Vocab: Progressive Movement

What was "an early-20th-century reform movement seeking to return control of the government to the people, to restore economic opportunities, and to correct injustices in American life"?

• Progressive Movement

• Seventeenth Amendment

• Enlightenment

• Square Deal

What were "one of the magazine journalists who exposed the corrupt side of business and public life in the early 1900's"?

• muckrakers

• yellow journalists

• initiatives

• The Jungle

What is "a procedure by which a legislative measure can be originated by the people rather than by lawmakers"?

• initiative

• referendum

• recall

• direct primary

What is "a procedure by which a proposed legislative measure can be submitted to a vote of the people"?

• initiative

• referendum

• recall

• direct primary

What is "a procedure for removing a public official from office by a vote of the people"?

• initiative

• referendum

• recall

• direct primary

What is "an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, adopted in 1913, that provides for the election of U.S. senators by the people rather than by state legislatures"?

• 16th Amendment

• 17th Amendment

• 18th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

What was "a novel by Upton Sinclair, published in 1906, that portrays the dangerous and unhealthy conditions prevalent in the meatpacking industry at that time"?

• The Jungle

• The Bitter Cry of the Children

• The Shame of the Cities

• The Jungle Book

What was "President Theodore Roosevelt's program of progressive reforms designed to protect the common people against big business"?

• Square Deal

• New Deal

• Bull Moose Party

• New Freedom

What was "a law, enacted in 1906, that established strict cleanliness requirements for meat-packers and created a federal meat-inspection program"?

• Meat Inspection Act

• Pure Food and Drug Act

• Meat and Drug Inspection Act

• Pure Food Inspection Act

What was "a law enacted in 1906 to halt the sale of contaminated foods and drugs and to ensure truth in labeling"?

• Meat Inspection Act

• Pure Food and Drug Act

• Meat and Drug Inspection Act

• Pure Food Inspection Act