Progressive Era
What are muckrakers?
These people exposed all the "flith" and "muck underlying society.
What was the Sherman Antitrust Act?
The first federal law to control trusts and monopolies
Where did immigrants in the late 1800s enter from?
Ellis Island
What is woman suffrage?
What is woman suffrage?Abolitionists who fought for women's right to vote.
What does "oligopoly" mean?
A market in which a few large companies control prices for an industry.
Where were the majority of immigrants in the late 1800s from?
Southern and Eastern Europe, specifically Italy, Poland, Russia, and Greece.
What is the 17th Amendment?
Passed by Congress, the Amendment gave the people a voice in choosing their representatives
What does stock mean?
Shares of ownership a company sells in its business which often carry voting power
What were the unsafe factories that immigrants worked in called?
Sweatshops
What is the Oregon System?
It is a system made up of the initiative, referendum, and recall. It made it so the people can manage votes and organized voting.
What does corporation mean?
A business in which investors own shares.
How were immigrants treated in the late 1800s?
Badly
What is the Temperance Crusade?
This crusade urged people to stop drinking alcohol. It also supported prohibition, laws to ban the making or selling of alcohol.
What does shareholder mean?
A person who invests in a corporation by buying stock and is a partial owner.
Daily double
What was the minimum wage in 1890?
Trick question, there was no minimum wage.