Progressivism Vocabulary

alice paul

best known social activist leader that formed the national women's party

Jacob Riis

muckraker, work to improve conditions of immigrants, built parks and schools.

Progressivism

movement that responded to the pressures of industrialization and urbanization by promoting reforms.

Muckrakers

writers who uncovers and exposes misconduct of politics or business

prohibition

the forbidding by law of the manufacture, transport, and sale of alcohol.

Ida Tarbell

muckraker, exposed how standard oil was a monopoly

Lincoln Steffens

muckraker, exposed corruption of city governments

Robert M. La Follette

reform governor that established a direct primary

Theodore Roosevelt

president that worked to develop a fair system for hiring state workers and made some corporations pay taxes

Square Deal

Theodore Roosevelt's program of reforms to keep wealthy and powerful from taking advantage of small business owners and the poor

Bully pulpit

public office or position of authority that provides its occupant with an outstanding opportunity to speak out on any issue

William H. Taft

US president after roosevelt whom which thought would continue roosevelt's programs but went against roosevelt

16th Amendement

1913 constitutional amendment that gave congress the authority to levy an income tax

Hiram W. Johnson

governor of CA that shattered the southern pacific railroad's stronghold on state gov

Woodrow Wilson

US president who, like roosevelt, regarded himself as the personal representative of the people

Woman's Christian Temperance Union

first mass organization among women devoted to social reform

18th Amendment

constitutional amendment banning the manufacturing distribution, and sale of alcohol in the US

susan b anthony

leader of the woman's suffrage movement

17th Amendment

provides for regular voters to elect senators

Initiative

allows voters to put a proposed law on a ballot for public approval

Referendum

process in which citizens are allowed to approve or reject a law passed by legislature; allows citizens to place a recently passed law on a ballot for approval

Elkins Act

imposed fines on railroads that gave special rates to favored shippers

Hepburn Act

1906 law that gave the gov the authority to set railroad rates and maximum prices for ferries, bridge tolls, and oil pipelines

Upton Sinclair

author of the jungle that uncovered unsanitary conditions of meat packing industry

New Freedom

woodrow wilson's program to replace gov controls on corporations in order to benefit small businesses

Federal Reserve Act

1913 law that placed national banks under the control of a federal reserve board, which runs regional banks that hold the reserve funds from commercial banks, sets interest rates, and supervises commercial banks

clayton anti trust act

1914 law that strengthened the sherman antitrust act

National American Women Suffrage Association

group foundation in 1890 that worked on both the state and national levels to earn women the right to vote

National Association of Colored Women

group that worked to grant african american women a vote in society

recall

allows voters to remove an elected official from office; process by which voters can remove elected officials from office before their terms end

Meat Inspection Act

1906 law that allowed the federal gov to inspect meat sold across state lines and required federal inspection of meat processing plants

Pure Food and Drug Act

1906 law that allowed federal inspection of food and medicine and banned the interstate shipment and sale of impure food and mislabeling of food and drugs

Gifford Pinchot

led the division of forestry in the US department of agriculture

19th Amendment

constitutional amendment that gave women the right to vote

brownsville incident

racial incident that grew out of tensions between whites in brownsville, texas and black infantrymen stationed at nearby fort brown

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