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Progressivism Vocab
read the name!!!
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Movement that responded to the pressures of industrialization and urbanization by promoting reforms | progressivism |
| writer who uncovers and exposes mis-conduct in politics or business | muckraker |
| reform movement that emerged in the late nineteenth century that sought to improve society by applying Christian priniciples | social gospel |
| settlement house | community center organized at the turn of the twentieth century to provide social services to the urban poor |
| direct primary | election in which citizens themselves vote to select nominess for upcoming elections |
| Process in which citizens put a proposed new law directly on the ballot | initiative |
| process in which citizens approve or reject a law passed be a legislature | referendum |
| process by which voters can remove elected officials from office before their terms end | recall |
| group orgainzed in 1899 to investigate the conditions under which goods were made and sold to promote safe working conditions and a minimum wage | NCL |
| movement aimed at stopping alcohol abuse and the problems created by it | temperance movement |
| the right to vote | suffrage |
| group founded in 1890 that worked on both the state and national levels to earn women the right to vote | NAWSA |
| constitutional amendment that gave women the right to vote | 19th amendment |
| belief that assimilating immigrants into American society would make them more loyal citizens | americanization |
| group of African American thinkers founded in 1905 that pushed for immediate racial reforms, particularly in education and voting practices | niagra movement |
| interracial organization founded in 1909 to abolish segregation and sicrimination and to achieve political and civil rights for Africans Americans | NAACP |
| network of churches and clubs that set up employment agencies and relief efforts to help African Americans get settled and find work in the cities | urban league |
| organization forme in 1913 to defend Jews against physical and verbal attacks and false statements | anti-defamation league |
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