Vocab #2 Flashcards
Prohibition
Alcohol becomes illegal
The initiative
Allow citizens of many states to propose a law by petition and have it voted on by the people
The jungle
Book by Sinclair in which she displays bad factory conditions and living conditions-especially with meat packing industry
Spoils system
Provides Political supporters, friends and government with jobs
Hull house
Ellen and Jane had a house that got poor people closer with the rich. Mostly from European immigrants
Pure food and drug act
Package labels made sure things were pure
Trust buster
Theodore Roosevelt breaking up trusts and monopolies by government
Progressives
Responses to economic and social problems through rapid industrialization
Populists
Political party seeking to represent the interests of ordinary people
Muckrakers
Wrote in magazines about illegal activities
Square Deal
Conversation of resources, control, and protection. Fair bargain
NAACP
National Association of Advancement on Colored People. Worked to protect the rights of colors
Bull moose party
Political party with Theodore Roosevelt
Suffrage
Right to vote
