U.S History Chapter 9 Keyterms

reform movement

broad agreement on how to improve american society now seemed possible

journalists who exposed corruption in businesses and politics

passed the 1st state income tax and corporate tax, and also set up a railroad commission

muckraker who wrote " the jungle "

condemned the mismanagement of city governments

editor, historian, muckraker, and also the daughter of a Pennsylvania oil driller

pioneer in the male-oriented world of politics and also the daughter of a factory owner.

governor of Wisconsin , who can up with the " Wisconsin idea "

a board of perhaps five citizens elected by voters to run the city

this person was hired by the city commission or city council to run the city

gave voters the power to propose a bill and present it to the legislature for a vote

public voted on a bill offered by the legislature

allowed voters to remove a public official from office before the next scheduled election

gave party members the chance to choose their party's candidates for office

stated that workers did not belong to a Union and promised not to join one

famous Boston lawyer (Muller vs. Oregon)

voting rights

one that assigns higher tax rates to people with higher incomes

banning the manufacturing and sale of alcoholic beverages

"equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged (reduced) by the United States nor by any State on account of sex."

president of NAWSA, who led the campaign for woman suffrage during Wilson's administration

"the kansas cyclone" she launched a violent one woman crusade against alcohol

A pioneer in the women's suffrage movement, she helped organize the first women's rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York in 1848. She later helped edit the militant feminist magazine Revolution from 1868 - 1870.

Leader of woman suffrage movement, who helped to define the movement's goals and beliefs and to lead its actions

American suffragist who founded the American Women Suffrage Association.

head of the National Woman's party that campaigned for an equal rights amendment to the Constitution. She opposed legislation protecting women workers because such laws implied women's inferiority. Most condemned her way of thinking.