Ch 19 Test Flashcards
What was the Pendleton act?
It was the call service commission
Why did reformers dislike the spoils system?
Becuase jobs weren’t based on the merit system
What was the interstate commerce act?
It was an act that forbade practices such as rebates
What does civil service mean?
The civil service is a system that includes most government jobs except elected positions the judiciary and the military
What was the role of politician bosses in the city?
They controlled work done and demanded payoffs from businesses
Who was a famous New York City boss?
William tweed
What was the Wisconsin idea?
Various progressive reforms
Primary
An election in which voters rather than party leaders chose their party’s candidate
Recall
A process by which people may vote to remove an elected official from office
Initiative
A process that allows voters to put a bill before the state legislature
Referendum
Is a way for people to vote directly on a proposed new law
What was the 16th amendment?
Income tax
Define muckraker
A term for a crusading journalist
Ida Tarbell
Her work led to demands on trusts and she caused oil baron John d Rockefeller of unfair business practices
Upton Sinclair
Revealed the bad conditions of the meat in meat packing facilities
Jacob Riis
Provided shocking images of slum life
Who was the first progressive president?
President William McKinley
What is a trustbuster
Someone who destroys trusts or monopolies
What legislative acts were used to break up trusts and monopolies?
Sherman antitrust act
Interstate commerce act
Federal trade commission
Clayton antitrust act
What is conservation
Protection of natural resources
How did Theodore Roosevelt promote conservation?
He urged companies to plant new trees in the forests there companies such as the U.S. Forest service to plant trees and he set up national parks
How did Theodore Roosevelt end the United mine workers strike?
Roosevelt threatened to send in troops to run the mines. The mine owners sat down with the union and reached an agreement
What was the square deal?
Everyone from farmers to consumers to workers and owners Should have the same opportunities to succeed
To what party did 1912 presidential candidate Theodore Roosevelt belong?
Republican Party
What does the federal trade commission do?
Stops unfair business practices to eliminate competition
What is suffrage?
The right to vote in political elections
What state first granted women the right to vote?
Wyoming
What was the 18th amendment?
Prohibition of alcoholic beverages
What was the 19th amendment?
Women’s right to vote
For what did booker t washington work
Advised African Americans to learn trade skills and move up gradually in society by becoming better
What did Ida b wells urge to stop?
Lynching
What is lynching?
Murder by a mob
What organization did web du bois start?
The natural association for the advancement of colored people
What did members of the temperance union want to outlaw?
Consumption of alcohol
For what did the anti-defamation league fight?
Fights prejudice against American Jews
What was the gentlemen’s agreement
Where the U.S. allowed some Japanese to immigrate to the U.S. But prevented everyone else
Japan stopped people from emigrating to the U.S.
What are mutualistas?
Mexican American mutual and group
