Political Theory
A society without social classes, in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.
What is communism
Were journalists and novelists of the Progressive Era who sought to expose corruption in big business and government
What are muckrakers
Law passed in 1906 to remove harmful and misrepresented foods and drugs from the market and regulate the manufacture and sale of drugs and food involved in interstate trade
What is the Pure Food and Drug Act
This was the struggle for the right of women to vote and run for office and is part of the overall women's rights movement
What is Women's Suffrage
Wilson's policy that favored the small business, entrepreneurship, and the free functioning of unregulated and unmonopolized markets.
What is New Freedom
Political belief in promoting social and economic equality through the ownership and control of the major means of production by the whole community rather than by individuals or corporations
What is socialism
A lifelong battler for the welfare of women, children, blacks, and consumers. A leader in women's activism and social reform. Founded the National Consumers League
Who is Florence Kelley
This set up the central bank of the United States to provide the nation with a safer, more flexible, and more stable monetary and financial system.
What is the Federal Reserve Act
The moderation or abstention in the use of alcohol gained many supporters in the early 1800s. Their crusade against alcohol, which grew out of the Second Great Awakening, became a powerful social and political force.
What is temperance/temperance movement
Roosevelt's domestic policy included three C’s: the conservation of natural resources, the creation of controls and regulation for corporations, and consumer protection programs.
What is the Square Deal
A system of economic production based on the private ownership of property and the contractual exchange for profit of goods, labor, ad money. business cycle.
What is capitalism
A powerful New York political organization. It drew support from immigrants. The immigrants relied on Tammany Hall patronage, particularly for social services. Headed by Boss Tweed
What is Tammany Hall
As a result of president Roosevelt reading Upton Sinclair's The Jungle, this law required strict cleanliness requirements for meat packers and the investigation of the meat packing industry
What is the Meat Inspection Act
Worked to defend Jews against Physical and verbal attacks and false statements
The people could possibly remove an incompetent politician from office by having a second election.
What is a Recall
The advocacy of stateless society achieved by revolutionary means
A political group in which an authoritative boss or small group commands the support of a corps of supporters and businesses, who receive rewards for their efforts.
Tax based on the net income of an individual or business and which taxes different income levels at different rates
Graduated Income Tax
Interracial organization founded in 1909 to abolish segregation and discrimination and to cheive political and civil rights for African Americans
What is the NAACP
Gave people the right to propose a new law
What is Initiative
A political philosophy supporting the rights and power of the people in their struggle against the privileged upper class; increased farmers' political power and to work for legislation in their interest
What is populism
A place where immigrants came to live upon entering the U.S., usually run by educated middle class women who instructed immigrants in English and how to get a job
It expanded and strengthened the provisions of the earlier Sherman Act, allowing the government to more effectively restrict harmful business practices
Reform movement that emerged in the late ninteenth century that sought to improve society by applying Christian principles
When citizens vote on laws instead of the state or national governments. The referendum originated as a populous reform in the populist party, but was later picked up by the progressive reform movement.
What is a Referendum