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13 Cards in this Set
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Social godpel |
A reform movement led by ministers who used religious who used religious doctrine to demand better housing and living conditions for the urban poor. |
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Muckrakers |
Bright young reporters at the turn of the twentieth century who won its unfavorable moniker from Theodore Roosevelt, but boosted the circulations of their magazines by writing exposés of widespread corruption in American society. |
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Initiative |
A progressive reform measure allowing voters to petition to have a law placed on the general ballot. Brought democracy directly to the people. |
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Referendum |
A progressive reform procedure allowing voters to place a bill on the ballot for final approval, even after being passed by legislature. |
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Recall |
A progressive ballot procedure allowing voters to remove elected officials from office. |
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Australian ballot |
A system that allows voters privacy in making their ballot choices. |
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Muller v. Oregon (1908) |
A landmark Supreme Court case in which crusading attorney (and future Supreme Court Justice) Louis D. Brandeis persuaded the Supreme Court to accept the constitutionality of limiting the hours of women workers. |
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Lochner v. New York (1905) |
A setback for labor reformers, this 1905 Supreme Court decision invalidated a state law establishing a ten-hour day for bakers. It held that the "right to free contract" was implicit in the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. |
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Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) |
Founded in Ohio in the 1870s to combat the evils of excessive alcohol consumption, the WCTU went on to embrace a broad reform agenda, including campaigns to abolish prostitution and gain the right to vote for women. |
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Elkins Act (1903) |
Law passed by Congress to impose penalties that offered rebates and customers who accepted them. The law strengthened the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887. The Hepburn Act of 1906 added free passes to the list of railroad no-no's. |
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Meat Inspection Act |
A law passed by Congress to subject meat shipped over state lines to federal inspection. The publication of Upton Sinclair's novel, The Jungle, earlier that year so disgusted American consumers with its description of conditions in slaughterhouses and meat packing plants that it mobilized public support for government action. |
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Pure Food and Drug Act (1906) |
A law passed by Congress to inspect and regulate the labeling of all foods and pharmaceuticals intended for human consumption. |
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Hetch Hetchy Valley |
The federal government allowed the city of San Francisco to build a dam here in 1913. This was a blow to preservationists, who wished to protect the Yosemite National Park, where the dam was located. |
