Industrialization
This man was a corrupt politician and business owner in New York City that was famous for stealing money, rigging the ballot boxes, and hiring friends.
William "Boss" Tweed
The populist party wanted the railroads to be owned and managed by _________________
The government
journalists who exposed governmental corruption and abuses of big business
Muckrakers
The leading African American civil rights organization in the country.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
make changes in (something, typically a social, political, or economic institution or practice) in order to improve it.
Reforms
The political cartoonist who created cartoons that criticized corrupt politicians
Thomas Nast
A work stoppage initiated by employees to express a grievance or enforce a demand, typically for better working conditions or pay.
Strike
barred direct contributions to federal election campaigns by corporations
After the Civil War, women’s rights advocates began to focus more squarely on the right to vote, or ______________
Suffrage
a negative aspect of a person's current situation that encourages them to leave their home or country and settle in a new place
Push Factor
The method of making large numbers of something quickly and cheaply
A labor protest in Chicago in 1886 that turned violent, leading to a significant backlash against labor movements in the United States.
Haymarket Riot:
One main goal of Progressivism was to apply to U.S. society the principles of logic and efficiency that made up _____________ _____________.
scientific management
__________________ calls for the government or citizen groups to control property and resources rather than private individuals
Socialism
an anti-alcohol social reform movement in the United States and Europe in the early 1800s.
Temperance
Immigrants
A movement in the late 19th century that aimed to improve the economic conditions for farmers through collective buying and selling.
Farmers Alliance
allowed voters to approve or reject a law proposed by their state’s legislature.
Referendum
A Federal law that limited immigration from Asia
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
An organized group of workers who come together to make decisions about the work environment, including negotiations for wages and working conditions.
Labor Union
The trans-continental railroad
The Patrons of Husbandry was founded in 1867 to advance methods of agriculture, as well as to promote the social and economic needs of farmers in the United States.
Grange Movement
The public outcry that followed the publication of The Jungle contributed to the passage of two new federal laws
the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act.
Progressive reformer in Chicago, decided to try to help some members of the city’s immigrant community by opening a
Settlement House
a policy or attitude of letting things take their own course, without interfering
laissez-faire