Group E: Populism and Progressivism USHGOV Vocabulary and Terms
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- Patronage
- Exchanging government jobs and contracts for political support.
- Trust-buster
- Made it illegal for corporations to gain control of industries by enforcing trust.
- Square Deal
- Fairness for workers, consumers, and big business.
- Theodore Roosevelt
- 26th President of the United State who led progressive reforms. Known for fighting corrupt political machines in New York.
- Progressive Movement
- Reform movement that sought to raise living standards and correct wrongs in American society.
- Recall
- Elected officials can be voted out of office.
- Referendum
- voters can approve proposed laws.
- Gilded Age
- Late 1800s era of fabulous wealth. Their were stories of rich people like Rockefeller and Carnegie that inspired many Americans to believe that they too could grow wealthy.
- "Cross of Gold"
- The "Cross of Gold" was a speech delivered by William Jennings Bryan at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago on July 9, 1896.
- Populists
- Wanted to use a "free silver" policy that would raise crop prices. Since silver was plentiful, more money would be put into circulation.
- William Jennings Bryan
- Democratic and populist candidate for President in 1896 who wanted a policy of free silver.
- Muckrakes
- Journalists who tried to discover muck or corruption.
- Bimetallism
- System where both gold and silver can constitute legal tender.
- Tammany Hall
- New York political machine, run by William Marcy Tweed.
- Tweed Ring
- A small group of men who controlled New York City's finances. Run by William Marcy Tweed.
- Political Machine
- Organization that controls a local government.
- 16th Amendment
- Amendment that gave Congress the power to create income taxes.
- 17th Amendment
- Amendment that provided for direct election of U.S. Senators.
- Upton Sinclair
- United States writer whose novels argued for Social reform.
- Pure-Food & Drug Act
- Law that provided federal inspection of meat products and forbade the manufacture, sale, or transportation of contaminated food products and poisonous patent medicine.
- Meat Inspection Act
- Law that authorized the secretary of Agriculture to inspect and condemn any meat product found unfit for human consumption.
- Federal Trade Commission
- A federal agency created to investigate and eliminate unfair and misleading trade practices in business.
- Initiative
- When a petition is signed by a certain number of voters, it forces it to be reconsidered. [The executive or legislature bodies consider]
- W.E.B. DuBois
- American civil rights activist.
- Bull Moose Party
- Progressive party in 1912 presidential election created by Theodore Roosevelt when he was denied the Republican Party's nomination for president.
- Booker T. Washington
- African- American leader who did not believe in challenging segregation.
- Conservation
- Controlling resource usage.
- NAACP
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People