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AC US History Chapter 6: The Progressive Era 1900-1917 Flashcards

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1965713362Progressive EraAn era in the United States (roughly between 1900 and 1917) in which important movements challenged traditional relationships and attitudes0
1965713363Social Gospel MovementMovement created by reform-minded Protestant ministers seeking to introduce religious ethics into industrial relationships and appealing to churches to meet their social responsibilities1
1965713364MuckrackingJournalism exposing economic, social, and political evils, so named by Theodore Roosevelt for its "raking the muck" of American society2
1965713365WobbliesPopular name for the members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)3
1965713366Protestant FundamentalistsReligious conservatives who believe in the literal accuracy and divine inspiration of the Bible4
1965713367ProhibitionA ban on the production, sale, and consumption of liquor, achieved temporarily through state laws and the Eighteenth Amendment5
1965713368Niagara MovementAfrican-American group organized in 1905 to promote racial integration, civil and political rights, and equal access to economic opportunity6
1965713369Nineteenth AmendmentConstitutional revision that in 1920 established women citizens' right to vote7
1965713370Australian ballotSecret voting and the use of official ballots rather than party tickets8
1965713371InitiativeProcedure by which citizens can introduce a subject for legislation, usually through a petition signed by a specific number of voters9
1965713372ReferendumSubmission of a law, proposed or already in effect, to a direct popular vote for approval or rejection10
1965713373Seventeenth AmendmentConstitutional change that in 1913 established the direct popular election of the U.S. senators11
1965713374RecallThe process of removing an official from office by popular vote, usually after using petitions to call for such a vote12
1965713375ConservationThe efficient management and use of natural resources, such as forests, grasslands, and rivers, as opposed to preservation or controlled exploitation13
1965713376Bureau of ReclamationFederal agency established in 1903 providing public funds for irrigation projects in arid regions14
1965713377Sixteenth AmendmentConstitutional revision that in 1913 authorized a federal income tax15
1965713378New NationalismTheodore Roosevelt's 1912 program calling for a strong national government to foster, regulate, and protect business, industry, workers, and consumers16
1965713379New FreedomWoodrow Wilson's 1912 program for limited government intervention in the economy to restore competition by curtailing the restrictive influences of trusts and protective tariffs, thereby providing opportunities for individual achievement17
1965713380Underwood-Simmons Tariff ActThe 1913 reform law that lowered Tariff rates and levied the first regular federal income tax18
1965713381Federal Reserve ActThe 1913 law that revised banking and currency by extending limited government regulation through the creation of the Federal Reserve System19
1965713382Federal Trade CommissionGovernment agency established in 1914 to provide regulatory oversight of business activity20

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