Chapter 15 Vocab and People and Events

Question 1

a journalist who uncovers abuses and corruption in a society

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Muckraker

Question 2

a vote held by all members of a political party to decide their candidate for public office

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Direct Primary

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the right of citizens to place a measure or issue before the voters or the legislature for approval

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Initiative

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practice of letting voters accept or reject measure proposed by the legislature

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Referendum

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right that enables officials from office

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Recall

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the right to vote

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Suffrage

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laws banning the manufacture, trasnportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages

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Prohibition

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a proposed law to be voted on by a governing body

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Legislation

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to propose a certain position or viewpoint

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Advocate

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wrote “How the Other Half Lives”, influenced mudrackers to reform

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Jacob Riis

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Republican governor of Wisconsin, supported direct primary

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Robert M. La Follette

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leader of NAWSA, tried to mobilize suffrage movement

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Carrie ChapmanCatt

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based on Charles Darwin’s theories of evolution and natural selection. States that humans have developed through competition

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Social Darwinism

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settling a dispute by agreeing to accept the decision of an imparial outsider

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Arbitration

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Disobedience

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Insubordination

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to govern or direct according to rule

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Regulate

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having to do with the environment, the complex system of plants, animals, water, and soil

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Environmental

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Roosevelt’s reform programs

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Square Deal

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launched a strike in Pennsylvania, 150,00 workers walked out

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United Mine Workers

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intended to strengthen the Interstate Commerce Commission by giving it power to set railroad rates

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Hepburn Act

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published “The Jungle” about conditions of slaughter houses in Chicago

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Upton Sinclair

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passed in 1906, required inspection of meat sold and set standards of cleanliness

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Meat Inspection Act

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prohibited the manufacture, sale, and shipment of impure or falsely labeled food and drugs.

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Pure Food and Drug Act

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appointed by Roosevelt to head the US forest service, established in 1905

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Gifford Pinchot

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a conservative corporate lawyer, tried to make a million acres of public forests and mineral reserves available for private development

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Richard A. Ballinger

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established by Taft, investigated and publicized child labor

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Children’s Bureau

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a tax based on the net income of a person or business

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Income Tax

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trading practices that derin again at the expense of the competition

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Unfair Trade Practices

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associated with higher learning at a scholary institution

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Academic

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not in accordance with or authorized by the constitution of a state or society

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Unconstitutional

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Bull Moose Party, Roosevelt was presideital candidate

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Progressive Party

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program of reforms that protected women and children in the labor force and supported compensation for people injured on the job.

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New Nationalism

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Wilsons plan that went against Roosevelts, claiming Roosevelt supported Monopolies

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New Freedom

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created 12 regional banks to be supervised by a Board of Gov. allowing national supervision of bank system

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Federal Reserve Act

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monitor American business, looked for companies that used unfair trade practices

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Federal Trade Commission

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outlaws practices that restricted competition

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Clayton Antitrust Act

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pushed for African American voting rights, led by W.E.B. Dubois

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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People