This is a voluntary organization of workers who agree to negotiate wages & labor conditions together.
What is a labor union?
100
Dollars and cents, pounds and pence, euros, yen, etc. - it move around, kind of like electricity in a circuit.
What is currency?
100
A frequent target of muckrakers, this is what you call it when officials abuse their authority in order to enrich themselves.
What is corruption?
100
This colonial power still controlled Cuba and Puerto Rico.
What is Spain?
100
He made his money manufacturing agricultural equipment, but his workers didn't think they were paid enough.
Who is Cyrus McCormick?
200
Union members may do this when they feel they are being treated unfairly by management or by company owners.
What is a strike?
200
This happens when the money supply increases and prices and wages go up.
What is inflation?
200
Many muckrakers were among the first to do this kind of in-depth reporting?
What is investigative journalism?
200
It sailed to Havana to help American citizens who need to get away from the rebellion.
What is the USS Maine?
200
She was an early muckraker who wrote unflattering things about Rockefeller's business.
Who is Ida Tarbell?
300
This was the site of a big strike that ended violently when a bomb exploded.
What is Haymarket Square?
300
If too much of this happens, then an economy may sink into a depression.
What is deflation?
300
The Jungle, though fictional, brought some of the problems with this industry to people's attention.
What is the meatpacking industry?
300
This type of journalism fueled popular anger and contributed to the US becoming involved in the Spanish-American War.
What is yellow journalism?
300
He was president during the Spanish-American War.
Who is William McKinley?
400
Owners and management may bring in these if they don't want to negotiate with striking workers.
What are strike breakers?
400
Many Populist Party members campaigned for this change to US currency, since they thought it would help farmers.
What is the bi-metal standard?
400
Following T.J., many people refer to the free press as this.
What is the Fourth Estate (or Fourth Branch of Government)?
400
He resigned from his position in the Department of the Navy to form the Rough Riders?
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
400
The Federal Treasury generated a big surplus by collecting these from imports.
What are tariffs?
500
An important part of a union's power, this refers to the agreement of all members to work out hours, wages, and conditions as a group, instead of individually.
What is collective bargaining?
500
This entity was originally a proposal of the Populist Party. Now we have a branch in Richmond.
What is the Federal Reserve?
500
He was a young reporter when he went to Chicago to investigate the plight of immigrant workers.
Who is Upton Sinclair?
500
The U.S. armed forces ended up fighting against the inhabitants of this Pacific nation after the U.S. took it from Spain.
What are the Philippines?
500
Many U.S. politicians, including our first president, have championed this policy of not involving our country in the other countries' problems.