Ch. 22 The Progressive Era Vocab

Gilded Age

• The period in American history from the 1870’s-1890’s, marked by political corruption and extravagant spending.

• A 1906 law that requires food and drug makers to list ingredients on packages.

• A 1917 constitutional amendment that made it illegal to sell alcoholic drinks.

• Theodore Roosevelt’s campaign promise that all groups would have an equal opportunity.

Patronage

• Person who wanted to destroy all trusts.

• Protection of natural resources.

• The practice of awarding government jobs to political supporters.

• Business that crosses state lines.

Merit

• Protection of natural resources.

• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Organizations founded in 1909 to work toward equal rights for African Americans.

• All federal jobs except for election offices and those in the military.

• Ability

Civil Service

• Powerful politician who controls work done locally and demands payoffs from businesses.

• The practice of awarding government jobs to political supporters.

• All federal jobs except for election offices and those in the military.

• Theodore Roosevelt’s campaign promise that all groups would have an equal opportunity.

Interstate Commerce

• Business that crosses state lines.

• Person who wanted to destroy all trusts.

• Person who worked for women’s right to vote.

• Protection of natural resources.

Political Boss

• A 1919 amendment to the United States Constitution that gives women the right to vote.

• Powerful politician who controls work done locally and demands payoffs from businesses.

• A 1906 law that requires food and drug makers to list ingredients on packages.

• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Organizations founded in 1909 to work toward equal rights for African Americans.

Muckraker

• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Organizations founded in 1909 to work toward equal rights for African Americans.

• A 1906 law that requires food and drug makers to list ingredients on packages.

• The period in American history from the 1870’s-1890’s, marked by political corruption and extravagant spending.

• Journalist who exposed corruption and other problems of the late 1800’s and early 1900’s.

Progressives

• Reformer in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s who wanted to improve American life.

• Theodore Roosevelt’s campaign promise that all groups would have an equal opportunity.

• Powerful politician who controls work done locally and demands payoffs from businesses.

• A 1919 amendment to the United States Constitution that gives women the right to vote.

Trustbuster

• Person who worked for women’s right to vote.

• Protection of natural resources.

• Business that crosses state lines.

• Person who wanted to destroy all trusts.

Square Deal

• Theodore Roosevelt’s campaign promise that all groups would have an equal opportunity.

• Reformer in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s who wanted to improve American life.

• Powerful politician who controls work done locally and demands payoffs from businesses.

• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Organizations founded in 1909 to work toward equal rights for African Americans.