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Ch 21
The Progressive Spirit of Reform
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Social Studies
8th Grade
01/14/2013

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political machines
Definition
powerful organizations that used noth legan and illegal methods to get their candidates elected to public office.
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Progressives
Definition
group of reformers working to improve society in the late 1800s.
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muckrakers
Definition
journalists that raked up and exposed muck and filth of society.
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17 admendment
Definition
allowed Americans to vote directly for US senators
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recall
Definition
remove
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initiative
Definition
a procedure that allowed voters to propose a new law by collecting signatures on a petition
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referendum
Definition
permitted voters to approve or reject a law that had already been proposed or passes by a government body
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Robert M. La Follette
Definition
a Republican governor who used his efforts to reform state governments. Came up with the Wisconsin Plan
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Main goal of the political machines?
Definition
to gain control over local governments
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worksers' compensation laws
Definition
guaranteed a portion of lost wages to workers that were injured on the job
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capitalism
Definition
economic system in which private businesses run most industries and competition determines the prices
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socialism
Definition
system in which the government owns and operates a country's means of production
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socialist union
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Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
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18th amdendment
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banning the production, sale, and transprotation of alcohol
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organization founded to promote woman's suffrage
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NAWSA
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19th amendment
Definition
granting the American women the right to vote
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organization that called for economic and educational equality for African Americans
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NAACP
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Pure Food and Drug Act
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law prohibiting the manufacturing, sale, and transport of mislabeled or contaminated food and drugs
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conservation
Definition
protection of nature and its resources
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Progressive Party
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Followers of Theodore Roosevelt
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16th Amendment
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allowed federal government to impose direct taxes on citizens' incomes
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