Chapter 18 Vocabulary
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Progressive Era | The period from about 1890 to 1920, during which a variety of reforms were enacted at the local, state, and federal levels. |
| muckrakers | Journalist who uncovers wrongdoing in politics or business |
| injunctions | Court order prohibiting a certain activity. |
| social welfare programs | Program designed to ensure a basic standard of living for all citizens. |
| municipal | Relating to a city, as in a municipal government. |
| home rule | System that gives cities a limited of self-rule. |
| direct primary | Election in which all citizens vote to select nominees for upcoming elections. |
| initiative | A process in 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 their legislature. |
| recall | Procedure that permits voters to remove public officials from office before the next election. |
| holding company | Firm that buys up stocks and bonds of smaller companies. |
| conservationists | A person who favors the protection 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 of the Progressive Party. |
| Clayton Antitrust Act | Law passed in 1914 to strengthen the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890; 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 | Nation's central banking system, established in 1913. |
| civil disobedience | Nonviolent refusal to obey a law in an effort to change that law. |
| National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) | Organization formed in 1890 to continue the pursuit of women's rights, especially the right to vote. |
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