Progressive Movement

Chapter 9

Visual Vocabulary

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1. One of the magazine journalists who exposed the corrupt side of business and public life in the early 1900’s.

2. The planned management of natural resources, involving protection of some wilderness areas and the development of others for the common good.

3. The right to vote.

4. An early 20th century reform movement seeking to return control of the government to the people, to restore economic opportunities, and to correct injustices in American life.

5. An amendment to the U.S. Constitution, adopted in 1920, that gives women the right to vote.

6. President Theodore Roosevelt’s program of progressive reforms designed to protect the common people against big business.

7. McKinley’s Vice-President that succeeded him after McKinley was assassinated; very Progressive president; member of the Rough Riders.

8. A national banking system, established in 1913, that controls the U.S. money supply and the availability of credit in the country.

9. A law enacted in 1914, that made certain monopolistic business practices illegal and protected the rights of labor unions and farm organizations.

10. The time period between 1920-1933; the banning of the manufacture, sale, and possession of alcoholic beverages.

11. A leading supporter of women’s suffrage and a pioneer in the movement.

12. A novel by Upton Sinclair, published in 1906, that portrays the dangerous and unhealthy conditions prevalent in the meatpacking industry.

13. Name given to the Progressive Party formed to support Theodore Roosevelt’s candidacy for the presidency in 1912.

14. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People-an organization started in 1909 to promote full racial equality.

15. Reform governor from New Jersey; Democratic president that won the election of 1912

16. A law, enacted in 1906, that established strict cleanliness requirements for meatpackers and created a federal meat-inspection program.

17. A muckraking journalist that wrote The Jungle.

18. A federal agency established in 1914 to investigate and stop unfair business practices.

19. A law enacted in 1906 to halt the sale of contaminated foods and drugs and to ensure truth in labeling.

20. President of NAWSA; called for an emergency suffrage convention in September 1916; leading woman suffragist.