Progressive Era II Word Scramble
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Definition | Term |
Tenement | apartment buildings. |
Suburb | communities on outskirts of cities. |
Urbanization | The growth of cities, brought about by improvements in technology. |
Immigrant | people who move to another country from their homeland. |
Political Machine | organizations set up by political parties to help them win elections. |
Trust | companies that combine to dominate an industry and reduce their competition. |
Progressive | Reformers who tried to correct the problems brought about by industrialization. |
Muckraker | Writers who attempted to improve the life of others by pointing out what was not right with society. |
Social Gospel Movement | a group of progressives who believed churches should improve life on Earth, not just help get people into Heaven. |
Settlement House | institutions that provide social services and educations to the poor. |
Direct Primary | All registered voters within a political party could vote. |
Initiative | citizens were allowed to introduce bills to the legislature and it must be voted upon. |
Referendum | voters were able to vote directly on issues and laws. |
Recall | voters were given the opportunity to remove elected officials from office before their term expired. |
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