Amendments
Women's Suffrage
19th Amendment
Marches, protests, used to gain influence in the women's suffrage movement
Established Hull House in Chicago 1889
Jane Addams
Immigrants and poor-taught trade, education, English, US History
Know the difference between Settlement Homes and Tenements
Along with the Progressives, the populists were considered very influential ______________ during the turn of the century.
Third Parties
Supreme Court case that ESTABLISHED Separate but Equal? Legal segregation.
Plessy vs. Ferguson
TRUE or FALSE
The Progressive Era, was time when Americans believed the government could solve society's problems.
True
Muckrakers and Reformers shed light on SOCIAL, POLITICAL, and ECONOMIC issues that were caused by industrialism
Led by Frances Willard and the Temperance Movement, efforts led to which amendment?
18th Amendment-Prohibition of Alcohol
1919 Volstead Act- increased policing powers. No manufacturing, sales, or consumption of alcohol.
IT ALSO LED TO AN INCREASE IN ORGANIZED CRIME
Muckraker responsible for authorizing the government to inspect products for safety (food and drugs) prior to being sold to public
Upton Sinclair
Food and Drug Administration
Wrote "The Jungle," exposing the nastiness of the meat packing industry in Chicago.
What Act were the Populist most known for when dealing with the railroads, requiring MORE assistance from the government?
Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 was a landmark U.S. federal law that regulated the railroad industry to curb monopolistic practices, requiring railroads to provide "just and reasonable" rates
What were the laws in the SOUTH that segregated people by race?
Jim Crow Laws
3 forms of putting more power back into the hands of citizens when making laws
Initiative, Referendum, Recall
Who was one of the main figures in the women's suffrage movement, leading up to the ratification of the 19th Amendment?
Susan B. Anthony
Child Labor
Mother Jones
The populist influenced Constitutional Amendments. What two amendments did the Populist Party contribute to?
16th Amendment- Income Tax
17th Amendment-Direct Election of Senators
Brought national attention when advocating for antilynching efforts in the South. And was also a member of the NAACP
Ida B. Wells
True or False Third Parties do NOT take votes away from the two major parties in elections.
FALSE
They definitely take votes away from the two major parties.
i.e. The election of 1912 (Teddy-Bull Moose Party)
Gave Congress the power to levy a federal income tax without basing it on a state's population.
16th Amendment
Who was the reformer who shed light on urban poverty-over crowding, unsanitary conditions, in the tenements of New York City?
Helped implement housing reform, sanitation systems, building codes and playgrounds for children.
What Act fought against THE SPOILS SYSTEM in government, leading to more qualified people in federal roles?
Pendleton Civil Service Act
Required evaluations of qualifications
Merit based, not homeboy hookup
Co-founder of the NAACP, fought for civil rights from a legal perspective, First African American to graduate from Harvard with a Ph. D.
W.E.B. Du Bois
Promoting fair competition!! This was signed into law in 1890, is a foundational U.S. federal law that protects trade and commerce from unlawful restraints and monopolies
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Established the direct election of U.S. senators by popular vote
17th Amendment
What reform did John Muir lead the charge for?
Environmental Conservation
National Park Service
Supported by Theodore Roosevelt
Was created in 1913 to provide a central banking system and stabilize the U.S. financial system
Federal Reserve
Sets interest rates, maintains stability in the financial industry. There are 12 Feds throughout the country.
Pushed for economic, educational success, and the betterment of the Black community, rather than pursue legal actions to gain equality.
Booker T. Washington
the exclusive possession or control of the supply of or trade in a commodity or service.
Monopolies
Standard Oil- John D. Rockefeller
Northern Securities Company- JP Morgan
American Tobacco