| A | B |
| progressive movement | Reform efforts designed to restore economic opportunities and correct injustices in American life. |
| Florence Kelly | An advocate for improving the lives of women and children. |
| prohibition | The banning of alcoholic beverages. |
| muckraker | Journalists who wrote about the corrupt side of business and public life. |
| scientific management | The application of scientific principles to increase efficiency in the workplace. |
| Robert M. Follette | Winsconsin's progressive governor who targeted the railroad industry. |
| initiative | A bill initiated by the people rather than the law makers. |
| referendum | A vote on an initiative. |
| recall | Removing public officials from elective positions by forcing them to face another election. |
| Seventeeth Amendment | Senators were directly elected by the people. |