Vocabulary
What does recall mean?
The right of voters to remove incompetent elected officials out of office.
What was one economic reform?
The income taxes.
What was one political reform?
The new way to elect senators.
What does referendum mean?
The right of voters to except or reject laws.
What was the 17th amendment?
It provided for the direct election of senators by voters.
What did Ida Tarbell do?
She worked for McClure's magazines, and she described the oil trust's unfair practices.
What does social refer to?
Social refers to people.
What is a muckracker?
An investigative reporter who exposed corruption.
What is a reform?
The correction of abuses and errors in society.
Who was Boss Tweed?
He controlled NYC's democratic political machine during the 1870's and 1880's
What amendments were passed as a result of the progressive movement?
The 17th amendment.
What does initiative mean?
The right of voters to place an issue on a ballot in a state election.
What was the progressive era?
A time in the late 1800s when there were a lot of reformers or progressives.
What did Upton Sinclair do?
He wrote a book called the jungle and it described the horrors of the Chicago meatpacking industry.
Why did reformers emerge during this era?
they had new ideas for finding injustice and solving social problems.
What does ologopy mean?
A few large companies that controlled prices for an entire industry