3 Terms And Names 9.1 Flashcards
Progressive movement
Aimed to restore exonomic opportunities and correct injustices in American life
Florence Kelley
An advocate for improving lives of women and children, prohibited child labor and less hours for women
Prohibition
Banning of alcoholic beverages
Muckrakers
People who wrote about the corrupt side of business and public life in magazines
Scientific management
Made to improve the efficiency of working by breaking tasks into simpler parts
Robert m. La follette
Main target was railroad
Taxed railroads, regulated states
3terms as governor
Initiative
A bill originated by the people
Referendum
The voters rejected the initiative by the referendum
Recall
Enabled voters to remove public officials
Seventeenth amendment
1913
Allowed voters to nominate senatorial candidates