Vocab Corruption Reformers Presidents Amendments /Vocab
Group of corporations run by a single board of directors - similar to a monopoly
Trust
Allowed voters to select party candidates
Direct primaries
Process by which people vote directly on a bill
referendum
Two terms used when politicians give jobs to political supporters
Spoils System Patronage
When voters can remove an elected official from office
recall
New York City political boss found guilty of corruption and stealing millions of dollars, died in prison
Boss William Tweed
1870s-90s marked by patronage, corruption, bribery and political scandals
Gilded Age
This person became President after Garfield was killed and began the Civil Service Commission
Chester A. Arthur
DAILY DOUBLE Person who bought votes, took payoffs, bribed others & gave jobs and loans to supporters
Political boss
Charles Guiteau shot this person because he didn’t give Guiteau a job
President James Garfield
Began in 1869; was organized to pass an amendment to give women the right to vote
National Women’s Suffrage Association
Organization that fought to ban alcohol because of the negative affect it had on the family and because women were banned form bars
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
He started the Wisconsin Idea and helped reform voting through primaries, referendums, initiatives, and recall
Robert Lafollette
Exposed meatpacking plants through The Jungle
Upton Sinclair
Broke up trusts, supported the graduated income tax, supported an 8 hour work day for government employees, against child labor
President William H. Taft
This President's plan was call the “New Freedom” plan
President Woodrow Wilson
The President lost public support when he raised tariffs and fired a Forest Service Official for selling wilderness land
President William H. Taft
“Trustbuster”
President Theodore Roosevelt
Federal Trade Commission & Federal Reserve Act
President Woodrow Wilson
Gave women the right to vote
19 th Amendment
Person who exposed corruption and other problems, usually through journalism
Muckraker
Agreement made to limit Japanese immigration into United States
Gentlemen’s Agreement
DAILY DOUBLE Amendment that allowed direct election of Senators
17 th Amendment
Amendment that banned the sale, transportation, and making of alcohol.
18 th Amendment
Two reformers for African American rights: 1. supported actively fighting for equality 2. supported patience and learning a trade for equality These two unions were created to help farmers improve on their working conditions.
1. W.E.B. Dubois 2. Booker T. Washington
Final Jeopardy Name all three Progressive Presidents in chronological order. (first and last name)