Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
25 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
progressive era
|
turn of the century reform movement dedicated to political snd social change through government action.
|
|
|
reform
|
to change for the better. to abolish abuse or manipulate.
|
|
|
spoils system
|
giving govt jobs to political supporters and friends
|
|
|
pendleton act 1883
|
created civil cervice commissio to create tests so govt jobs will be based on merit
|
|
|
monopoly
|
caused higher prices eliminated competition making
|
|
|
sherman anti trust act
|
prohibeted buisnesses fromt rying to limit or destroy competition.
|
|
|
muckracker
|
writers during the Progressive Era who exposed conditions needing reform.
|
|
|
upton sinclair
|
famous muckracker
|
|
|
primary
|
Voters select the candidate for the general election -Effort to have citizens participate more in government
|
|
|
initiative
|
gave voters the right to put a bill directly before the state legislature to vote on.
|
|
|
referendum
|
Putting a bill right on the ballot & having voters decide whether or not to vote it into law
|
|
|
recall
|
process to remove an elected official from office
|
|
|
16th amendment
|
income tax(1913)
|
|
|
17th amendment
|
direct election of Senators by voters--expands democracy (1912)
|
|
|
18th amendment
|
Prohibition--outlawed the sale of alcohol from 1917-1932
|
|
|
19th amendment
|
granted women right to vote (1920)
|
|
|
suffragist
|
individual who fought for women's right to vote
|
|
|
meat inspection act
|
law passed to inspect meat before selling
|
|
|
the jungle
|
-novel written by Upton Sinclair exposing the unsafe practices of the meat-packing industry in Chicago
|
|
|
pure food and drug act
|
result of the Jungle, forces food and drug products to have labels listing dietary content
|
|
|
prohibition
|
ban of alcohol
|
|
|
civil service
|
Name given to government jobs, except the military and elected office.
|
|
|
graduated income tax
|
A system of taxation in which persons or corporations are assessed at a greater percentage of their income according to the theoretical ability to pay.
|
|
|
william "boss" tweed
|
NYC political boss-cheated NY out of almost $200 million during 1860-70's-Imprisoned for his crimes-Controlled jobs, newspapers, courts, fixed elections
|
|
|
corruption
|
the act of corrupting or state of being corrupt.
|
