272034555 | Alice Paul | Founder of the National Woman's Party (strategies were different from the National American Women's Suffrage Association); lead protesters of the White House. | 0 | |
272034556 | Lincoln Steffens | One of the best known muchrakers who exposed the waste and greed of the modern United States | 1 | |
272034557 | The Jungle | Written by Upton Sinclair that exposed the meatpacking industry | 2 | |
272034558 | Meat Inspection Act | Law signed by President Roosevelt as a result of the public pressure caused by The Jungle | 3 | |
272034559 | Progressive Party | Led by Theodore Roosevelt when they broke from the Republican Party in the 1912 election | 4 | |
272034560 | Pure Food and Drug Act | Law that controlled medicines and banned false labeling on packages | 5 | |
272034561 | Temperance | Movement for the moderation or elimination of alcohol | 6 | |
272034562 | Wobblies | Nickname of the members of the Industrial Workers of the World | 7 | |
272034563 | Muckrakers | Crusading journalists who investigated social conditions and political corruption | 8 | |
272034564 | Secret ballot | election reform that prevented the Boss from knowing how people voted, and in turn, who to reward or punish | 9 | |
272034565 | Suffrage | the right to vote | 10 | |
272034566 | Recall | allows voters to remove an elected official from office before the end of their term | 11 | |
272034567 | Arbitration | allowing a third party to settle disputes | 12 | |
272034568 | Socialism | belief that the government should own & operate industries that affect everyone | 13 | |
272034569 | Initiative | allows a group of citizens to introduce legislation and require the legislature to vote on it | 14 | |
272034570 | Referendum | the practice of letting voters accept or reject measures proposed by the legislature | 15 | |
272034571 | 16th Amendment | Amendment to the United States Constitution gave Congress the power to tax income | 16 | |
272034572 | 17th Amendment | Amendment to the Constitution calls for the direct election of senators by the voters instead of their election by state legislatures | 17 | |
272034573 | 18th Amendment | Prohibited the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages | 18 | |
272034574 | 19th Amendment | Amendment to the U.S. Constitution extended the right to vote to women in federal or state elections | 19 |
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