Progressives

political movement that crossed party lines which believed that industrialism and urbanization had created many social problems and that government should take a more active role in dealing with these problems

• progressivism

• commission plan

• direct primary

• initiative

a plan in which a city's government is divided into different departments with different functions, each placed under the control of a commissioner

• progressivism

• commission plan

• direct primary

• initiative

a vote held by all members of a political party to decide their candidate for public office

• progressivism

• commission plan

• direct primary

• initiative

the right of citizens to place a measure or issue before the voters or the legislature for approval

• progressivism

• commission plan

• direct primary

• initiative

the practice of letting voters accept or reject measures proposed by the legislature

• referendum

• suffrage

• temperance

• prohibition

the right to vote

• referendum

• suffrage

• temperance

• prohibition

moderation in or abstinence from alcohol

• referendum

• suffrage

• temperance

• prohibition

laws banning the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages

• referendum

• suffrage

• temperance

• prohibition

belief that business should be publicly owned and run by the government

• socialism

• arbitration

• syndicate

• unfair trade practices

settling a dispute by agreeing to accept the decision of an impartial outsider

• socialism

• arbitration

• syndicate

• unfair trade practices