Ch. 10 Flashcards
(28 cards)
Direct Primary
Votes given to the people directly, or at large, to decide the best candidate
17th Amendment
Two senators per state
Initiative
Allows citizens to decide a bill, or law
Recall
Removal of poor preforming legislatures
Referendum
Voters cast ballots for or against a law, or a bill
Progressives
Implementing new social reform, or new, liberal idea
Robert M. LaFollette
Wanted a progressive state government and advocated for the Wisconsin Idea
Wisconsin Idea
Do away with monopolies, trusts, and high costs of living
President McKinley Assassinated
Shot twice from close range at the Pan
Vice-President Theodore Roosevelt
Youngest president of the United States
United Mine Workers Strike (1904)
Miners wanted 20% increase pay, reduced hours of work, increased safety in the mines, and recognition of the Union
Roosevelt’s Square Deal
Domestic program, conservation of natural resources, control of corporations, and consumer protection
Muckrakers
Wrote about corrupt leaders and institutions
Upton Sinclair
American writer who wrote (Welcome to) The Jungle
The Jungle
Exposed the appalling conditions of the meat packing industry
Pure Food and Drug Act
Prevented the manufacture, sale, and shipment of impure, or falsely labeled food and drugs in interstate commerce
President William Howard Taft
Large, intelligent, and thoughtful man who was the President
16th Amendment
Levy taxes on income
Ballinger-Pinchot Affair
Taft fired Pinchot, angering Roosevelt
1912 Election
Taft v. Roosevelt v. Debs v. Wilson
Wilson’s New Freedom
Wanted to attack high tariffs, banking, and anti-trust laws
President Woodrow Wilson
Won 1912 Election
Federal Reserve Act
Intended to form economic stability in the US
Federal Trade Commission
Investigated businesses fraudulent and unfair practices