It was a "Triangle" of horror as, doors were bolted shut, the sprinkler system failed, and the fire escape was faulty. This event claimed the lives of 146 people and forced companies to make working conditions safer.
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
This commission regulated the railroads, telephones, and, telegraph companies
Interstate Commerce Commission
These journalists exposed corruption in cities during the Progressive Era ("they stayed digging up dirt")
Muckrakers
Jane Addams founded a Settlement House named the Hull House in Chicago. What was one of the social services that she provided for immigrants and the needy?
The assimilation of immigrants, a place to live ,find a job, or get an education
What message is being conveyed by this cartoon?
The wealthy were dependent on the labor of the working class.
This African American writer and civil rights leader started a anti-lynching campaign
Ida B. Wells
During the Progressive Era, did the role of the federal government get bigger or smaller?
Bigger
Teddy Roosevelt's policy for relationships with other nations was to "speak softly and carry a Big _________"
Stick
He worked undercover in a meat-packing plant and wrote the book The Jungle
Upton Sinclair
The Sherman Antitrust Act and the Clayton Antitrust Act were passed in an effort to
Maintain competition in business
Name the President after TAFT.
Woodrow Wilson
President Teddy Roosevelt's 3 major goals for America was called ______ deal.
Square
This amendment banned alcohol in the U.S.
18th
The era that brought many changes and reforms to American society
Progressive Era
W.E.B. DuBois co-founded a national organization for the advancement of African American citizens. What was that organization called.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
(N.A.A.C.P)
Alice Paul, Carrie Chapman Catt, and Anne Dallas Dudley were leaders of what movement?
Women's Suffrage Movement
The Amendment that gave women the right to vote.
19th Amendment
Susan B. Anthony is most associated with which movement?
Women's Suffrage
Boss Tweed
The Federal Reserve Commission protected who against unfair business practices?
Name the President after Teddy Roosevelt.
Howard Taft
Jacob Riis wrote a photojournalism book about the lives of immigrants in the tenements in the lower east side of NYC called?
How the Other Half Lives
What law does this image refer to?
Chinese Exclusion Act
The 1st Progressive president. As president he passed laws improving the meat industry and went after monopolies.
Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt
The creation of initiatives, referendums, and recall procedures during the progressive era resulted in what for citizens?
The expansion of citizens' direct participation in the democratic process/ more power and confidence in elections
The Octopus was a progressive era novel that exposed to corruption of which industry?
Railroads
In 1903 President Roosevelt visited Yosemite Park. Following the advise of naturalist, John Muir, Roosevelt, a champion of CONSERVATION, did this?
Set aside land for national parks
Law passed to protect the food and medicines Americans consumed.
The Pure Food and Drug Act
The movement that said people had a moral duty to help solve society's problems and to help people who are struggling.
Social Gospel Movement
Name the 3 presidents considered "progressive"
Teddy Roosevelt, William Taft, Woodrow Wilson