Vocabulary Review

For Vocab. Quiz

What is the term?

the right to vote

What is the term?

the right to vote

Suffrage

What is the term??

writer who uncovers and exposes misconduct in

politics or business

What is the term??

writer who uncovers and exposes misconduct in

politics or business

Muckraker

What is the term?

an organized group that controls a political party in a city and offers services to voters and businesses in exchange for

political and financial support

What is the term?

an organized group that controls a political party in a city and offers services to voters and businesses in exchange for

political and financial supportPolitical Machine

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(1906) law that allowed the federal government to inspect

meat sold across state lines and required federal inspection of

meat processing plants

What is the term??

(1906) law that allowed the federal government to inspect

meat sold across state lines and required federal inspection of

meat processing plantsMeat Inspection Act

What is the term?

community center organized at the turn of the twentieth century to provide social

services to the urban poor

What is the term?

community center organized at the turn of the twentieth century to provide social

services to the urban poor

Settlement House

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reform movement that emerged in the late nineteenth century that sought to improve society

by applying Christian principles

What is the term??

reform movement that emerged in the late nineteenth century that sought to improve society

by applying Christian principles

Social Gospel

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political boss of Tammany Hall in NYC

What is the term??

political boss of Tammany Hall in NYC

Boss Tweed

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process by which voters can remove elected officials from office before their term ends

What is the term??

process by which voters can remove elected officials from office before their term ends

Recall

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(1906) law that allowed federal inspection of food and medicine and banned the interstate shipment and

sale of impure food and the mislabeling of food and drugs

What is the term??

(1906) law that allowed federal inspection of food and medicine and banned the interstate shipment and

sale of impure food and the mislabeling of food and drugs

Pure Food and Drug Act

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gave women the right to vote

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gave women the right to vote

19th Amendment

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the act of dissolving business trusts by promoting antitrust

regulations

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the act of dissolving business trusts by promoting antitrust

regulations

Trustbusting

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process that allows citizens to approve or reject a law passed

by a legislature

Referendum

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(1914) law that strengthened the Sherman Antitrust Act

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(1914) law that strengthened the Sherman Antitrust Act

Clayton Antitrust Act

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movement aimed at stopping alcohol abuse and the problems

created by it

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movement aimed at stopping alcohol abuse and the problems

created by it

Temperance Movement

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political cartoonist who took down Boss Tweed

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political cartoonist who took down Boss Tweed

Thomas Nast

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election in which citizens themselves vote to select nominees for

upcoming elections

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election in which citizens themselves vote to select nominees for

upcoming elections

Direct Primary

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movement that responds to the pressures of industrialization and urbanization by promoting reform

What is the term??

movement that responds to the pressures of industrialization and urbanization by promoting reform

Progressivism

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process in which citizens put a proposed new law directly on

the ballot

What is the term??

process in which citizens put a proposed new law directly on

the ballot

Initiative