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CH: 8

Vocab for Chapter 8

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1. Progressivism The belief that new ideas and honest, efficient government could bring about social change
2. Muckraker A journalist who exposed corruption of the gilded age
3. Lincoln Steffens A Muckraker who exposed Political corruption
4. Jacob Riis A Muckraker who exposed the horrible living condition of the poor
5. Social Gospel Applying the Bible to societal issues to create a 'Kingdom of God'
6. Settlement House A community Center that provided social services to the urban poor
7. Jane Addams A leading figure of the settlement house movement
8. Direct primary An election in which the citizens themselves select nominees for upcoming elections
9. Initiative Gave people the power to put a proposed law directly on a ballot in the next election by collecting citizen's signatures on a petition
10. Referendum Allowed citizens to approve or reject laws passed by legislature
11. Recall Gave voters power to remove public servants from office before their term has ended
12. Florence Kelley Former of the National Consumers League
13. NCL (National Consumers League) A group, still active today, that gave goods produced under 'fair, safe, and healthy working conditions' special labels, and urged women to buy them and avoid products that did not have the labels
14. Temperance Movement A movement that advocated the ban of Alcohol sales and consumption
15. Margaret Sanger Believed that family life and women's health would improve if mothers had fewer children
16. Ida B. Wells Helped formed the NACW
17. Suffrage The right to vote
18. Carrie Chapman Catt A women's suffrage leader
19. NAWSA National Woman Suffrage Association
20. Alice Paul Formed the NWP
21. Nineteenth Amendment Enacted Women's Suffrage
22. Americanization The act of trying to nativize immigrants
23. Booker T Washington Advocate of education of blacks
24. WEB Du Bois Wanted violent rise of blacks
25. Niagara Movement Organized Movement based on WEB Du Bois' teachings
26. NAACP Tried to advance blacks politically and socially
27. Urban League A league of more than 100 Black clubs and churches
28. Anti-Defamation League A league, still active today, to defend Jews from discrimination
29. Mutualistas Groups that made loans and legal assistance to Mexican-Americans
30. Theodore Roosevelt President of the US 1901 - 1909
31. Square Deal A deal that tried to keep the rich and wealthy from taking advantage of small business owners
32. Hepburn Act Gave the ICC strong enforcement powers
33. Meat Inspection Act Provided federal agents to any meat sold across state lines
34. Pure Food and Drug Act Regulated food and drugs; evolved into the FDA
35. John Muir A California Naturalist whose efforts helped formed Yosemite National Park
36. Gifford Pinchot Leader of the Division of Forestry in the US Dept of Agriculture
37. National Reclamation Act Gave the Federal Government the power to declare where and how water would be distributed
38. New Nationalism A program designed to restore the governments power to 'Trustbust'
39. Progressive Party Progressive Republicans who left the (R) Party and formed the Progressive (Pg) Party
40. Woodrow Wilson President of the US 1909 - 1913
41. New Freedom Strict Government control over corporations
42. Sixteenth Amendment Created a graduated income tax
43. Federal Reserve Act Placed National banks under the control of a Central Federal Reserve Board
44. Federal Trade Commission Group that monitors business practices
45. Clayton Antitrust Act Strengthening of Sherman Antitrust Law
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