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U.S. HISTORY
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Exposé | A work of writing that publicizes a scandal or injustice |
| Conscription | The requirement to enlist for service in a countries armed forces |
| Jacob Riis | Drew public attention to the crime disease, and squalor in New York City slums. Book "how the other half lives" |
| Lincoln Steffens | Reveated the destructive effect of corruption on the government of St. Louis. Reported on the troublesome relationship between business and government. |
| Social gospel | The progressive movement coincided with and was strongly influenced by a religious movement |
| Women's suffrage | The right of women to vote |
| Children's bureau | A US government agency that was created in 1912 and is focused on improving the lives of children and families |
| Enfranchisement | The granting of the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote |
| Suffragist | Supports women's right to vote |
| Temperance movement | A social and political movement in the 1800s and early 1900s that encouraged people to limit their consumption of alcohol or to abstain from alcohol altogether |
| Prohibition | The acts of out buying the production, distribution, and sale of alcohol |
| Jane Adams | Played a role in founding ACLU, founded the Hull House in Chicago, fought for such progressive causes as workers right, women suffrage, or women's rights to vote |
| Alice Paul | Important figure in the suffrage movement. Fought for the vote votes in England and now wanted to apply aggressive tactics in the US. |
| Commission government | A form of city government in which voters elect a small number of officials called commissioners, each of whom heads a city department |
| Direct primary | Preliminary election in which vote voters choose the party candidates to run in a later election for public office |
| Initiative | A procedure by which citizens can propose new laws to be vetoed on by the public or by the legislator |
| Recall | A procedure in which citizens can vote to remove an elected public official from office |
| 17th amendment | Mandated that all US senators be elected by popular vote. Passed and ratified in 1913 due to progressive effort |
| Robert M. La Follette | A republican who was elected governor of Wisconsin in 1990. During his two terms, he established direct primary elections., regulated Wisconsin railroads, and levied higher taxes on corporations |
| Conservation | The management and protect protection of natural resources |
| Mergers | The act of incorporating two or more businesses into one |
| Trustbuster | A person who seeks to break up business trusts, or monopoly, especially a federal official who enforces antitrust laws |
| Theodore Roosevelt | Took over us president for McKinley. 42 and the youngest to ever hold the office. Became the first progressive president and took the lead in bringing about many reforms.. worked to bring sides together to negotiate |
| Square Deal | And approach used by Roosevelt to ensure fairness and balance to both sides |
| The jungle | It described the unsanitary practices of the meat, packing industry. Caused Roosevelt to launch an investigation. The novel produced a public outery that spurred the house to pass what would become the pure food and drug act |
| Syndicate | A group of criminals who control organized criminal activities |
| Scientific management | A management method that relies on experimental studies to identify the most efficient way to execute tasks in a factory or other workplace |
| Social Security | A government program that provides income to the elderly, disabled, and unemployed |
| Income tax | A tax that is based on the amount, a person earns |
| William H. Taft | Opposed African-Americans and did not support women suffrage. Believed that the president should act within the strict constitutional boundaries of his office. Offended progressives and aggressively enforced antitrust legislation. |
| Woodrow Wilson | Nominated by Democrats and the governor of New Jersey. Immediately worked on lowering tariffs.. opposed African-Americans and did not support women's suffrage at first. Fought hard to persuade Congress to pass the revenue act of 1913.. |
| 16th amendment | Granted Congress, the power to collect income taxes nation wide |
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