Acts
Public outcry over unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry caused Congress to pass _________________ in 1906
The Pure Food and Drug Act
Outlawed the manufacture, distribution, and sale of alcohol, was adopted in 1919
The 18th Amendment
A reform movement to stop the public's consumption of alcohol
Prohibition
A system of pure capitalism, which allows business leaders to operate in order to gain profits with little to no government inferference
Free Enterprise
A group of journalists and other writers who brought many of society's ills to public attention
muckrackers
An 1862 law passed to encourage settlement of the Great Plains. It granted 160 acres of public land for free as long as the person stayed on the land for 5 years and cultivated, or farmed, it
The Homestead Act
Adopted in 1920, successfully gave women the right to vote
19th Amendment
A Protestant movement of the late 1800s and early 1900s that urged believers to work for social justice
Social Gospel
Donating money for social or cultural improvement or enrichment is ___________________
Philanthropy
One means by which Progressives hoped to clean up government was the __________, which empowered voters to remove elected officials from office before the end of their terms.
recall
Progressive reformers' efforts to regulate and stabilize the nation's banking system resulted in passage of _______________________________
The Federal Reserve Act
In 1913 it authorized Congress to levy an income tax, which gave the federal government more money to pay for its programs
The 16th Amendment
A political movement marked by demands for more government control of business, support for the ordinary Americans, and political reforms
Populism
People who create, manage, and assume the risks of starting a new business
Entrepreneurs
Adopting the culture of a dominant goup
assimilation
An 1887 law that gave power to regulate railroads that operated across state lines
Interstate Commerce Act
Expanded democracy by taking from state legislatures the power to select each state's U.S. senators and giving it to the voters
The 17th Amendment
Progressive reformers lobbied state legislatures to grant citizens _____________, which allowed them to put proposed new laws on the ballot for voter approval
initiative
An economic system is one in whcih the government does not interfere with individuals involved in free enterprise
laissez-faire
political machine
The law based hiring for many federal jobs on a competitive exam, rather than on political support. It was a step towards civil service reform.
The Pendleton Act
Abolished slavery
The 13th Amendment (not on the test)
Empowers voters to approve or reject new laws passed by a legislative body, was part of Progressive Era efforts to expand democracy
Referendum
This Act served to regulate and stabilize the country's banking system
The Federal Reserve Act
The concentration of people in cities
urbanization