Women's Rights
Susan B. Anthony
Named after one of the most famous black face characters, this term refers to the use of segregation laws in the South.
Jim Crow
Author of The Jungle, he wrote about the horrors of meat packing factories in Chicago.
Upton Sinclair
This was Roosevelt's original promise to fight the issues, such as nepotism and spoils system, that prevented Americans from having a fair hand in life.
Square Deal
This was Woodrow's promise to protect consumers and workers from monopolies
New Freedom
From the Latin word that means to assist or intercede through prayer, this word is used to refer to a person's right to vote
Suffrage
He promoted the Back to Africa movement by convincing Black humans around the world to accept a Pan-African identity.
Marcus Garvey
Author of How the Other Half Lives, he wrote about the horros of slums and tenement houses
Jacob Riis
Along with conservation and control of corporations, this third C of Roosevelt's policies were backed by laws such as the Pure Food and Drug Act
Consumer Protection
This organization controls inflation and interest rates by guaging the value of our fiat currency
Federal Reserve
This feminist used a hunger strike to convince Woodrow Wilson to promote women's rights to vote
Alice Paul
This refers to a charge tha ta voter must pay before they can vote.
Poll Tax
This author was known as the Crusader for Justice, writing about the effects of lynching
Ida B Wells
This law protected fresh water so that it could be used to irrigate new lands for farming
National Reclaimation Act
This federal agency regulates how goods are marketed to consumers to protect them from dangerour ingredients and side effects.
Federal Trade Commission
She wrote the Declaration of Sentiments, which compared the founding fathers' struggle for freedom with women's struggle to vote.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
This Supreme Court case ruled that separate but equal facilities were acceptable
Plessy v. Ferguson
This writer wrote about the history of Standard Oil, encouraging the government, in turn, to trustbust them
Ida Tarbell
This law set a maximun rate that railroads could charge for the passage of goods.
Hepburn Act
This law put the burden of proof on railroad companies to prove a need for railroad price hikes and regulation changes
Mann Elkins Act
This organization fought for the federal protection for women's rights to vote.
North American Woman Suffrage Association
Though they did not meet at the location of their namesake, this organization fought for the rights of Black, middle class American voters.
Niagara Movement
He drew political cartoons to focus Americans on the corruption of Tammany Hall
Thomas Nast
This was Roosevelt's promise to progress the nation through a new political party, the Bull Moose Progressives.
New Nationalism
This law caused a rift in the Republic Party while Taft was president due to it raising tariffs.
the Payne-Aldrich Act