ch 22 Flashcards
Pragmatism
Philosophical movement that stressed the visible, real-world results of ideas.
Behaviorism
School of psychology, founded by John Watson, that measures human behavior, believes it can be shaped, and discounts emotion as subjective.
Sociological Jurisprudence
Legal theory that emphasizes the importance not merely of precedent but of contemporary social context in interpreting the law.
Jacob Riis
Author of How the Other Half Lives in 1890, he showed photos of Americans living in poverty and the harsh conditions they were facing.
Charlotte Perkins Gillman T. Seneca Falls
Author of Women and Economics in 1898, she condemned the conventions of womanhood such as femininity, marriage, maternity, and domesticity as being enslaving and obsolete.
Margaret Sanger
Nurse who became a crusader for birth control. She was arrested in 1916 for distributing contraceptive information.
Seneca Falls
This conference held in 1848 started woman suffrage and expressed ideas for women to gain the right to vote.
Carrie Chapman Catt
President of the National American Woman Suffrage Association in 1900, she mapped a grassroots plan to educate and persuade states to adopt women voting laws.
Red-Light District
An area in a city reserved for prostitutes.
Anti-Saloon League
A group that sought out to prohibit the sale of alcohol at local and state levels.
W. E. B. DuBois
Author of The Souls of Black Folk in 1903, he argued that blacks could only become equal if they could achieve suffrage which would lead to equal rights.
NAACP
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People worked to extend the principles of tolerance and equal opportunity to those of color.
Theodore Roosevelt
American President who changed the name of the Executive Mansion to the White House, set up a press room inside the White House, spoke openly with blacks about the future of the South, and felt he could do anything that was not listed in the Constitution.
Wisconsin Idea
A series of progressive reforms at the state level promoted by Robert La Follette during his governorship of Wisconsin (1901-1906).
watered stock
Stock issued in excess of the assets of a company.
interstate commerce
Trade in goods that cross state lines.
Upton Sinclair
Author of The Jungle in 1906, he exposed unsanitary conditions in a meat factory. The book drew national attention and is credited for helping Congress to pass the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 along with the Meat Inspection Act.
Sixteenth Amendment
This law allowed for a graduated income tax that would eventually generate the revenue for many new social programs in America.
Woodrow Wilson
American President that won the election of 1912 because the Republican party split the ticket.
Clayton Anti-Trust Act
Law in 1914 that barred some of the worst corporate practices: price discrimination, holding companies, and interlocking directorates.
