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

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