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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Muckrakers | This term applies to newspaper reporters and other writers who pointed out the social problems of the era of big business. The term was first given to them by Theodore Roosevelt. |
| Upton Sinclair's the Jungle | novel published in 1906 that portrayed the filthy conditions in Chicago's meatpacking industry and led to the passage of the Meat Inspection Act |
| Meat Inspection Act | Law that authorized the Secretary of Agriculture to order meat inspections and condemn any meat product found unfit for human consumption. |
| Ida Tarbell's History of Standard Oil | ... |
| Jane Addams | 1860-1935. Founder of Settlement House Movement. First American Woman to earn Nobel Peace Prize in 1931 as president of Women's Intenational League for Peace and Freedom. |
| Hull House | Settlement home designed as a welfare agency for needy families. It provided social and educational opportunities for working class people in the neighborhood as well as improving some of the conditions caused by poverty. |
| Dubois vs. Washington | ... |
| NAACP | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, founded in 1909 to work for racial equality |
| Initiative, Referendum, Recall | Initiative: people have the right to propose a new law. Referendum: a law passed by the legislature can be reference to the people for approval/veto. Recall: the people can petition and vote to have an elected official removed from office. These all made elected officials more responsible and sensitive to the needs of the people, and part of the movement to make government more efficient and scientific. |
| Wisconsin Idea | Package of reform ideas advocated by LaFollette that included Initiative, Recall, Referendum |
| 16th Amendment | Amendment to the United States Constitution (1913) gave Congress the power to tax income. |
| 17th Amendment | Passed in 1913, this amendment to the Constitution calls for the direct election of senators by the voters instead of their election by state legislatures. |
| 18th Amendment | Prohibited the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages |
| 19th Amendment | Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1920) extended the right to vote to women in federal or state elections. |
| Theodore Roosevelt | 26th president, known for: conservationism, trust-busting, Hepburn Act, safe food regulations, "Square Deal," Panama Canal, Great White Fleet, Nobel Peace Prize for negotiation of peace in Russo-Japanese War |
| Square Deal | Economic policy by Roosevelt that favored fair relationships between companies and workers |
| Trustbusting | elimination trusts (groups of businesses working together) to ensure competition's prices are low |
| Sherman Antitrust Act | First federal action against monopolies, it was signed into law by Harrison and was extensively used by Theodore Roosevelt for trust-busting. However, it was initially misused against labor unions |
| "Bull Moose" Party | nickname for the new Progressive Party, which was formed to support Roosevelt in the election of 1912 |
| Clayton Antitrust Act | New antitrust legislation constructed to remedy deficiencies of the Sherman Antitrust Act, namely, it's effectiveness against labor unions |
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