Progressive Era Vocabulary Flashcards
Progressives
Moving forward using New ideas
Temperance movement
A reform movement calling for moderation in drinking and alcohol
Workers compensation
The legal rights of workers who were injured at work to receive some pay even if their injuries prevent them from working
Recall
The process by which voters can remove a elected official
Referendum
A law making reformed that allows a law passed by a state legislator to be placed on the ballot for approval or rejection by the voters
Initiative
Taking action without being asked
Suffrage
The right to vote
Lynching
To kill someone without approval by law often by handing and by a mob of people
NAACP
A group formed in 1909 to fight through the courts to and segregation end ensure that African-American men could exercise voting rights under the 15th amendment
Square deal
Pres. Theodore Roosevelt’s reform program, focused on regulating big businesses, protecting workers and consumers, and preserving the environment.
Trust busting
Government activities aimed at breaking up trusts and monopolies
Pure food and drug act
Eight 1906 federal law that established the food and drug administration to test and approve drugs before they go to market
Federal Reserve system
The central banking authority of the United States, which manages the nation’s money supply
16th amendment
The constitutional change ratified in 1913 alowing the federal government to impose an income tax
17th amendment
A constitutional change ratified in 1913 requiring the direct election of Senators by popular vote
