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Chapter 8 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Progressivism | movement that responded to the pressure of industrialization and urbanization by promoting eforms |
| muckraker | writer who exposed misconduct in the politics or business |
| Social Gospel | reform movement sought to improve society by applying Christian principles |
| settlement houses | community center organized to provide social services to the urban poor |
| direct primary | election in which citizens vote to select nominees for upcoming election |
| initiative | process which citizens put a new law directly on the ballot |
| referendum | allow citizens to approve or reject a new law by legislature |
| recall | voters can remove elected officials from office before their terms end |
| National Consumers League (NCL) | group organized in 1899 to investigate the conditions which goods were made and sold and to promote safe working conditions and minimum wages |
| temperance movement | movement aimed at stopping alcohol abuse and the problem created by it |
| suffrage | the right to vote |
| National American Women Suffrage Association (NAWSA) | group in 1890 that worked both the state and national levels to earn women right to vote |
| 19th Amendment | amendment that gave women the right to vote |
| Americanization | belief that assimilating immigrants into America society would make them more loyal citizens |
| Niagara Movement | group of African Americans that pushed for immediate racial reforms, education,and voting |
| National Association for the Advancement of Color People (NAACP) | interracial organization wanted to abolish segregation and discrimination and to achieve political and civil rights for African Americans |
| Urban League | network of churches and clubs that set up employment and relief efforts to help Africans Americans get settle and find work |
| Anti-Defamation League | organization formed to defend Jews against physical and verbal attacks and false statements |
| mutualistas | Mexican American group that make loans and provide legal assistance to other members |
| Square Deal | Theodore Roosevelt's program of reforms to keep the wealthy and powerful from taking advantage of small business and the poor |
| Hepburn Act | 1906 law that gave government the authority to set railroads rates and max prices for ferries, bridge toll, oil piplines |
| Meat Inspection Act | 1906 law that allowed federal government to inspect meat sold across the state lines |
| Pure Food and Drug Act | 1906 law that allowed federal inspection of food and medicine |
| National Reclamation Act | 1902 law gave federal government the power to decide where and how water would be distributed through the buildings |
| New Nationalism | Theodore Roosevelt's plan to restore the government trustbusting power |
| Progressive Party | political party that emerged the Taft-Roosevelt battle that split the Republican party |
| New Freedom | Woodrow Wilson's program to place government controls on corporations to benefit small business |
| 16th Amendment | amendment that gave Congress the authority to levy an income tax |
| Federal Reserve Act | 1913 law place national banks under the control of a Federal Reserve Board |
| Federal Trade Commission | government agencies to identify monopolistic business practices, false advertising, and dishonest labeling |
| Clayton Antitrust Act | 1914 law that strengthened the Sherman Antitrust Act |
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