Progressive Era Vocab Flashcard

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A social movement against the consumption of alcohol.

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Temperance

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A community center that provided childcare, nursing services, and English lessons to immigrants (e.g., Hull House).

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Settlement House

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A reform that allowed voters to directly introduce and vote on bills in the state legislature.

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Initiative

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A reform that allowed voters to compel legislators to place a bill on the ballot for approval.

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Referendum

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Reform-minded journalists who exposed the abuses of industrial society and government corruption.

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Muckrakers

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The right to vote.

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Suffrage

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To make changes in social, political, or economic institutions in order to improve them.

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Reform

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Desired to correct the political and economic injustices that resulted from America's Industrialization, focusing on inequalities between the rich and poor.

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Progressives

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A political party seeking to represent the interests of ordinary people (e.g., farmers).

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Populist

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A reform that allowed voters to remove an elected official in a special election.

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Recall