Working Conditions
This term describes economic policies with little to no government regulation.
laissez-faire economics
This type of housing helped immigrants by providing education, healthcare, and meals
settlement houses
Term that describes journalists who exposed corruption and social problems.
Muckrakers
Who were the victims of the fire? (What were their identities?)
Young women / immigrants / could speak little English
What does prohibition mean?
Banning alcohol by law
Crowded, low-income apartments that housed many people in unsanitary conditions.
Tenement Houses
This conservationist founded the Sierra Club and advocated for protecting wilderness.
John Muir
Sensational style of journalism that focused on exaggeration to attract readers.
Yellow journalism
Why were many workers were unable to escape the fire?
doors were locked/exits were blocked
What constitutional amendment banned the manufacture and sale of alcohol?
18th Amendment
Name ONE major problem of the Industrial Era.
child labor / unsafe working conditions / poverty / corruption / poor sanitation
The three presidents are often called the “Progressive Presidents.
Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson
Author of the novel that exposed dangerous conditions in the meatpacking industry
Upton Sinclair
How many people died in the fire?
146
What law was created to enforce the 18th Amendment?
What was the Progressive Solution to crowded, unsanitary tenement houses?
Settlement Houses
Who co-founded Hull House in Chicago to help immigrant communities?
Jane Addams
What were two major problems in the meatpacking industry?
unsanitary / unsafe working environments / disease spread rapidly / tuberculosis / "killing floors" / "disassembly lines"
These two factory owners were acquitted of manslaughter after the fire.
Isaac Harris and Max Blanck
Name one group that supported prohibition
Anti-Saloon League / WCTU / Progressive reformers /Anti-immigration
Why was the Coal Strike of 1902 significant?
President Theodore Roosevelt stepped in to negotiate, resulting in 10% wage increases and shorter working days
This photographer exposed the harsh realities of tenement life in cities like New York.
Jacob Riis
What were the two laws passed after public reaction to The Jungle?
Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act (1906)
This commission was created to investigate factory conditions after the fire.
Factory Investigating Commission
Name THREE exceptions to the 18th Amendment
Alcohol possessed before the law was put in effect / Medicinal/prescription alcohol / Religious alcohol / Home brewed alcohol (not for sale or distribution) / Some ciders (to preserve fruit) / Industrial grade alcohol