Progressive People
Upton Sinclair
Who was the founder of Standard Oil Company?
John D. Rockefeller
This amendment prohibited the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages.
18th Amendment
This 1896 Supreme Court decision legalized segregation – “separate but equal”.
Plessy v. Ferguson
This 1887 act was passed to regulate the railroad industry. It required railroads to charge fair rates.
Interstate Commerce Act
He took pictures of tenements and overcrowded cities to expose the poor living and working conditions of immigrants. Published the book "How the Other Half Lives“
Jacob Riis
Who was the American industrialist and philanthropist who founded a steel company and was the author of “The Gospel of Wealth”?
Andrew Carnegie
Gave women the right to vote (SUFFRAGE)
19th Amendment
Supporter of the gradual gain of equal rights for African-Americans through vocational education.
Booker T. Washington
What was the 1906 law that made rules for sanitary meat packing and a government rating system for meat quality?
Who was the cartoonist who exposed Boss Tweed and political machines?
Thomas Nast
Who was the United States financier who accumulated great wealth from railroad and shipping businesses?
Cornelius Vanderbilt
What amendment provided for the direct election of Senators?
17th Amendment
Who was one of the founders of the NAACP who fought for immediate implementation of African American rights?
W.E.B DuBois
1906 law that stopped the sale of contaminated foods and medicines and called for truth in labeling.
Pure Food and Drug Act
Who was the African-American journalist who led the fight against lynching?
Ida B. Wells
This financier, known for his influence on the early 20th-century banking system, helped stabilize the U.S. economy during the Panic of 1907."
J.P Morgan
This amendment allowed the federal government to tax income.
16th Amendment
Who was the founder of Hull House, which provided English lessons, child care and other services to help immigrants?
Jane Addams
This President focused on a “square deal” with the American people and is described as a trust-buster
Theodore Roosevelt
This person exposed the abuses of John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company in the book "The History of the Standard Oil Company”
Ida Tarbell
Who was the leader of the Tammany Hall political machine?
Boss Tweed
This labor union pressed for the eight-hour work day, higher wages and was led by Terence Powderly.
Knights of Labor
This 1890 law by the Congress was the first federal law to limit the power of monopolies.
Sherman Antitrust Act