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Progressivism Vocab
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- 1TenementsSlum apartments in cities
Example: the apartment they live in in The Jungle - 2GraftPolitical corruption to gain money
Example: taking bribes - 3ReformTo change for the better
Example: Passing the "meat inspection act" - 4PopulismMore power to ordinary people
Example: 17th amendment allows for the direct election of senators - 5ProgressivismFixing society with government change
Example: passing the prohibition of alcohol (18th amendment) - 6AmericanizationImmigrants learning to be "American"
- 7Public EducationGovernment run schools
Example: Lancaster City Schools - 8Environmental RegulationsLaws about how environment's treated
Example: It's illegal to dump waste from your factory into rivers - 9ConservationProtecting and preserving the environment
Example: President Teddy Roosevelt established many national parks and protected wilderness areas - 10SuffrageThe right to vote
- 11Susan B. AnthonyFought for women's rights (especially voting)
- 1219th AmendmentGranted women the right to vote
- 13Sherman Antitrust ActAnti-monopoly law from 1890
- 14Clayton Antitrust ActStopped Monopolies merging & helped labor unions
- 15MuckrakersJournalists who exposed wrongdoing
Example: Upton Sinclair (wrote The Jungle) - 16Theodore RooseveltProgressive President: fought for conservation
- 17Federal Reserve SystemCentral Bank created to protect banks from failing
- 18Sixteenth AmendmentAllowed income tax
- 1917th Amendment• Senators are directly elected by the
people of their state, rather than being
appointed by the state government - 2018th Amendment• Prohibition
• Banned Alcohol everywhere in the
U.S. - 2119th Amendment• Gave women the right to vote
- 22Lobbying• Seek to influence a politician or public
official on an issue - 23*Special Interest Groups• An organization seeking or receiving
special advantages, typically through
lobbying - 24*Political Parties• Group of people who have the same
ideology and political positions - 25*Public Opinion• Views common among the general public
- 26*Farmers Alliance• Organization to make life better for
farmers - 27*Media• Forms of mass communication
- 28*Social Injustice• Unjust actions are done in a society
- 29*Policies• Statement of intent
- 30*Federal Government• National government
- 31*Prohibition• Forbidding something, especially by law
• Example: the banning of alcoholic
beverages - 32*Initiative• A bill originating with the people rather
than lawmakers - 33*Referendum• A vote on an initiative
- 34*Recall• Enables voters to remove elected officials
from public office through a special
election - 35*Direct Primary• Made it so the people could choose
candidates rather than party leaders and
political bosses choosing them
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- 10th grade US History Flashcards on Progressivism Vocab, created by CALEB FEATHEROFF on 01/11/2019.
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