Pragmatism - Philosophy that people should have practical approaches to morals ideals, and knowledge , Muckrakers - Journalists that investigate with the hopes of bettering working and housing conditions , Seventeenth Amendment - Established the direct election of senators, Initiative - Way for the people to express their political ideas to the government, Referendum - Allows people to directly vote on a specific issue, Recall - Procedure that allows citizens to remove and repalce a public official before the official term ends, Social Welfare - Programs to benefit the poor and unemployed, Municipal Reform - Made municipalitites sucha s water, electricity, and transportation publicly owned, Square Deal - Conservartionalism, Coporate Law, and Consumer Protection, Elkins Act - Amended the Interstate Commerce Act to ban rebates,

Progressive Era Terms

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