13 The Common Good Flashcards
a popular attitude that people should work for social and political changes that benefit everyone
Common Good
a movement to solve various social and political problems through government action
Progressive Movement
a person who supports changes that are intended to improve society
Reformer
the right to vote
Suffrage
Protecting something from being used up
Conserve
to adopt the values and habits of a larger group
Assimilate
a share or portion determined by a plan for dividing a larger quantity
Allotment
total control over the supply of a product or service in a certain market area
Monopoly
a journalist who “digs up dirt” on someone or something to expose problems that need change for the common good
Muckraker
James J Hill’s Minnesota company was trying to build a monopoly in this industry
Railroad
the president during the Progressive Era
Teddy Roosevelt
a hazardous result of logging companies leaving behind their “mess” after a cut
Forest Fires
a school at which students live, away from their families (where they sent Ojibwe children)
Boarding Schools
unfair treatment of a person or group based on race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or ethnic background
Discrimination
