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Chapter 9 US History Vocabulary

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progressive movement
-all the reforms efforts (unsafe working conditions, role of large corporations, and to make gov't more responsible to the people)
-aim was to restore economic opportunities and correct injustices in American life
Florence Kelley
-an advocate for improving the lives of women and children
-appointed chief inspector of factories for Illinois after she helped win passage of Illinois Factory Act
Prohibition
the banning of the manufacture, sale, and possession of alcoholic beverages
muckraker
one of the magazine journalists who exposed the corrupt side of business and public life in the early 1900s
scientific management
the application of scientific principles to increase efficiency in the workplace
Robert M. La Follette
-Progressive Republican(Wisconsin governor)
-"fighting bob"
-served 3 terms as governor and then entered US senate in 1906
initiative
a procedure by which a legislative measure can be originated by the people rather than by lawmakers
referendum
a procedure by which a proposed legislative measure can be submitted to a vote of the people
recall
a procedure for removing a public official from office by a vote of the people
Seventeenth Amendment
an amendment to the US Constitution, adopted in 1912, that provides for the election of US senators by the people rather than by state legislatures
NACW
the National Association of Colored Women- a social service organization found in 1896
suffrage
the right to vote
Susan B. Anthony
leading proponent of woman suffrage
NAWSA
the National American Woman Suffrage Association- an organization founded in 1890 to gain voting rights for women
Upton Sinclair
-muckraking journalist who began research for a novel in 1904
-focus was the human condition in the stockyards of Chicago
The Jungle
a novel by Upton Sinclair, published in 1906, that portrays the dangerous and unhealthy conditions prevalent in the meatpacking industry at that time
Theodore Roosevelt
-president
-promised Sinclair "the specific evils you point out shall, if their existence be proved, and if i have the power, be eradicated"
Square Deal
President Theodore Roosevelt's program of progressive reforms designed to protect the common people against big businesses
Meat Inspection Act
a law, enacted in 1906, that established strict cleanliness requirements for meatpackers and created a federal eat-inspection program
Pure Food and Drug Act
a law enacted in 1906 to halt the sale of contaminated foods and drugs and to ensure the truth in labeling
conservation
the planned management of natural resources, involving the protection of some wilderness areas and the development of others for the common good
NAACP
the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People- an organization founded in 1909 to promote full racial equality
Gifford Pinchot
-head of the US Forest Service under President Roosevelt
-believed that wilderness areas could be scientifically managed to yield public enjoyment while allowing private development
William Howard Taft
-Roosevelt's hand picked secretary of war to run against William Jennings Bryan
Payne-Aldrich Tariff
a set of tax
regulations, enacted by Congress in 1909, that failed to
significantly reduce tariffs on manufactured goods
Bull Moose Party
a name given to the Progressive Party,
formed to support Theodore Roosevelt's candidacy for the
presidency in 1912
Woodrow Wilson
-Democrats put him up for the presidential election of 1912
-reform governor of New Jersey
Carrie Chapman Catt
NAWSA's president
Clayton Antitrust Act
a law, enacted in
1914, that made certain monopolistic business practices illegal
and protected the rights of labor unions and farm organizations
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
a federal agency established
in 1914 to investigate and stop unfair business practices
Federal Reserve Syste
a national banking system,
established in 1913, that controls the U.S. money supply and
the availability of credit in the country
Nineteenth Amendment
an amendment to the U.S.
Constitution, adopted in 1920, that gives women the right to
vote
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