| A | B |
| Progressive Goals | women right to vote, end corrupt government, end social problems, better working conditions |
| Muckrakers | journalists who printed the ills of America |
| Upton Sinclair | wrote "The Jungle" about horrors of meat packing plants |
| Social Gospel | Christianity should be basis for reform |
| Settlement Houses | provided social services to urban poor |
| Jane Addams | leader of settlement housing |
| Reforms | to change for the better, child labor, city government, political process, workplace |
| Direct Primary | citizens vote for nominees |
| Initiative | power to people to propose new laws |
| Referendum | allow citizens to approve or reject laws |
| Recall | voters power to remove public officials |
| 17th Amendment | people vote for senators |
| Temperance Movement | end alcohol sales and drinking, lead by women |
| Suffrage | women right to vote, lead by women |
| Ida B. Wells | African American ending lynching, teacher and journalists, woman reformer |
| Susan B. Anthony | reformer for right to vote |
| 19th Amendment | right to vote for women, all genders |
| Americanization | assimilate immigrants to "American Way of Life", teach english, dress, manners, etc |
| Booker T. Washington | told blacks to move slowly to end racial issues |
| W.E.B. DuBois | urged blacks to move now to end racial issues |
| American Indian Citizenship Act 1924 | made Native Americans citizens of U.S. and able to vote |
| Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt | Progressive President, Square Deal, Bust Trusts, Rough Riders, Environment |
| Meat Inspection Act | to end filthy and unhealthy conditions in meatpacking plants (the jungle) |
| Pure Food and Drug Act | (FDA) monitors companies on food and drugs |
| Progressive Party | to help all in need, better society, end corrupt government |
| 16th Amendment | congress has power to collect income tax |
| Monetary Policy | control of money circulation |
| Federal Reserve Act | still in place today, controls money to prevent banks from over extending loans, controls interest rate |
| Imperialism | strong nation extends political, military and economic control over weaker nations |
| Alfred T Mahan | helped make military strong, navy strong |
| Social Darwinism | survival of the fittest, strongest |
| Klondike Gold Rush | doubled timber, oil, and natural resources from purchase of Alaska |
| Expansionism | Hawaii, Guam, Philippines, Puerto Rico |
| Sanford B Dole | helped annex Hawaii, became governor of Hawaii |
| Spanish American War 1898 | Teddy Roosevelt becomes hero, U.S. proves its a military power |
| Yellow Press | journalists pictures about Spanish American War, exaggerated stories |