US History Chapter 11
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Progressive Era | 1890-1920 |
| muckraker | rake or pitchfork used to clean manure and hay out of stables |
| injunction | court orders prohibiting a certain activity |
| social welfare program | ensures standard living |
| home rule | system giving cities a limited degree of self-rule |
| direct primary | an election in which citizens vote to selct nominees for upcoming elections |
| initiative | 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 | a process allowing citizens to approve or reject a law passed by legislature |
| recall | permitting voters, rather than legislature, to select US senators |
| holding company | a firm that buys stocks and bonds of smaller companies |
| conservationist | people who favor the protection of natural resources |
| New Nationalism | plan for: business regulations, welfare laws, working protection for women and children, income/ inheritance taxes, and voting reform |
| Bull Moose Party | nickname of the Progressive Party |
| Clayton Antitrust Act | to strengthen the Sherman Antitrust act of 1890 |
| Federal Trade Commission | created by Willson and congress |
| Federal Reverse System | divided the country into 12 districs |
| civil disobedience | a nonviolent refusal to obey a law in an effort to change it |
| National American Woman Suffrage Association | formed by Anthony Staton ,Lucy Stone, and young leaders |
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