Muckrakers
These were journalist, novelists, and photographers who exposed big business and government corruption.
Muckrakers
What group of people was getting more education during this time?
Middle- class women
What are Jim Crow Laws
allowed racial segregation in all public facilities in Southern States.
What were the progressives fighting against ?
The political machine (corrupt government), and the influence of big business on politics.
Which Latin American country was America interested in 19th century for its resources?
Cuba
He wrote The Jungle about the unsafe and unsanitary working conditions in the meat packing industry. What is the FDA( Food and Drug Administration)?
Upton Sinclair. The FDA is an organization that checks the safety of food and makes sure they are obeying the rules and regulations set by the Meat Inspection Act.
Who was driving social change?
Women
What does the NAACP stand for?
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
what did the 17th amendment do?
This gave voters access to directly choose their senators and be more involved in their local government.
What happened to the Maine that caused the US to get involved with the Spanish American War?
It exploded and sank killing Americans
She wrote the History of the Standard Oil Company and began the methods for investigative journalism method. She helped the government create laws against business monopolies (having control of most of a business).
Ida Tarbell
What was the temperance movement?
A movement to encourage people to stop drinking.
How did Jim Crow Law prevent black people from being involved in Politics?
They were not able to vote, serve in office (local or federal government), or participate in jury trails .
Who did the Labor Laws protect? What are child labor laws? What is workers compensation?
The workers and children. This prevented children from working in factories at young ages. Worker's comp. protects workers if they are injured to be paid for their jobs if they are injured while working.
Which countries did the US gain after the Spanish-American War?
Hawaii, Gaum, Philippines, and Puerto Rico
He took pictures of the living conditions in the tenement housing(slums)
Jacob Riis
What is the Women's Suffrage Movement?
Women's Rights
What was the ruling of Plessy vs. Ferguson? How did that effect black people in public spaces?
"Separate but Equal". They had separate schools, stores, waiting rooms, bathrooms, and more.
What is the Conservation Movement?
This movement was to save the forest and resources.
What was the American Anti-Imperialist League?
They were against expanding into other countries
What did Jacob Riis' work create ?
Housing Codes, Sanitation, Water and Sewer services.
Who started the Settle House Movement in the United States? She Started the Hull House
Jane Addams
What did the NAACP challenge in court? What Amendments did they want protect?
Which President was a supported of the conservation movement?
Theodore Roosevelt
What did the Treaty of Paris do?
Ended the Spanish American War