Immigration to the Nation
The island in New York most immigrants from Europe first set foot on.
Ellis Island
The unlawful executions of African Americans with no trial.
Lynching
The state politician Robert M. La Follette represented in multiple different political roles.
Wisconsin
The first “modern president.”
Teddy Roosevelt
This demographic group was able to vote after ratification of the 19th Amendment.
Women
The island most Asian immigrants were detained on in California.
Angel Island
The laws that legalized segregation in the South.
Jim Crow Laws
The idea that schools should be about education, but ALSO about improving their communities.
Wisconsin Idea
The nickname these presidents were often called for breaking up big businesses.
Trust Busters
This amendment did not last long, but it created a time in the nation’s history known as Prohibition.
18th
The piece of legislation that prevented Chinese immigrants from coming to America.
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
The court case in which the Supreme Court affirmed segregation as “separate but equal” for the entire nation
Plessy vs. Ferguson
A process of allowing the people to vote on an issue proposed by the government, most commonly seen in relation to issues of school funding.
Referendum
Teddy Roosevelt’s political party that stole Republican voters in the election of 1912.
Bull Moose Party
The 16th Amendment allowed the government to increase its revenue by introducing this type of tax.
Income Tax
An immigrant journalist who photographed the living conditions of other immigrants.
Jacob Riis
The university W.E.B. Du Bois became the first African American to earn a PhD from.
Harvard
The process of voting a politician out of office that has become popular for Wisconsin governors (Scott Walker in 2016)
Recall
The president in office when all 4 of the progressive amendments were ratified.
Woodrow Wilson
The 17th Amendment changed the election process for these politicians, giving more power to the people.
Senators
The buildings most poor, urban immigrants were forced to live in.
Tenements
The type of schools Booker T. Washington believed were most important to improve the lives of African Americans.
Vocational Schools
This change in the election process allowed the people to vote and decide on each political party’s nominated candidate.
Direct Primary
Stuck in a tub.
William Taft
This document was modeled after the Declaration of Independence and written by women suffragists.
Declaration of Sentiments