Progressive Era

Vocabulary

progressive movement

an early-20th-century reform movement seeking to return control of the government to the people, to restore economic opportunities, and to correct injustices in American life.

muckracker

one of the magazine journalists who exposed the corrupt side of business and public life in the early 1900s.

initiation

a procedure by which a legislative measure can be originated by the people rather than by lawmakers.

recall

a procedure for removing a public official from office by a vote of the people.

referendum

a procedure by which a proposed legislative measure can be submitted to a vote of the people.

17th amendment

the jungle

Book writen by Muckeracker Upton Sinclair about the contamaination in meat corporations

square deal

President Theodore Roosevelt’s program of progressive reforms designed to protect the common people against big business.

meat inspection act

a law, enacted in 1906, that established strict cleanliness requirements for meatpackers and created a federal meat- inspection program.

pure food and drug act

a law enacted in 1906 to halt the sale of contaminated foods and drugs and to ensure truth in labeling.

conservation

the planned managment of natural resorses involving the protection of some wilderness areas and the development of others for thw common good

NAACP

the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People—an organization founded in 1909 to promote fullracial equality.

bull moose party

a name given to the Progressive Party, formed to support Theodore Roosevelt’s candidacy for the presidency in 1912.

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.

fedural trade commition

A U.S. government agency established in 1914 to prevent unfair business practices and promote consumer protection.

fedural reserve system

a national banking system, established in 1913, that controls the U.S. money supply and the availability of credit in the country.