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U.S. history A Progressive unit study guide

Terms in this set (32)

initiative
a form of direct democracy where citizens draw a legislative bill and petition to place on a ballot for approval or disapproval
graduated income tax
an income tax where people who earn more pay higher taxes then those who don't
civil service
government jobs are given to the ones who earn the most on the test and who are most qualified
secret ballot
a ballot where voters cast in secret and don't feel pressure to vote a certain way
direct primaries
an election in which voters choose candidates to run on a party ticket in a subsequent election for public office
council manager
legislative powers are held by an elected council that employs a city manager who is responsible to the council for city administration
referendum
a lawmaking reform legislate to be placed on a ballot for approval or rejection by voters
recall
voters can remove public officials from office before next election
home rule
when cities exercise a limited degree of self government
public utilities
an organization supplying a community with electricity gas water and sewage for affordable prices
16th amendment
income tax amendment
17th amendment
u.s. senators are elected directly by the people rather than by state legislatures
18th amendment
profits the sale manufacturing or transport of alcohol
19th amendment
grants womens suffrage
21st amendment
repealed prohibition
square deal
enacted over 40 lawsuits against corporations, sherman anti-trust act
William H Taft
a progressive reformer that wanted to limit the power of corporations and added land to the national forest system
Teddy Roosevelt
A VP then president, a progressive reformer that enacted the square deal and wanted to conserve land. Founder of the bull moose party
woodrow wilson
a progressive reformer that supported regulating businesses and clean up of machine politics. came up with new freedom
Jacob Riis
a danish american social reformer, and a muckraking journalist. known for "how the other half lives"
Kate Chopin
an american writer who wrote "the awakening" about the inner lives of sensitive young women
susan b anthony
a reformer that fought for the abolitionist and womens rights movements and would eventually lead NAWSA
Upton Sinclair
A writer who wrote "The Jungle" which revealed the unsanitary processes in meat packaging plants
Temperence
moderation of the consumption of alcohol
lynching
hate crime in mobs of african americans
plessy v ferguson
the 1896 supreme court case that established the controversial "separate but equal" doctrine by which segregation became legal as long as facilities were equal
bootlegging
the illegal production sale or transport of alcohol
muckrakers
journalists who wrote about social, environmental, and political problems faced in the early 1900s
commons schools
public schools requiring kids to go to school from age 8-14
senena falls convention
a convention held in 1848 that gathered supporters of womens rights that launched the womens suffrage movement
Minor v happerset
the supreme court ruling that states women are citizens under the definition of the 14th amendment but citizenship al one does not guarantee a right to vote
robert la follette
progressive governor of wisconsin who pushed reforms like direct primary, workers comp, and graduated income tax
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