AP US History Vocab 7

occurred during the presidency of William Taft; Ballinger allowed businesses to purchase Alaskan land, Pinchot objected and was fired by Taf

epic movie released by director DW Griffith in 1915; portrayed Reconstruction as a time when SOuthern blacks threatened basic American value

name given to the Progressive Party in the 1912 presidential campaign

1914 act designed to strengthen the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890

Progressive-era reform adopted by some states; allowed candidates to be nominated by the rank-and-file party members

created by the Federal Reserve Act of 1913, this system established 12 district reserve banks

authorized after the passage of the Clayton Antitrust Act, and was established as the majorgovernment body in charge of regulating business

beliefs that women should have the same rights and benefits as man

the first settlement house in America, established by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr in Chicago in 1889

a procedure supported by the Populist Party in the 1890s; any proposed law can go on the ballot

1888 novel by Edward Bellamy that helped lay the foundations of Progressivism; it looked forward to Boston in 2000

1906 bill inspired by Upton Sinclair's The Jungle that established a govt commission that would monitor the quality of all meat sold

journalists of the Progressive era who attempted to expose the evils of govt and big business

founded in 1890 by Susan B Anthony and EC Stanton, this was the major organization working for woman suffrage

formed in 1909, this organization fought for the rights of blacks in America

formed in 1890, was concerned with improving the working and living conditions of women in the workplace

Alice Paul founded this party in 1916 to work for woman suffrage

approach favored by Southern and Midwestern Democrats, including Woodrow Wilson, that argued that monopolies should be broken up

a series of progressive reforms supported by TR as he ran for president on the Progressive ticket

this movement desired political and social reform and was most influential in America from the 1890s until WW1

1906 act that resulted from public revulsion against sanitary and safety problems in the food and drug industries

progressive reformers proposed this as a reform of the governmental system

a Progressiva-era reform designed to improve the political system

progressive reformers set up these centers in the poorest sections of American cities

ratified in 1913, this amendment allowed voters to directly elect US senators

socialist intellectual and muckraking journalist

1913 amendment that instituted a federal income tax

late 19th-century Protestant movement which preached

movement that is critical of the capitalist system

political philosophy of President Theodore Roosevelt

in March 1991, a fire in a New York factory

created during the presidency of TR, this body protected and increased the number of national forests

a former slave who became a leading black educator