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Progressive Era Vocab

Quiz by Katelyn Mayes

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  • Q1
    A political party representing the "common man" (factory workers/farmers/miners), supported government intervention in business; ran a 3rd party candidate in 1892 and in1896 election supported Democrat William Jennings Bryan
    Populist
    30s
  • Q2
    Reformers (later a political party) that included mostly middle class citizens who felt threatened by the rise of big business; platform included political reforms, better working conditions and women's rights
    Progressives
    30s
  • Q3
    Progressive era reform that allows a citizen to reject or accept a law passed by the legislature
    Referendum
    30s
  • Q4
    Progressive era reform that gave voters the ability to remove an elected official from office in a special election
    Recall
    30s
  • Q5
    Progressive era reform gives voters the right to place an issue or law on the ballot for the people to vote on directly.
    Initiative
    30s
  • Q6
    A preliminary election where voters in each political party decide their party's candidates
    Primary (direct)
    30s
  • Q7
    Activities by the government designed to break up a trust or monopoly
    Antitrust (Trust Busting)
    30s
  • Q8
    Name for those who exposed abuses of industry, corrupt government and unregulated business & demanded reform
    Muckrakers
    30s
  • Q9
    the right to vote
    Suffrage
    30s
  • Q10
    Political and economic theory that believes the major means of production and distribution should be owned and regulated by the government for the good of all
    Socialism
    30s
  • Q11
    A reform movement that had begun in the mid-1800's to stop the drinking of alcohol because of the negative impact on people's health and family life.
    Temperance
    30s
  • Q12
    Movement to secure a Constitutional amendment to ban the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages
    Prohibition
    30s
  • Q13
    Tax on a good or product coming in or out of the U.S. (the Constitution bans any export tariffs)
    Tariff
    30s
  • Q14
    Two step process by which the Constitution can be changed: Step 1--Amendments are proposed by ⅔ of Congress or special conventions Step 2--Amendments are ratified by ¾ of the states.
    Amendment Process
    30s
  • Q15
    A political party that challenges the two major political parties usually because neither major party is meeting their needs Examples--Populist and Progressive
    Third Party
    30s

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