Reformers, Assemble!
What was Theodore Roosevelt’s reform plan called that promised fairness for workers, consumers, and businesses?
The Square Deal
Which journalist exposed the horrors of the meatpacking industry in The Jungle?
Upton Sinclair
What name was given to young women in the 1920s who embraced new fashions and freedom?
Flappers
Who revolutionized automobile manufacturing with the assembly line?
Henry Ford
What 1925 trial debated teaching evolution in schools?
Scopes Trial
What law was used by Roosevelt to break up monopolies that harmed competition?
Sherman Antitrust Act
Which photographer revealed tenement conditions in How the Other Half Lives?
Jacob Riis
What amendment granted women the right to vote?
19th Amendment
What was the name of Ford’s affordable car that transformed transportation?
Model T
What movement sought to ban alcohol to reduce social problems?
Temperance Movement
What reform allowed voters to remove elected officials from office before their term ended?
Recall
What term describes journalists who exposed corruption and social injustice?
Muckrakers
What term refers to the cultural movement celebrating African American art, music, and literature in the 1920s?
Harlem Renaissance
What economic practice allowed Americans to buy goods by making payments over time?
Buying on credit and paying back on installment plans.
What organization re-emerged in the 1920s promoting “100% Americanism” and targeting immigrants, Catholics, and Jews?
Ku Klux Klan
What president succeeded Roosevelt and continued some trust-busting efforts, though he split the Republican Party?
William Howard Taft
Who founded Hull House to help immigrants and the urban poor?
Jane Addams
What African American leader promoted Black pride, self-sufficiency, and the “Back to Africa” movement?
Marcus Garvey
What decade-long economic expansion era led to increased stock speculation before the Great Depression?
The Roaring 20's
What was the Red Scare, and what did it lead to?
Fear of communism and it spreading; lead to the Palmer Raids and deportations.
What reform allowed citizens to propose new laws directly on the ballot?
Initiative
What tragedy led to major reforms in workplace safety laws?
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
What was the 18th Amendment, and what later amendment repealed it?
Prohibition; 21st Amendment repealed it.
What system of manufacturing emphasized efficiency and repetitive tasks to lower costs?
The assembly line
What term describes the migration of African Americans from the South to Northern cities?
The Great Migration