URBANIZATION
What is urbanization?
Refers to population shift from rural to urban areas.
A party organization, headed by a single boss or small autocratic group, that commands enough votes to maintain political and administrative control of a city, country, or state.
What is progressivism?
Support for (or advocacy of) social reform.
What did the 19th amendment accomplish?
It gave women the right to vote.
Muckraking.
Describe Ellis Island
A federally owned island in New York harbor that was the busiest immigrant inspection and processing station in the U.S.
Name an example
Tammany Hall
Name 2 Acts related to progressivism
1. Chinese Exclusion Act
2. Meat Inspection Act
3. Federal Reserve Act
4. Clayton Anti-Trust Act
What does the 16th Amendment permit?
It allows congress to levy on income tax without dividing it among states.
Who was Ida Tarbell?
An American writer, investigative journalist, biographer, and lecturer.
She was one of the leading muckrakers.
Define 'Melting pot'
A metaphor used to describe the fusion of different nationalities, ethnicities and cultures.
Define spoils system
The practice of a successful political party giving public office to its supporters.
Define 'Muckraking'
The action of searching out and publicizing scandalous information about famous people.
Describe the 18th Amendment
Established the prohibition of alcohol in the U.S.
Define ‘suffragettes’
A women seeking the right to vote through organized protest.
Define Nativism
The policy of protecting the interests of native born (or established inhabitants) against those of immigrants.
Define initiative
A petition to propose amendments to the constitution.
What do child labor laws do?
Address issues related to the employment and welfare of working children in the U.S.
Define the 17th Amendment
Established the direct election of U.S. senators in each state.
Name 2 suffragettes
Susan B Anthony & Alice Paul
Why were tenements important?
They were first built to house the waves of immigrants.
What were Civil Service Reforms?
Movements for the improvement of the civil service.
Define segregation
1. the action or state of setting someone (or something) apart from others.
2. the enforced separation of different racial groups.
BONUS: What does the Clayton anti-trust Act do?
It defines unethical business practices and upholds various rights of labor.
Name 2 African American activists from the progressivism era.
W.E.B Du Bois & Booker T. Washington