progressive era chapter 8 terms Flashcards
direct primary
Direct primary, in the United States, a form of election in which voters directly choose a political party’s candidates for office.
settlement house
settlement houses were organizations that provided support services to the urban poor and European immigrants
initiative
Initiative is the ability to be resourceful and work without always being told what to do.
referendum
A referendum is a direct vote by the electorate on a proposal, law, or political issue.
recall
The verb recall means to remember something.A product recall is a request from a manufacturer to return a product after the discovery of safety issues or product defects
florence kelley
Florence Kelley was an American social and political reformer who fought for government regulation to protect working women and children.
ida b. wells
African-American journalist and activist who led an anti-lynching crusade in the United States in the 1890s. She also fought for woman suffrage.
carrie champan catt
Carrie Lane Chapman Catt—an Iowa State University alumna who devoted most of her life to the expansion of women’s rights around the world and international peace
brooke t. washington
Booker T. Washington was an author, educator, orator, philanthropist, The tiny school he founded in Tuskegee, Alabama,
w.e.b. du bois
W.E.B. Du Bois was an American sociologist, historian, author, editor, and activist who was the most important Black protest leader in the United States during the first half of the 20th century.
niagra movement
The Niagara Movement was a movement of African-American intellectuals that was founded in 1905 at Niagara Falls by such prominent men as W. E. B. DuBois and William Monroe Trotter. The movement was dedicated to obtaining civil rights for African-Americans.
naacp
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is an American civil rights organization formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans by a group including W. E. B. Du Bois, Mary White Ovington, Moorfield Storey, Ida B. Wells, Lillian Wald, and Henry Moskowitz.
urban league
Founded in 1911 in New York City, the National Urban League (NUL) is one of five civil rights organizations collectively known as the “Big Five.” The organization was founded to provide assistance to African Americans to further the dual tenets of economic and social justice.
anti-defamination-league
The Anti-Defamation League, formerly known as the Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith, is a New York–based international non-governmental organization that was founded to combat antisemitism, bigotry and discrimination.
square deal
The Square deal was Roosevelt’s program to keep wealthy and powerful from taking advantage of small business owners and the poor
