people will struggle.
Trust	A group of businesses that work together to control an industry and reduce competition.
Monopoly	When one company controls most or all of a business.
Vertical Integration	When a company controls all the steps of making and selling a product.
Horizontal Integration	When a company buys or joins with other companies that make the same product.
Settlement House	A place that helped poor families and immigrants with things they needed.
Muckrakers	Journalists who exposed problems and corruption in society.
Jacob Riis	A photographer and muckraker who showed the poor living conditions of immigrants and the poor.
Upton Sinclair - The Jungle	A writer who exposed unsafe conditions in meatpacking factories.
Sherman Anti-Trust Act	A law that stopped businesses from creating monopolies and unfair trusts.
Theodore Roosevelt	A president who fought big businesses and helped protect workers and consumers.
Square Deal	Theodore Roosevelt’s plan to treat workers, businesses, and consumers fairly.
Actions during 1902 coal strike	Roosevelt stepped in to help end the strike and get workers and owners to compromise.
Pure Food and Drug Act	A law that made food and medicine safer for people.
Meat Inspection Act	A law that made sure meat was safe and clean to eat.
Woodrow Wilson	A president who supported Progressive reforms and worked to regulate big businesses.
1912 Election	An election where Woodrow Wilson won the presidency and the Progressive movement gained support.
Direct Primary	An election where voters choose the candidates who will run for office.
Initiative	A way for citizens to propose a new law.
Referendum	A vote where citizens decide whether to approve or reject a law.
Recall	A way for voters to remove an elected official from office before their term ends.
Women’s Suffrage	The right of women to vote.
NACW	An organization that worked to improve the lives and rights of Black women.
NAWSA	An organization that fought for women’s right to vote.
NWP	An organization that fought for women’s right to vote and equal rights.
19th Amendment	Gave women the right to vote in 1920.
W.E.B. Dubois’ views	Believed Black people should fight for equal rights and education instead of waiting for change.
NAACP	An organization that fought for equal rights and against racism.
Urban League	An organization that helped Black Americans find jobs, housing, and better opportunities.
Anti Defamation League	An organization that fights hate and discrimination.
Westward Expansion	The movement of people west across the United States.

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