Terms
What were Muckrakers
Journalists
TRUE OR FALSE: This is your fourth period class.
False
Who was the first person to use the presidency as a "bully pulpit"?
Theodore Roosevelt
What does NAWSA stands for?
National American Woman Suffrage Association
What opposing team do the Bulldogs play tonight?
Geneva Panthers
A bill that originates from the people rather than legislators is known as what?
An initiative
What was the primary goal of prohibitionists?
To eliminate the use of alcohol in society
Who was the president of the NAWSA?
Carrie Chapman Catt
Who was the leader in the Women's Suffrage Movement?
Susan B. Anthony
TRUE OR FALSE: The Progressive Party became known as the Bull Moose Party
True
This was intended to provide revenue lost by the lowering of tariffs.
Income taxes
What was the law that required truthful labels?
Pure Food and Drug Act
Who wrote "The Jungle?"
Upton Sinclair
In the mid-1800s, the majority of women who held jobs worked as what?
Servants
The primary goal of the NAACP was what?
equality among the races
This included a series of reform efforts that aimed to correct injustices in American life.
The Progressive Movement
TRUE OR FALSE: Roosevelt promised that the common people would receive a square deal.
True
Who was the youngest man to ever become President?
Theodore Roosevelt
TRUE OR FALSE: The Nineteenth Amendment granted men the right to vote.
False
The legislation put forth strict cleanliness requirements for meat-packers and created what that is still used today?
Meat Inspection Act
What does the term Suffrage mean?
right to vote
What led to the defeat of Taft in 1912?
Failure to unify the Republican Party
In the election of 1912, which candidate was considered least pleasing to reformers?
William H. Taft
What does NACW stand for?
National Association of Colored Women
This was settled when Roosevelt got involved in the negotiations in 1902.
The Coal Miners' Strike