mrs. Hunt U.S. History Ch. 8 Vocabulary
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| 1.) Progressivism | movement that responded to the industry pressures of industrialization
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| 2.) Muckraker | writer who uncovered and exposed misconduct in business or politics
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| 3.) Social Gospel | reform movement that emerged to improve society by applying Christian principles
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| 4.) Settlement Houses | community houses organized to provide social services to the poor
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| 5.) Direct Primary | citizens vote for nominees for upcoming elections
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| 6.) Initiative | a proposed new law at the ballet placed there by citizens
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| 7.) Referendum | process that allows citizens to approve or reject laws
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| 8.) Recall | process by which voters can remove elected officials from office
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| 9.) NCL | 1899, investigated the conditions with which goods were made and sold and to promote safe conditions for work and low wages
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| 10.) Temperance Movement | movement aimed at stopping alcohol abuse and the resulting problems
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| 11.) Suffrage | the right to vote
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| 12.) NAWSA | 1890, worked on both national and state levels to give women the right to vote
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| 13.) Nineteenth Amendment | constitutional amendment that gave women the right to vote
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| 14.) Americanization | assimilating immigrants into our society would make them loyal citizens
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| 15.) Niagara Movement | 1905, group of African Americans that pushed for voting and educational reforms
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| 16.) NAACP | 1909, abolished segregation and discrimination and to achieve rights for African Americans
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| 17.) Urban League | network of churches and clubs that helped African Americans settle and find work in the cities
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| 18.) Mutualistas | mexican group that made loans and provided legal assistance to members of their community
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| 19.) Square Deal | Roosevelt's program of reforms keeping the wealthy from taking advantage of the smaller businesses
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| 20.) Hepburn Act | 1906, a law passed to give government the ability to set railroad rates and prices for ferries
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| 21.) Meat Inspection Act | 1906, a law passed that allowed the government to inspect meat sold past state lines
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| 22.) Pure Food and Drug Act | 1906, law allowing inspection of food and medicines that banned interstate shipment
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| 23.) National Reclamation Act | 1902, law giving the federal government the power to decide where and how water is distributed by dams
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| 24.) New Nationalism | Roosevelt's plan to recover the governments trustbusting power
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| 25.) Progressive Party | 1912, party that emerged from the Taft-Roosevelt battle that split the Republican party
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| 26.) New Freedom | Wilson's program to place government controls on cooperations in order to benefit small businesses
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| 27.) Sixteenth Amendment | 1913, gave Congress the authority to levy and income tax
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| 28.) Federal Reserve Act | 1913, law passed for national banks to be under the control of the federal reserve board
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| 29.) Federal Trade Commission | 1914, identify monopolistic business practices, false advertising, etc.
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| 30.) Clayton Antitrust Act | 1914, law strengthening the Sherman Antitrust Act
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