Progressives Test
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 16th Amendment | A change to the Constitution allowing for the goverment to pass direct taxes, such as income tax |
| 17th Amendment | A change to the Constitution allowing the direct election of Senators |
| 18th Amendment | A change to the Constitution forbidding production, sale, and consumption of alcohol |
| 19th Amendment | A change to the Constitution that gave women the right to vote |
| Jim Crow Laws | Laws passed AFTER the Reconstruction Made segregation between African Americans and Whites legal |
| WEB Du Bois | Disagreed with Booker T. Washington Believed that suffrage (the vote)was the way to end segregation Help to start the NAACP |
| Booker T. Washington | Believed in equality through education Accepted social segregation |
| Segregation | Forced sparation of people of different races in public places |
| Muckrackers | Journalist who reported the negative conditions found in factories, cities, and politics |
| Recall | Removal of an elected official by voters in a special election |
| Direct Primary | Election in which nominations of candidates for office are made by voters |
| Initiative | Citizens can propose a bill/lawby petitioning with a specific number of signatures of registered voters |
| Referendum | People can vote directly on a proposed law |
| Gilded Age | A period of time in US history when there is a newly created rich class Thisclass of people were created by the growth of industry |
| Political Corruption | Illegal actions; used organization to gain power and influence laws |
| Political Machines | A political party organization in big cities that holds power by controlling votes, courts, and police |
| Political Bosses | The people that were in charge of the political machines |
| Lobbyists | A person hired to represent a company or special interest group |
| Political Reforms | Changes made in politics to get rid of political corruption |
| Wisconsin | First state for political reform Robert La Follette was Governor |
| Factory Safety | Many ______ were very poor it had papers and items everywhere on the floor. The bosses would lock the doors so the workers couldn't get out if a fire or emergency happened unexpectedly |
| Workers Compensation | Fund set up by business Pay in determined by safety record in business |
| Labor Unions | A group of workers organizes working to make the work place safer |
| Child Labor | Brought by reforms |
| Pendleton Act( Pendleton Civil Service Act) | Set a merit system controlled by the civil service At first the Act affected only 14,000 out of 130,000 federal jobs Act now has more than 90% of the goverment jobs |
| Temperance Movement | 18th Amendment made it illegal to consume, produce, and sell alcohol |
| Suffrage Movement | Started as abolitionist Realized women were denied basic right and ability to vote |
| Susan B. Anthony | Worked to gain suffrage for all women |
| Elizabeth Cady Stanton | Worked to gain suffrage for all women |
| Plessy v. Ferguson | (1896) Supreame Court Case that said separate facilities were legal if they were equal in quality |
| Reform President(Theodore Roosevelt) | I took over when McKinley was shot I was known as a cowboy, reform, and progressive |
| Conservationists | These people brought attention to conditions established 1st national parks Took trips to places to get publicity for preserving the areas |
| Urban Problems | Didn't have enough space and equipment to meet daily values. MANY FIRES! (Sanitaion, crime, over crowding, ect.) |
| Progressive Movement | The period of time that individuals try to solve problems in the country |
| Income Tax, Senators elected, Alcohol no no, Women Vote | What does ISAW Stand for? |
| both about voting | What do the 19th and 17th amendment have in common |
| Separate but equal | What did the Plessy v. Furguson court case mean |
| Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois | Who believed that Plessy v. Ferguson was wrong? |
| Booker T. Washington | Who started Tuskengee Institute |
| ... | ... |
| Workers compensation and labor unions | What were the solutions to factory safety and child labor? |
| Factory safety and child labor | What were the 2 problems in these four items workers compensation, fire safety, child labor, and labor unions |
| VOTE | What does suffrage mean? |
| Band alcohol | What did the temperance movement do |
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