apush chapter 20 vocab – Flashcards

A 1902 law, supported by Pres. Theodore Roosevelt, that allowed the federal government to sell public lands to raise money for irrigation projects that expanded agriculture on arid lands.

A policy promoted the Republican governor Robert La Follette of Wisconsin for greater government intervention in the economy, with reliance on experts, particularly progress and economists, for policy recommendations

A pioneering progressive idea, enacted in Wisconsin, Oregon, California, in other states, that gave citizens the right to remove unpopular politicians from office through a vote.

The process of voting directly any proposed policy measure rather than leaving it in the hands of elected legislators; a progressive reform.

A reform organisation that worked (unsuccessfully) to win a federal law banning child labour.

A 1908 Supreme Court case that upheld and Oregon law limiting woman's workday to 10 hours, based on the need to protect women's health for motherhood.

The term used by Harvard-educated sociologist W.E.B. Du Bois for the top 10 percent of educated African-American, whom he called on to develop new strategies to advocate for civil rights.

An organization founded in 1910 by leading African-American reformers and white allies as a vehicle for advocating equal rights for African-Americans, specially through the courts.

An umbrella union and radical political group founded in 1905, dedicated to organizing unskilled workers to oppose capitalism.

In a 1910 speech, Theodore Roosevelt called for a [new nationalism] that promoted government intervention to enhance public welfare, including a federal child labour law, more recognition of labor rights, a national minimum wage for women, women suffrage, and curbs on the power of federal courts to stop reform.

The central bank system of the United States, created in 1913.

A 1914 law that strengthened federal definitions of "monopoly" and gave more power to the Justice Department to pursue antitrust cases; it also specified that labour unions could not generally be prosecuted for "restraint of trade," ensuring that antitrust laws would apply to corporations rather than unions.

26th president, known for: conservationism, trust-busting, Hepburn Act, safe food regulations, "Square Deal," Panama Canal, Great White Fleet, Nobel Peace Prize for negotiation of peace in Russo-Japanese War.

Tireless advocate of political reform who wanted to restore America to its democratic ideals.

Socialist running against Taft, Roosevelt, and Wilson. He racked up 900,000 votes.