All terms in this list:

Populist Party: a farming reform group

Reform: to make changes for the
better

Progressives: mostly an urban movement for change

Muckrakers: A. Journalists-
1. Named by Teddy Roosevelt
2. Told stories of corruption in order to get reform
3. Sometimes they made up stories of corruption order to sell more newspapers
4. Everybody read their stories

Upton Sinclair: Most famous muckraker: he wrote the "Jungle". He exposed the meat packing industry

The Jungle: Was a informational book written by Upton Sinclair. It exposed the horrid things that happened when making and packing meat.

Meat Inspection Act: government had the right to inspect the meat.

Pure Food and Drug Act: manufacture and sale of impure foods, drugs, and liquors was forbidden

Employers’ Liability Act: provided accident insurance for railroad workers

Newlands Reclamation Act: 1. Money from sales of land in west would go to build dams and
2. This allowed for dry areas to get water

Australian ballot: 1. Secret ballot
2. Used to help stop political bosses

Direct Primary: 1. Mississippi and Wisconsin used it first (1902)
• 2. Each party candidates voted by people

Initiative: 1. the people can start a bill
2. takes 5 to 8%

Referendum: 1. a direct vote from the people to make a new law or change an old law

Recall: 1. the people could replace an elected official

16th Amendment: Income tax

17th Amendment: Direct Election of Senators

18th Amendment: Prohibition

19th Amendment: Women’s suffrage

Suffrage: the right to vote