1965713362 | Progressive Era | An era in the United States (roughly between 1900 and 1917) in which important movements challenged traditional relationships and attitudes | 0 | |
1965713363 | Social Gospel Movement | Movement created by reform-minded Protestant ministers seeking to introduce religious ethics into industrial relationships and appealing to churches to meet their social responsibilities | 1 | |
1965713364 | Muckracking | Journalism exposing economic, social, and political evils, so named by Theodore Roosevelt for its "raking the muck" of American society | 2 | |
1965713365 | Wobblies | Popular name for the members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) | 3 | |
1965713366 | Protestant Fundamentalists | Religious conservatives who believe in the literal accuracy and divine inspiration of the Bible | 4 | |
1965713367 | Prohibition | A ban on the production, sale, and consumption of liquor, achieved temporarily through state laws and the Eighteenth Amendment | 5 | |
1965713368 | Niagara Movement | African-American group organized in 1905 to promote racial integration, civil and political rights, and equal access to economic opportunity | 6 | |
1965713369 | Nineteenth Amendment | Constitutional revision that in 1920 established women citizens' right to vote | 7 | |
1965713370 | Australian ballot | Secret voting and the use of official ballots rather than party tickets | 8 | |
1965713371 | Initiative | Procedure by which citizens can introduce a subject for legislation, usually through a petition signed by a specific number of voters | 9 | |
1965713372 | Referendum | Submission of a law, proposed or already in effect, to a direct popular vote for approval or rejection | 10 | |
1965713373 | Seventeenth Amendment | Constitutional change that in 1913 established the direct popular election of the U.S. senators | 11 | |
1965713374 | Recall | The process of removing an official from office by popular vote, usually after using petitions to call for such a vote | 12 | |
1965713375 | Conservation | The efficient management and use of natural resources, such as forests, grasslands, and rivers, as opposed to preservation or controlled exploitation | 13 | |
1965713376 | Bureau of Reclamation | Federal agency established in 1903 providing public funds for irrigation projects in arid regions | 14 | |
1965713377 | Sixteenth Amendment | Constitutional revision that in 1913 authorized a federal income tax | 15 | |
1965713378 | New Nationalism | Theodore Roosevelt's 1912 program calling for a strong national government to foster, regulate, and protect business, industry, workers, and consumers | 16 | |
1965713379 | New Freedom | Woodrow 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 achievement | 17 | |
1965713380 | Underwood-Simmons Tariff Act | The 1913 reform law that lowered Tariff rates and levied the first regular federal income tax | 18 | |
1965713381 | Federal Reserve Act | The 1913 law that revised banking and currency by extending limited government regulation through the creation of the Federal Reserve System | 19 | |
1965713382 | Federal Trade Commission | Government agency established in 1914 to provide regulatory oversight of business activity | 20 |
AC US History Chapter 6: The Progressive Era 1900-1917 Flashcards
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