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WorksheetsJackson,Joseph ch 21
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 4mins
Political Machines
powerful organizations that used both legal
and illegal methods to get their candidates elected to public offi ce.
journalists who “raked up” and exposed the
muck, or fi lth, of society
Progressives
allowed Americans to
vote directly for U.S. senators
A group of reformers to improve society
in the late 1800s.
Muckrakers
permitted voters to
approve or reject a law that had already been
proposed or passed by a government body.
journalists who
“raked up” and exposed the
muck, or filth, of society.
Seventeenth Amendment
allowed Americans to
vote directly for U.S. senators.
guaranteed a portion of lost wages to workers injured
on the job.
Recall
In 1905 a group of socialists and union
leaders founded a union that welcomed
immigrants, women, African Americans,
and others not welcome in the AFL. L
remove
Initiative
an economic system in which
private businesses run most industries and
competition determines the price of goods.
allowed
voters to propose a new law by collecting
signatures on a petition.
Referendum
, permitted voters to
approve or reject a law that had already been
proposed or passed by a government body.
grant-
ing American women the right to vote.
Robert M. La Follette
He also made available to the
public information on how politicians voted.
That way, voters would know if leaders had
kept their campaign promises.
people working to improve society
in the late 1800s.
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
On the afternoon of March 25, a
fi re started on the eighth fl oor of the factory.
Workers tried to escape, but factory owners
had locked the exit doors—to reduce theft of
materials, they said.
By the time fi refi ghters brought the fi re
under control, 146 workers had died.
powerful organizations that used both legal
and illegal methods to get their candidates elected to public offi ce.
Workers' Compensation Laws
which guaran-
teed a portion of lost wages to workers injured
on the job.
a system in which the govern-
ment owns and operates a country’s means
of production
Capitalism
an economic system in which
private businesses run most industries and
competition determines the price of goods.
On the afternoon of March 25, a
fi re started on the eighth fl oor of the factory.
Workers tried to escape, but factory owners
had locked the exit doors—to reduce theft of
materials
Socialism
cbanning the production, sale,
and transportation of alcoholic beverages
throughout the United States.
a system in which the govern-
ment owns and operates a country’s means
of production.
Industrial Workers of the World
an economic system in which
private businesses run most industries and
competition determines the price of goods.
socialist
union
Eighteenth Amendment
grant-
ing American women the right to vote.
banning the production, sale,
and transportation of alcoholic beverages
throughout the United States.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
an organization that called for economic and
educational equality for African Americans
allowed
voters to propose a new law by collecting
signatures on a petition
Theodore Roosevelt
a progressive 3rd party president.
He also made available to the
public information on how politicians voted.
That way, voters would know if leaders had
kept their campaign promises.
Pure Food Drug Act
allowed Americans to
vote directly for U.S. senators.
This law prohibited the
manufacture, sale, and transport of mislabeled
or contaminated food and drugs
Conservation
party created by rosevelt
the protection of nature
and its resources
William Howard Taft
28th U.S. President
rosavelts secrtary
Progressive Party
party created by rosevelt
an economic system in which
private businesses run most industries and
competition determines the price of goods.
Woodrow Wilson
a progressive 3rd party president.
28th U.S. President
Sixteenth Amendment
allows the
federal government to impose direct taxes
on citizens’ incomes.
grant-
ing American women the right to vote.
Nineteenth Amendment ,
grant-
ing American women the right to vote.
allows the
federal government to impose direct taxes
on citizens’ incomes.
