Chapter 17 Flashcards
Goals of Progressivism
- Protect social welfare
- Moral improvement
- economic reform
- More effecient
Muckrackers
Journalist who exposed corruption
Capitalism
an economic and political system in which a country’s trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.
socialism
means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole
Assembly line
Utilized by Henry Ford at his Ford Motor Company
Y.M.C.A.
Young Men’s Christian Association. Opened libraries, sponsored classes, and built swimming pools and handball courts.
Anti Saloon League
Prohibition organization. Worked to pass laws to force people to change and punish those who drank.
W.C.T.U
Prohibition organization.
Florence Kelley
Advocate for women and children.
Carrie Nation
Radical member of the temperance movement.
Upton Sinclair
Author of the jungle, a critical look at the nation’s meat packing industry.
Henry Ford
Founder of Ford Motor Company.
Eugene Debs
Socialist.
Child Labor
Hired often because they could be paid lower wages, and because of their ability to work in small spaces.
Initiative
Gives citizens the power to create laws themselves by petition.
Recall
Citizens can force a special election before an official’s term has expired.
“Square Deal”
Name given to reform programs promoted by the Roosevelt Administration
Susan B. Anthony
social reformer and feminist who played a pivotal role in the women’s suffrage movement.
Women’s suffrage
The right for women to vote.
16th Amendment
legalized a federal income tax system that taxes individual and corporate earnings.
17th Amendment
Senators from each state are elected directly by the citizens of that state.
18th Amendment
Prohibition of Alcohol (Volstead Act)
19th Amendment
Voting rights for women.
Meat Inspection Act
Cleanliness requirements for meat companies
