Chapters 20-22 Flashcards
White mans burden
The belief that the white race had the job to colonize other nations and spread their “civilized” way of life
NAACP
founded in 1909 to abolish segregation and discrimination, to oppose racism and to gain civil rights for African Americans, got Supreme Court to declare grandfather clause unconstitutional
Progressive era
An era marked by its reform movements, which bettered the lives of many Americans
Prohibition
A reform movement which argued that alcohol was the root of all problems and should be outlawed
Initiative
allowed all citizens to introduce a bill into the legislative and required members to take a vote on it
Referendum
legislative act is referred for final approval to a popular vote by the electorate
Recall
the act of removing an official by petition
Muckraking
writer or journalist of the early 1900s who uncovered shameful conditions in business and other areas of American life.
Company towns
Company towns sprang up around big business facilities and essentially provided everything for the town at a high cost, keeping the town perpetually in serfdom.
Sig: allowed slavery to continue based on economic status instead of race.
Niagra movement
black civil rights organization founded in 1905 by a group led by W. E. B. Du Bois and William Monroe Trotter
Sherman antitrust act
The act which established trusts as monopolies, leading to the breakup of trusts
Hepburn act
gave the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) the power to set maximum railroad rates and extend its jurisdiction.
Food and drug act
Established set limits on quality, establishing that food and drugs consumed are safe
New freedom
Woodrow Wilson’s campaign platform in the 1912 presidential election in which he called for limited government
16th amendment
Amendment that gave congress the right to collect an income tax
