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Unit 5- Progressive

Social Studies unit 5 vocabulary

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Progressive a time period when middle class reformers tried to make political, social and economic improvement (A progressive is someone who believed in Progressivism)
Muckraker journalist who exposed corruption and other problems of the late 1800s and early 1900s
18th Amendment a 1917 amendment to the United States Constitution that make it illegal to sell alcoholic drinks
19th Amendment a 1919 amendment to the United States Constitution that gives women the right to vote
Civil Service Commision government agency created by the Pendleton Act of 1883 to fill federal jobs on the basis of merit
Primary election in which voters choose their party’s candidate for the general election
Graduated Income Tax tax on earnings that charges different rates for different income levels
Conservation protection of natural resources
Square Deal Theodore Roosevelt’s campaign promise that all groups would have an equal opportunity to succeed
NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) organization founded in 1909 to work toward equal rights for African Americans
Guilded Age the period in American history lasting from the 1870s to the 1890s, marked by political corruption and extravagant spending
Pure Food and Drug Act a 1906 law that requires food & drug makers to list ingredients on packages
Bull Moose Party Progressive Republicans who supported Theodore Roosevelt during the election of 1912
Suffragist person who worked for women’s right to vote
16th Amendment 1913 amendment giving Congress the right to impose an income tax
Referendum process by which people vote directly on a bill
Initiative process by which voters put an idea for a law (bill) before their state legislature
Recall process by which voters can remove an elected official from office
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