Progressive Vocabulary Review

progressivism

• a journalist who uncovers abuses and corruption in society.

• vote held by all members of a political party to decide their candidate for public office.

• a political movement that crossed party lines which believed that industrialization had created many social problems and that government should take a more active role in dealing with these problems.

• a plan in which a city's government is divided into different departments with different functions, each placed under the control of a commissioner.

muckrakers

• a journalist who uncovers abuses and corruption in society.

• vote held by all members of a political party to decide their candidate for public office.

• a political movement that crossed party lines which believed that industrialization had created many social problems and that government should take a more active role in dealing with these problems.

• a plan in which a city's government is divided into different departments with different functions, each placed under the control of a commissioner.

commission plan

• a journalist who uncovers abuses and corruption in society.

• vote held by all members of a political party to decide their candidate for public office.

• a political movement that crossed party lines which believed that industrialization had created many social problems and that government should take a more active role in dealing with these problems.

• a plan in which a city's government is divided into different departments with different functions, each placed under the control of a commissioner.

direct primary

• a journalist who uncovers abuses and corruption in society.

• vote held by all members of a political party to decide their candidate for public office.

• a political movement that crossed party lines which believed that industrialization had created many social problems and that government should take a more active role in dealing with these problems.

• a plan in which a city's government is divided into different departments with different functions, each placed under the control of a commissioner.

initiative

• an election that the citizens demand through petition to decide whether to remove an elected official from office before his/her term is up.

• the right of citizens to place a measure or issue before the voters or the legislature for approval. Measure is proposed through petitions.

• an election held for voters to approve a measure proposed by the legislature.

• vote held by all members of a political party to decide their candidate for public office.

recall

• an election that the citizens demand through petition to decide whether to remove an elected official from office before his/her term is up.

• the right of citizens to place a measure or issue before the voters or the legislature for approval. Measure is proposed through petitions.

• an election held for voters to approve a measure proposed by the legislature.

• vote held by all members of a political party to decide their candidate for public office.

referendum

• an election that the citizens demand through petition to decide whether to remove an elected official from office before his/her term is up.

• the right of citizens to place a measure or issue before the voters or the legislature for approval. Measure is proposed through petitions.

• an election held for voters to approve a measure proposed by the legislature.

• vote held by all members of a political party to decide their candidate for public office.

Upton Sinclair

• Author of The History of Standard Oil Company who exposed the unfair practices of the Standard Oil Company and whose reporting eventually led to an antitrust suit being filed against Standard Oil.

• Illustrator forHarper's Weekly that used cartoons to draw attention to the political machine, Tammany Hall, that was run out of the NY Customs Houses by William "Boss" Tweed.  The cartoons eventually led to Tweed's arrest and conviction.

• Author of The Jungle who exposed the flithy conditions in the meating packing industry.

• Author of How The Other Half Lives who exposed the terrible living conditions in the tenements in NYC through writing and pictures. Used new powder flash camera to take pictures at night.

Ida Tarbell

• Author of The History of Standard Oil Company who exposed the unfair practices of the Standard Oil Company and whose reporting eventually led to an antitrust suit being filed against Standard Oil.

• Illustrator forHarper's Weekly that used cartoons to draw attention to the political machine, Tammany Hall, that was run out of the NY Customs Houses by William "Boss" Tweed.  The cartoons eventually led to Tweed's arrest and conviction.

• Author of The Jungle who exposed the flithy conditions in the meating packing industry.

• Author of How The Other Half Lives who exposed the terrible living conditions in the tenements in NYC through writing and pictures. Used new powder flash camera to take pictures at night.

Jacob Riis

• Author of The History of Standard Oil Company who exposed the unfair practices of the Standard Oil Company and whose reporting eventually led to an antitrust suit being filed against Standard Oil.

• Illustrator forHarper's Weekly that used cartoons to draw attention to the political machine, Tammany Hall, that was run out of the NY Customs Houses by William "Boss" Tweed.  The cartoons eventually led to Tweed's arrest and conviction.

• Author of The Jungle who exposed the flithy conditions in the meating packing industry.

• Author of How The Other Half Lives who exposed the terrible living conditions in the tenements in NYC through writing and pictures. Used new powder flash camera to take pictures at night.