Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?

Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?#1

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Reformers who wanted to solve the problems of a fast growing society

Progressives

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Nicknamed the Bull Moose Party, formed so Roosevelt could run for President in 1912

Progressive Party

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Powerful organizations that influenced local governments

Political Machines

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Working conditions for adults and children in the early 1900's

dangerous, hot, long hours, low pay

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Facts about the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

took place in NYC, 146 died, mostly young women immigrants

Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?#2

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Protection of nature and its resources

Conservation

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System in which the government owns and operates a country's industry

Socialism

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The amendment gave women the right to vote

19th

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What did the women do to win the right to vote in the U.S.A.

marched, protested, banners, speeches

Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?#3

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African American educator who encouraged other African Americans to improve their own lives rather than fight discrimination (education and Jobs)

Booker T. Washington

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Wisconsin governor whose reforms became a model for other states

Robert M. LaFollette

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This amendment banned the sale of alcoholic beverages

18th

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This president set up the National Park System

Theodore Roosevelt

Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?#4

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Law stopping the manufacture, sale or transportation of mislabeled or contaminated food and drugs

Pure Food and Drug Act

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Journalists who exposed corruption, scandal, and filth of society

Muckrakers

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This amendment allowed the federal government to impose direct taxes on people's income

16th

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This organization fought hard against discrimination in the courts

NAACP

Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? #5

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Vice president who became president upon McKinley's death

Theodore Roosevelt

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System in which private businesses run most industries and competition determines how much goods cost

Capitalism

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This amendment allowed Americans to vote directly for U.S. senators

17th

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Avoidance of alcohol

Temperance

Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader#6

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A vote to remove an official before the end of his or her term

Recall

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Laws that guarantee a portion of lost wages to workers injured on the job

Worker's Compensation Law

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This person was known for helping to reform prison systems and helping education certification 

Julia Tutwiler

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wrote the book "The Jungle" which focused on the filth in the meatpacking industry

Upton Sinclair

Random

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African American reformer who publicized cases of racial prejudices

W.E.B. Du Bois

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Procedure permitting voters to approve or reject a law

Referendum

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This fire led to safety reforms in the workplace

Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

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Newspaper reporter that wrote "How the other half lives" describing the tenement housing

Jacob Riis