In following with the textbook Out of Many: A History of the American People by Faragher, Buhle, Czitrom, and Armitage.
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| 2151905364 | "progressives" | shared a fundamental belief that America needed a new social consciousness to cope with new changes | 0 | |
| 2151909229 | Social Darwinism | application of Darwin's Theory of biological evolution to society holding the fittest at the top --> did NOT fit in the Progressive Era | 1 | |
| 2151915145 | Prohibition | A ban on the production, sale, and consumption of liquor; achieved temporarily through state laws and the 18th Amendment | 2 | |
| 2151924801 | National Municipal Leauge | led a "good government" movement that fought to make city management a non-partisan & even non-political process by bringing the administration techniques of large corporations to cities | 3 | |
| 2151931705 | "honest graft" | making money from inside information on public improvements | 4 | |
| 2157489418 | Wisconsin Idea | the application of academic scholarship and theory to public needs: supported by many states | 5 | |
| 2151933893 | INITIATIVE | procedure by which citizens can introduce a subject for legislation, usually through petition signed by a specific number of voters | 6 | |
| 2151943314 | REFERENDUM | submission of law, proposed or already in effect, to a direct popular vote for approval or rejectino | 7 | |
| 2151947063 | DIRECT PRIMARY | allowed voters to cross party lines; DEMOCRATIZED the nomination process | 8 | |
| 2151948191 | RECALL | the process of removing an official from office by popular vote, usually after using petitions to call for such a vote | 9 | |
| 2157099606 | Muckracking | a term coined by President Theodore Roosevelt for "racking the muck" of American society; a journalism exposing economic, social, and political evils | 10 | |
| 2157458812 | (1905) Lochner vs. New York | Judge Holmes ruled that a 10-hour day for bankers was wrong | 11 | |
| 2157465516 | (1908) Muller vs. Oregon | Court upheld law limiting maximum hours for working women "liberty of contract 'is not absolute'. | 12 | |
| 2162461876 | The Prohibition Movement | movement to ban the consumption of liquor and led to more racism and xenophobia among and towards immigrants | 13 | |
| 2162464185 | Social Evil | push to eliminate prostitution and gambling --> unsuccessful | 14 | |
| 2162465915 | (1910) Mann Act | Made the transport of women across state lines, for immoral purposes, illegal | 15 | |
| 2162470118 | (1909) National Board of Censorship - NBC | established to create revenue in the theaters and by 1914, the board was reviewing 95% of the nation's film output | 16 | |
| 2162474350 | (1917) Smith-Hughes Act | provided federal grants to support educational endeavors by both male (metal, carpentry, machines) and female (typing, bookkeeping, sewing, cooking, home ec) students ALSO set up a Federal Board for Vocational Education | 17 | |
| 2162548944 | (1909) The Uprising of 20,000 | a three month strike demanding union recognition throughout NY's garment district; drew support from suffragists, trade unionists, and sympathetic middle class women --> did not become recognized and returned back to work, but drove unskilled workers to organize and opened the doors to women involvment in the | 18 | |
| 2162547038 | (1900) International Ladies Garment Workers Union | gained strength and negotiated contracts throughout clothing factories | 19 | |
| 2162545150 | (1911) Triangle Shirtwaist Company | A fire started that killed 146 people: led to New York State Factory Investigation Commission that conducted on-site inspections that led to state laws improving factory safety conditions | 20 | |
| 2162543567 | (1913) Ludlow's Massacre | Strikers in Colorado murdered by privately hired army and enraged the country | 21 | |
| 2162541911 | Wobblies | Popular name for the members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) | 22 | |
| 2174675921 | village bohemians | influential fine artists -- open to socialism and anarchism | 23 | |
| 2175552302 | talented tenth | the top African American students that received financial aid for college through W.E.B.Dubois | 24 | |
| 2177057338 | (1905) Niagara Movement | African American group organized to promote racial integration, civil, & political rights, & equal access to economic opportunity | 25 | |
| 2177057339 | (1910) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People - NAACP | Interracial organization co-founded by W.E.B. Dubois dedicated to restoring African American political and social rights | 26 | |
| 2177057340 | (1906) Hepburn Act | Strengthened the ICC by authorizing it to set maximum railroad rates and inspect financial records | 27 | |
| 2177057341 | Food and Drug Act | established the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) which tested and approved drugs before they went on the market | 28 | |
| 2177057342 | (1912) New Freedom | Woodrow Wilsons 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 achievement | 29 | |
| 2177076622 | (1913) Underwood-Simmons Act | Reform law that lowered tariff rates and levied the first regular federal income | 30 | |
| 2177076623 | (1913) SIXTEENTH AMENDMENT | authorized a federal income tax | 31 | |
| 2177076624 | (1913) Federal Reserve Act | law that revised banking and currency by extending limited government regulation through the creation of the Federal Reserve System | 32 | |
| 2177076625 | (1914) Clayton Antitrust Act | Replaced the old Sherman Act as the nation's basic antitrust law --> it exempted unions from being construed as illegal combinations in restraint of trade, and it forbade federal courts from issuing injunctions against strikers | 33 | |
| 2177076626 | (1914) Federal Trade Commission - FTC | Government agency established to provide regulatory oversight of business activity | 34 |
