Chapter 15 Vocab and People and Events Flashcards
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a journalist who uncovers abuses and corruption in a society
Muckraker
a vote held by all members of a political party to decide their candidate for public office
Direct Primary
the right of citizens to place a measure or issue before the voters or the legislature for approval
Initiative
practice of letting voters accept or reject measure proposed by the legislature
Referendum
right that enables officials from office
Recall
the right to vote
Suffrage
laws banning the manufacture, trasnportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages
Prohibition
a proposed law to be voted on by a governing body
Legislation
to propose a certain position or viewpoint
Advocate
wrote “How the Other Half Lives”, influenced mudrackers to reform
Jacob Riis
Republican governor of Wisconsin, supported direct primary
Robert M. La Follette
leader of NAWSA, tried to mobilize suffrage movement
Carrie ChapmanCatt
based on Charles Darwin’s theories of evolution and natural selection. States that humans have developed through competition
Social Darwinism
settling a dispute by agreeing to accept the decision of an imparial outsider
Arbitration
Disobedience
Insubordination
to govern or direct according to rule
Regulate
having to do with the environment, the complex system of plants, animals, water, and soil
Environmental
Roosevelt’s reform programs
Square Deal
launched a strike in Pennsylvania, 150,00 workers walked out
United Mine Workers
intended to strengthen the Interstate Commerce Commission by giving it power to set railroad rates
Hepburn Act
published “The Jungle” about conditions of slaughter houses in Chicago
Upton Sinclair
passed in 1906, required inspection of meat sold and set standards of cleanliness
Meat Inspection Act
prohibited the manufacture, sale, and shipment of impure or falsely labeled food and drugs.
Pure Food and Drug Act
appointed by Roosevelt to head the US forest service, established in 1905
Gifford Pinchot
