American History CH. 16 Sec 1-3 Flashcards

1
Q

Popular magazines printed journalists’ first hand accounts of injustices. They journalists were know as…

A

Muckrakers

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2
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Popular muckrakers

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Ida Tarbell, Jacob Riis

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3
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Allows voters to put a proposed law on the ballot for public approval

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Initiative

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4
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Allows citizens to place a recently passed law on the ballot, allowing voters to approve or reject the measure

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Referendum

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5
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Enables citizens to remove an elected official from office by calling for a special election.

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Recall

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6
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A gruesome disaster in New York in 1911

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The Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire

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7
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This amendment gave voters, rather than state legislatures, the power to directly elect their U.S. Senators

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The 17th Amendment

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8
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Muckraking novel that exposed the horrific working conditions and unsanitary manufacturing practices in the meat packing industry

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“The Jungle”

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9
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Wrote “The Jungle”

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Upton Sinclair

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10
Q

The right to vote

A

Suffrage

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11
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Leader of the NWP

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Alice Paul

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12
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Leader of NAWSA

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Carrie Chapman Catt

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13
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NAWSA

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National American Woman Suffrage Association

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14
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NWP

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National Woman’s Party

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15
Q

Gave women the right to vote

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The 19th amendment

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16
Q

Formed the National suffrage Association (NWSA)

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Susan B. Anthony

17
Q

Became Roosevelt’s 1904 campaign slogan and the framework for his entire presidency

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The Square Deal

18
Q

Assassinated William McKinley

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Leon Czolgosz

19
Q

A powerful platform to publicize important issues and seek support for his policies

A

Bully Pulpit

20
Q

Nickname given to Theodore Roosevelt

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Trust-buster

21
Q

A way to ensure that businesses competed more fairly

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Government Regulation

22
Q

Required federal inspection of meat shipped across state lines

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Meat Inspection Act

23
Q

Forbade the manufacture, sale, or transportation of food and patent medicine containing harmful ingredients

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Pure Food and Drug Act

24
Q

Sought to improve living conditions for the urban poor

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Progressives