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US 11
Chapter 18
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Progressive Era | period from 1890-1920 during which a variety of reforms were enacted at the local and federal levels |
| muckraker | jounalists who uncover wrongdoings in politics or business |
| injunction | court order prohibiting a certain activity |
| goals of Progressives | protecting social welfare; fostering efficiency; creating economic reform; promoting moral improvement |
| How did Progressive writers inspire reform? | journalists investigated and reported the public conditions of slums and tenement houses |
| social welfare program | programs that help ensure a minimum standard of living |
| municipal | relating to a city |
| home rule | system that gives a limited degree of self-rule; allows cities to escape domination by state government controlled political machines |
| direct primary | an election in which all citizens vote to select nominees for upcoming elections |
| initiative | process which citizens can put a proposed new law directly on the ballot in the next election by collecting voters signatures on a petition |
| referendum | process that allows citizens to approve or reject a law passed by the legislature |
| recall | procedure that permits voters to remove public officals from office before the next election |
| holding company | a firm that buys up stocks and bonds of smaller companies |
| How did Progressives wish to expand the role of government? | They wanted to expand taxes among people and regulation;rid government of corruption;help the citizens. |
| What municipal and state reforms did Progressives achieve? | Improved city services and established public health reforms |
| What federal reforms did Theodore Roosevelt champion as President? | The big business reform in the Hepburn Act |
| conservationist | person who favors the protections of natural resources |
| new nationalism | Theodore Roosevelt's plan for greater federal regulation of business and workplaces, income and inheritance taxes and electoral reforms |
| Bull Moose Party | Nickname for Progressive Party |
| Clayton Antitrust Act | law passed in 1914 to strengthen the Sherman Antitrust Act; specified big businesses activities that were forbidden |
| Federal Trade Commission(FTC) | 1914 Commission established by Wilson and Congress to enforce the Clayton Act and set up fair-trade laws |
| Federal Reserve System | nations central banking system |
| political conflicts that marked presidency of William Howard Taft | conflicts arising over tariffs; Ballinger pinchot affair |
| contenders in Election of 1912 | Woodrow Wilson; William Howard Taft; Theodore Roosevelt;Eugene Debs; Woodrow Wilson won election |
| politics Wilson put in place | attacked trusts and monopolies; lowered tariffs; introduced the income tax; reformed banking |
| civil disobedience | nonviolent refusal to obey a law in an effort to change the law |
| National American Woman Suffrage Association(NAWSA) | organization formed in 1890 to continue pursuit of women's rights |
| Congressional Union(CU) | radical organization formed in 1913 and led by Alice Paule that campaigned for amendment for women's suffrage |
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