vocabulary
Ologopy
A few large companies that controlled prices for an entire industry
What are tariffs
Taxes charged on imported good
Who was William McKinley
A republican representative of Ohio
What do Muckrakers do
They exposed the dirt or muck and corruption in business
Recall
The right of voters to remove incompetent elected officials into office
What was one economic reform
The income taxes.
Who was Ugene V. Debs
He led the American socialist party in the late 1800s and early 1900s
What was one political reform
The new way to elect senators
referendum
The right of voters to except or reject laws
What was the 17th amendment
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
Muckrakers
Investigative reporters who exposed corruption
What is a reform
The correction of abuses and errors in society
Who is 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
Initiative
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