Chapter 12 Vocabulary

suffragist

• people who worked for women's suffrage suffrage the right to vote

• a writer who uncovered "muck" or shameful conditions in American business and society

• a call for people to reduce or stop drinking alcohol

• people trying to find solutions to problems during the late 1800s

temperance

• a call for people to reduce or stop drinking alcohol
• The movement of African Americans from farming areas in the South to the big cities in the North
• people trying to find solutions to problems during the late 1800s
• a refusal to work until a group's demands are met

Great Migration

• The movement of African Americans from farming areas in the South to the big cities in the North
• a writer who uncovered "muck" or shameful conditions in American business and society
• a call for people to reduce or stop drinking alcohol
• people trying to find solutions to problems during the late 1800s

civil rights

• basic legal freedoms and protections
• The movement of African Americans from farming areas in the South to the big cities in the North
• a call for people to reduce or stop drinking alcohol
• people trying to find solutions to problems during the late 1800s

conservation

• to preserve something
• a writer who uncovered "muck" or shameful conditions in American business and society
• The movement of African Americans from farming areas in the South to the big cities in the North
• a call for people to reduce or stop drinking alcohol

muckraker

• a writer who uncovered "muck" or shameful conditions in American business and society
• a refusal to work until a group's demands are met
• a call for people to reduce or stop drinking alcohol
• people trying to find solutions to problems during the late 1800s

Progressive

• people trying to find solutions to problems during the late 1800s
• a call for people to reduce or stop drinking alcohol
• a refusal to work until a group's demands are met

boycott

• an agreement not to buy goods from a company
• The movement of African Americans from farming areas in the South to the big cities in the North
• a call for people to reduce or stop drinking alcohol
• a refusal to work until a group's demands are met

strikebreaker

• a worker who replaces a striking worker
• a writer who uncovered "muck" or shameful conditions in American business and society
• a call for people to reduce or stop drinking alcohol
• people trying to find solutions to problems during the late 1800s

strike

• a refusal to work until a group's demands are met
• The movement of African Americans from farming areas in the South to the big cities in the North
• people trying to find solutions to problems during the late 1800s
• to preserve something