Progressivism-Chapter 8 Flashcards

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