Grange against the Machine
What the Muck?
Amend me this
Who you gonna call, Trustbusters!
Who's the boss?
100

This political party was formed in 1891 and represented farmers, workers, and miners against big business. 

Populist Party

100

This muckraker was a photographer who exposed "How the Other Half Lives" with his photographs of tenement housing.

Jacob Riis

100

The populist party was successful in gaining this amendment to the constitution allowing for the direct election of senators

17TH Amendment

100

This president was a notorious trust buster, often seen in political cartoons with teddy bears, his signature animal.

Teddy Roosevelt

100

This infamous New York City boss turned Tammany Hall into the center for city political machine corruption. 

Boss Tweed

200

The populist party platform demanded and end to this with the free coinage of silver

The Gold Standard

200

This muckraker exposed the monopolistic creature that was the Standard Oil Company with its octopus like reach into several parts of government

Ida Tarbell

200

The populist party was able to gain this amendment to the constitution that gave us the graduated income tax

16TH Amendment

200

She opened up the Hull House or settlement houses where poor immigrants could learn to assimilate to American Customs and way of life. 

Jane Addams

200
This Supreme Boss, the supreme court, made "separate but equal" a thing across the US with this landmark supreme court case ruling

Plessy V. Furgeson

300

What farmers wanted to bring about economically to get more money for their crops

Inflation

300

This muckraker was a black female investigative journalist who sought to expose the evils of southern lynching.

Ida B. Wells

300

Prohibit me this, or the substance that was made illegal with the 18th amendment

Alcohol
300

Progressives were able to get this outlawed raising the minimum age to work to 16.

Child labour
300

These racial laws of the south enforced by the states made it to make voting difficult and restricting African American's rights across the south

Jim Crow Laws

400

This man was a democratic and populist presidential candidate in 1896 and 1900, loosing both times. 

William Jennings Bryan

400

This muckraker exposed the ills of the meat packing industry and "How the sausage was made"

Upton Sinclair

400

Women were enfranchised with this amendment to the constitution, allowing women to vote in the US. 

19th Amendment

400

This protestant religious movement urged Christians to combat injustices like child labour, poverty, and unsafe working conditions

Social Gospel Movement

400

When corruption gets to the boss, the real boss, the voters can use this to remove them from office. 

Recall

500
William Jennings Bryan's famous speech where he warned against the gold standard

Cross of Gold Speech

500

This muckraker exposed the political machine of the cities and their overt corruption in his book "The Shame of the Cities"

Lincoln Steffens

500

Cancel that! This amendment nullified or canceled the 18th amendment

21st amendment

500

This social campaign aimed to eliminate alcohol consumption which many blamed for poverty, domestic abuse and crime. 

Temperance Movement and Prohibition

500
This makes voting private to protect citizens from would be bosses of the political machines. 
Secret Ballot
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