Social Reforms
Political Reforms
Teddy, Teddy, Teddy
Taft & Wilson
Vocab. Mash-Up
100
Housing set up by supporters of the social gospel.
What is Settlement Houses.
100
Investigative journalists who exposed corruption in business and government.
What is Muckrakers.
100
Teddy's famous nickname referencing his numerous suits of monopolies.
What is "Trustbuster."
100
William H. Taft is best known for getting stuck in this common household appliance.
What is Bath Tub.
100
Novel written by Upton Sinclair about the meat industry.
What is "The Jungle."
200
Famous court case that confirmed segregation in the US, severely limiting civil rights reform.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson.
200
The US adopted this ballot system during the Progressive Era to curb political corruption.
What is Secret Ballot.
200
Law passed by Teddy to protect consumers from contaminated food.
What is Pure Food & Drug Act.
200
This was created to deal with the trade deficit through tariffs and quotas.
What is the Federal Reserve?
200
Term that refers to President Roosevelt's handling of the Coal Strike and other labor issues.
What is Square Deal.
300
School started by Booker T. Washington to train African-Americans in the south in vocational education.
What is Tuskegee Institute.
300
What were the three main ways citizens gained increased power to participate in the government
Initiative, referendum and recall.
300
What was Teddy Roosevelt's attitude towards the monopolies and trusts.
He regulated monopolies and busted up trusts.
300
This is the former governor of New Jersey that became President in 1912.
Woodrow Wilson
300
Political party that nominated Roosevelt in the 1912 election.
What is Bull Moose Party.
400
What were some the problems with the tenements in the growing cities?
Overcrowding, unhealthy conditions, poorly planned.
400
DAILY DOUBLE!!! Name the FOUR amendments passed during the Progressive Era.
What is 1.) 16- Income Tax 2.) 17- Direct Election of Senators 3.) 18- Prohibition of Alcohol 4.) 19-Women's Suffrage
400
Teddy Roosevelt's approach to the country's national resources.
What is conservation.
400
What was the reason for Taft and Roosevelt losing the election to Woodrow Wilson in 1912?
Their failure to unify the Republican party.
400
The reform that took place in the Progressive Era targeting the manufacture, consumption or sale of alcohol.
Prohibition
500
Leading group of women that lobbied for prohibition legislation in the US.
What is WCTU (Women's Christian Temperance Union). Or I will just accept Temperance movement.
500
These two acts were aimed at dissolving the trusts in order to protect consumers.
What is the Sherman Antitrust Act and The Clayton Antitrust act.
500
What was Teddy Roosevelt's attitude towards Taft as President?
He disapproved of his "weak" policies.
500
What amendment did Woodrow Wilson help craft that would introduce a federal income tax?
The 16th amendment
500
When one company has complete control over an industry.
Monopoly
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