Chapter 15 Vocab and People and Events Flashcards
a journalist who uncovers abuses and corruption in a society
Muckraker
a vote held by all members of a political party to decide their candidate for public office
Direct Primary
the right of citizens to place a measure or issue before the voters or the legislature for approval
Initiative
practice of letting voters accept or reject measure proposed by the legislature
Referendum
right that enables officials from office
Recall
the right to vote
Suffrage
laws banning the manufacture, trasnportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages
Prohibition
a proposed law to be voted on by a governing body
Legislation
to propose a certain position or viewpoint
Advocate
wrote “How the Other Half Lives”, influenced mudrackers to reform
Jacob Riis
Republican governor of Wisconsin, supported direct primary
Robert M. La Follette
leader of NAWSA, tried to mobilize suffrage movement
Carrie ChapmanCatt
based on Charles Darwin’s theories of evolution and natural selection. States that humans have developed through competition
Social Darwinism
settling a dispute by agreeing to accept the decision of an imparial outsider
Arbitration
Disobedience
Insubordination
to govern or direct according to rule
Regulate
having to do with the environment, the complex system of plants, animals, water, and soil
Environmental
Roosevelt’s reform programs
Square Deal
launched a strike in Pennsylvania, 150,00 workers walked out
United Mine Workers
intended to strengthen the Interstate Commerce Commission by giving it power to set railroad rates
Hepburn Act
published “The Jungle” about conditions of slaughter houses in Chicago
Upton Sinclair
passed in 1906, required inspection of meat sold and set standards of cleanliness
Meat Inspection Act
prohibited the manufacture, sale, and shipment of impure or falsely labeled food and drugs.
Pure Food and Drug Act
appointed by Roosevelt to head the US forest service, established in 1905
Gifford Pinchot
a conservative corporate lawyer, tried to make a million acres of public forests and mineral reserves available for private development
Richard A. Ballinger
established by Taft, investigated and publicized child labor
Children’s Bureau
a tax based on the net income of a person or business
Income Tax
trading practices that derin again at the expense of the competition
Unfair Trade Practices
associated with higher learning at a scholary institution
Academic
not in accordance with or authorized by the constitution of a state or society
Unconstitutional
Bull Moose Party, Roosevelt was presideital candidate
Progressive Party
program of reforms that protected women and children in the labor force and supported compensation for people injured on the job.
New Nationalism
Wilsons plan that went against Roosevelts, claiming Roosevelt supported Monopolies
New Freedom
created 12 regional banks to be supervised by a Board of Gov. allowing national supervision of bank system
Federal Reserve Act
monitor American business, looked for companies that used unfair trade practices
Federal Trade Commission
outlaws practices that restricted competition
Clayton Antitrust Act
pushed for African American voting rights, led by W.E.B. Dubois
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
