Chapter 19 (the greatest amendment by far) Flashcards
The movement of people to cities?
Urbanization
An exemption from a fee or exam to vote if a person, his father, or grandfather could vote before 1867?
Grandfather clause
The separation of the races?
Segregation
Laws that required the forced separation of the races in trains, schools, and other public accommodations?
Jim Crow Laws
Those who believe humans cannot know whether there is a God?
Agnostics
Groups dedicated to stopping the consumption of alcohol?
Temperance Societies
Court case which ruled that separate but equal facilities were constitutional?
Plessy v. Ferguson
The movement to bring about political and social reform through education and direct action by the government?
Progressivism
A process for allowing voters to propose their own legislation?
Initiative
A process where the voters determine whether to accept or reject a proposed law?
Referendum
A vote to decide whether to remove an official from office before the end of his term?
Recall
Writers who exposed abuse and corruption in government, business, and society?
Muckrakers
Gave women the right to vote?
Nineteenth Amendment
Provided for the direct election of senators?
Seventeenth Amendment
Created the federal income tax?
Sixteenth Amendment
Prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages?
Eighteenth Amendment