Chapter 17 Test

This aimed to restore economic opportunities and correct injustices in American life.

Who became an advocate for improving the lives of women and children?

What is the banning of alcoholic beverages known as?

Journalists who wrote about the corrupt side of business and public life in mass circulation magazines during the early 20th century became known as this.
This term refers to John Bunyan's "Pilgrim Progress," in which a character is so busy using a rake to clean up the muck of this world that he does not raise his eyes to heaven.

Taylorism became a management fad, as industry reformers applied these types of studies to see just how quickly each task could be performed.

Under the progressive Republican leadership of this person, Wisconsin led the way in regulating big business. He served three terms as governor before he entered the U.S. Senate in 1906.

Citizens could petition to place this-- a bill originated by the people rather than lawmakers--on the ballot.

Then voters, instead of the legislature, accepted or rejected the initiative by this-- a vote on the initiative

This enabled voters to remove public officials from elected positions by forcing them to face another election before the end of their term if enough voters asked for it.

It was the success of the direct primary that paved the way for this ammendment to the Constitution.
Before 1913, each state's legislature had chosen its own United States senators, which put even more power in the hands of party bosses and wealthy corporation heads.

In 1896, African-American women founded this association by merging two earlier organizations.

Who was a leading proponent of woman suffrage?

What is the right to vote known as?

In 1869, Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton had founded National Women Suffrage Association which united with another group in 1890 to become this association.
Other prominent leaders included Lucy Stone and Julia Ward Howe, the author of the Battle Hymn of the Republic.

When muckraking journalist (this man) began research for a novel in 1904, his focus was the human condition in the stockyards of Chicago.