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Progressivism Vocab
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- 1Reform-to change for the better
- Ex: passing the "Meat Inspection Act" - 2PROGRESSIVISM-Fixing society with gov't change
- Ex: passing the Prohibition of alcohol (18th amendments) - 3Tenements-Slum apartments in cities
- Ex: the apartments in "The Jungle". - 4Political corruption-Using a position of power to benefits yourself or your friends
- Ex: taking bribes - 5Populism-More power to ordinary people
- Ex: 17th amendment allows direct election of senators - 6Americanization-Immigrants learning to be "American"
- 7Public education-Government run schools
- Ex: LCS - 8Environmental Regulations-Laws about how environments treated
- Ex: It's illegal to dump waste from factories into rivers - 9Conservation-Protecting and preserving the environment
- Ex: National Parks established - 10Suffrage-The right to vote
- 1116th Amendment-The Federal Government can collect income tax
- 1217 Amendments-Senators are directly elected by the people of their state, rather than being appointed by the state government.
- 1318th Amendments-Prohibition
-Banned Alcohol everywhere in the US - 1419th AmendmentGave women the right to vote
- 15Sherman Anti-Trust acts-Anti-Monopolies law from 1890
- 16Clayton Anti-Trust Act-Stopped Monopolies merging & helped labor unions
- 17Muckrakers-Journalists who exposed wrongdoing
- 18Theodore Roosevelt-Progressive President: fought for conservation
- 19Federal Reserve System-Central Bank created to protect banks from falling
- 20Lobbying-Seek to influence a politician or public official on an issue
- 21Special Interest Groups- An organization seeking or receiving special advantages, typically through lobbying
- 22Political Parties- Group of people who have the same ideology and political positions
- 23Public Opinion-Views common among the general public
- 24Farmers Alliance-Organization to make life better for farmers
- 25Media-Forms of massive communication
- 26Social Injustice-Unjust actions are done in a society
- 27Policies-Statement of intent
- 28Federal Government-Nation Government
- 29Prohibition-Forbidding something, especially by law
EX: the banning alcoholic beverages - 30Initiative-A bill originating with the people rather than lawmakers
- 31Referendum-A vote on an initiative
- 32Recall-Enables voters to remove elected officials from public through a special election
- 33Direct Primary-Made it so the people could choose candidates rather than party leaders and political bosses choosing them
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