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 support Political Machine
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 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 plants Meat 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
What is the term?? 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
What is the term?? political boss of Tammany Hall in NYC
What is the term?? political boss of Tammany Hall in NYC Boss Tweed
What is the term?? 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
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
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
What is the term?? gave women the right to vote
What is the term?? gave women the right to vote 19 th Amendment
What is the term?? the act of dissolving business trusts by promoting antitrust regulations
What is the term?? the act of dissolving business trusts by promoting antitrust regulations Trustbusting
What is the term?? process that allows citizens to approve or reject a law passed by a legislature Referendum
What is the term?? (1914) law that strengthened the Sherman Antitrust Act
What is the term?? (1914) law that strengthened the Sherman Antitrust Act Clayton Antitrust Act
What is the term?? movement aimed at stopping alcohol abuse and the problems created by it
What is the term?? movement aimed at stopping alcohol abuse and the problems created by it Temperance Movement
What is the term?? political cartoonist who took down Boss Tweed
What is the term?? political cartoonist who took down Boss Tweed Thomas Nast
What is the term?? election in which citizens themselves vote to select nominees for upcoming elections
What is the term?? election in which citizens themselves vote to select nominees for upcoming elections Direct Primary
What is the term?? 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
What is the term?? 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