A | B |
16th Amendment | income tax |
17th amendment | direct election(by the people) of senators |
18th amendment | prohibition (no more liquor) |
19th amendment | suffrage (voting) for women |
New Freedom | named after President Wilson's promise to bust up monopolies |
Square Deal | T. Roosevelt's promise not to favor workers or businesses |
child labor laws | passed to get kids out of workforce |
Causes of Prog. Movement | few rich, lots poor, unfair work and living conditions in cities |
goals of Progressives | make government work for the citizens |
laissez faire captitalism | government did not regulate economy |
referendum | legislature proposes law that citizens vote on |
initiative | citizens propose a law that citizens vote on |
recall | how to get rid of elected official |
Homestead Strike | at Carnegie's steel plant |
Pullman Strike | led by American Railway Union |
Knights of Labor | allowed minoritiy members, blamed for Haymarket Square riot |
Sherman Anti-trust | used against unions |
Clayton Anti-trust | could not be used against unions |
Susan B Anthony | led women's suffrage movement |
muckraker | wrote about abuses of child labor |