American History 4.5

Jacob Riis

A Danish immigrant who became a New York City newspaper reporter who took pictures of the tenements and revealed all the horrible things about them through his book.

George Waring

Was an engineer also advocated to the sewer systems that kept sewage away from the storm runoff. He was also the sanitation commissioner in New York City.

Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

This disaster started in a factory and destroyed lots of lives from the lack of safety measures in the factory leading to the creation of more improved safety measures in workplaces

Settlement House

Community center organized at the turn of the 12th century to provide social services to urban poor.

Jane Addams

Leading figure in the settlement house movement

Progressive

Movement that responded to the pressure of industrialization and urbanization by promoting reforms

John Muir

Naturalist he helped establish Yosemite national Park and he is known as the “father of the national parks”

National Park Service

This group manages all national parks in the United States. They preserve and protect the land and wildlife, saving stunning landscapes for public to see.

Direct Primary

A reform and elections that enable all members of political party instead of political machines to choose the people who would represent their party in general election.

Political Machine

A political problem; the political party organization that decides who is in the election and recruits voter loyalty with tangible incentives in exchange for their support

Social Gospel

A movement/ideas on how we could improve society by following the Bible teachings about clarity and justice

Secret Ballot

A reformed voting method in which voters choices in an election or an anonymous

Muckraker

A writer who dramatized the need for reform through sensational investigation reports that uncovered a variety of ills affecting America.

Upton Sinclair

American muckraker writer and journalist who wrote the jungle after investigating the conditions in the meat packing plants in Chicago.

Meat Inspection Act

A product must be protected in sanitary conditions, and that which is branded for human consumptions and is not altered.

Pure Food and Drug Act

A law that prevented the manufacturer sale or transportation of misbranded or poisonous consumables.

16th Amendment

Allowed for federal tax, the largest source of federal income.

17th Amendment

This created the direct election of US senators.

Initiative

Gave citizens the power to propose a law with enough signatures on a petition to have the law appear on the ballot for voters to decide in the next election

Referendum

Gave citizens the power to vote whether to approve or reject the law after getting enough signatures on a petition

Recall

Let’s voters remove elected officials from office before their term ends. They need enough signatures on a petition to reelect a different candidate.

Monetary Policy

to control of the supply of money in circulation at any given time

Federal Reserve Act

Act that is placed banks under federal power.