Unit 4 pt. 3 Flashcards
a procedure for removing a public official from office by a vote of the people
Recall
an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, adopted in 1913, that provides for the election of U.S. Senators by the people rather than by state legislatures
Seventeenth amendment
the National Association of Colored Women- a social service organization founded in 1896
NACW
the right to vote
Suffrage
social reformer who campaigned for womens rights, the temperance, and was an abolitionist, helped form the National Woman Suffrage Association
Susan B. Anthony
National American Woman Suffrage Association - an organization founded in 1890 to gain voting rights for women
NAWSA
Muckraker who shocked the nation when he published The Jungle, a novel that revealed gruesome details about the meat packing industry in Chicago
Upton Sinclair
novel by Upton Sinclair which called for reform in the meat-packing industry
The Jungle
a New York governor who became the 26th U.S. president, is remembered for his foreign policy, corporate reforms and ecological preservation
Theodore Roosevelt
President Theodore Roosevelt’s program of progressive reforms designed to protect the common people against big business
Square deal
a law, enacted in 1906, that established strict cleanliness requirements for meatpackers and created a federal meat-inspection program
Meat Inspection Act
a law enacted in 1906 to halt the sale of contaminated foods and drugs and to ensure truth in labeling
Pure Food and Drug Act
the planned management of natural resources, involving the protection of some wilderness areas and the development of others for the common good
Conservation
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, founded in 1909 to promote full racial equality
NAACP
head of the U.S. Forest Service under Roosevelt, who believed that it was possible to make use of natural resources while conserving them
Gifford Pinchot
27th president of the U.S.; he angered progressives by moving cautiously toward reforms and by supporting the Payne-Aldrich Tariff; he lost Roosevelt’s support and was defeated for a second term
William Howard Taft
a set of tax regulations, enacted by Congress in 1909, that failed to significantly reduce tariffs on manufactured goods
Payne-Aldrich Tariff
a name given to the Progressive Party, formed to support Theodore Roosevelt’s candidacy for the presidency in 1912
Bull Moose Party
Democratic candidate 1912, stood for antitrust, monetary change, and tariff reduction; far less active than Roosevelt, Clayton Anti-trust Act (to enforce Sherman), Child Labor Act
Woodrow Wilson
Conservative leader of the NAWSA from 1915 - 1920 and pushed the suffrage movement nation-wide
Carrie Chapman Catt
a law, enacted in 1914, that made certain monopolistic business practices illegal and protected the rights of labor unions and farm organizations
Clayton Antitrust Act
a federal agency established in 1914 to investigate and stop unfair business practices
Federal Trade Commission
a national banking system, established in 1913, that controls the U.S. money supply and the availability of credit in the country
Federal Reserve System
an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, adopted in 1920, that ensures women of the right to vote.
Ninteenth Amendment
