General Knowledge
Groups like these hindered competition
Monopolies
allows voters to remove a public official from office
Recall
Ban on the make and sale of alcohol
Prohibition
President that coined the phrase, muckraker
Theodore Roosevelt
Teddy Roosevelt
16th Amendment
Corrupt enterprises that controlled entire cities
Political Machines
Bill issued by the people and placed on the ballot for a vote
Initiative
Women's movement calling for a ban on alcohol
Temperance
utilized flash photography to expose tenement life in his book, How The Other Half Lives
Jacob Riis
Direct election of Senators
17th Amendment
Political Party that was a foundation for the Progressives; Most rural, farmers, and Democrat
Populist Party
Allows people to directly choose/elect their officials
Direct primary
leader of the Women's Christian Temperance Union
Carrie Nation
Upton Sinclair
Law passed to regulate monopolies but did not clearly define what a monopoly was and assigned no punishments; later strengthened by the Clayton Anti-Trust Act
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Group of journalists that were the catalyst of the Progressive Movement
Muckrakers
A vote on a bill
Referendum
established Prohibition
18th amendment
Exposed the corrrupt business practices of Standard Oil
Ida Tarbell
Created by Teddy Roosevelt that centered around: trust-busting, conservation, regulation of the railroad, and consumer protection
Square Deal
Hands-off approach to gov't control
Laissez-faire
Granted women's suffrage
19th amendment
Settlement house in Chicago started by Jane Addams to assist immigrants with adjusting to life in America
Exposed the corrupt operations of Tammany Hall in NYC through the use of political cartoons
Thomas Nast
Resulted from the published book, The Jungle; requires ingredient labels on all food products
Pure Food and Drug Act