This event claimed the lives of 146 people and forced companies to make working conditions safer.
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
African-American leader who promoted immediate equality.
W.E.B Dubois
The right to vote.
Suffrage
When employees stop working and went on strike, what was the name of the worker who took their place called?
scabs
They fought and negotiated for better working conditions and better wages for workers. Name one...
Labor Unions, Knights of Labor, AFL
Suffragettes like Alice Paul were jailed did this to protest their imprisonment.
hunger strike
This man believed African Americans should learn a skill, which would allow them to earn a good reputation and eventually equality...
Booker T. Washington
What political party did Roosevelt run for president on in 1912?
Progressive or Bull Moose
A business leader that uses monopolies and treats workers poorly.
Robber Baron
Woodrow Wilson attacked what he called the "Triple Wall of Privilege" which included Tariffs, banks and ____.
Trusts/monopolies
Name the President after TAFT.
Woodrow Wilson
The era was the pre-cursor to the Progressive era. It focused on the struggle between the rich and poor, advocated for farmers, and free silver...
Populist
John Muir promoted...
Conservation of forests
Daily Double
What group/league that started in the early 1800's fought for Prohibition?
Temperance
This act strengthened the Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Clayton Anti-Trust
Daily Double
How much of America's oil did John D. Rockefeller control?
What was the name of his company?
90%
Standard Oil
This gave the Interstate Commerce Act enforcement powers....
Hepburn Act
What are initiative, referendum and recall?
initiative-propose a law
referendum- vote on law
recall- cancel a law
This was the process used to purify iron to make a lightweight steel....
Bessemer
This was created by Wilson to regulate the money supply, print money, etc...
Federal Reserve
Name the President after Teddy Roosevelt, and why Roosevelt supported him.....
Howard Taft, going to continue with Roosevelt's policies
What are the Progressive Era Amendments? Explain each one...
16, 17, 18 and 19....
She wrote against lynching.
Ida B. Wells (Barnett)
What law does this image refer to?
Chinese Exclusion Act
This was the name of the group of men Roosevelt put together to fight in the Spanish American War...
Rough Riders
Jane Addams established the Hull House which was a ___________ house in Chicago to help assimilate immigrants.
settlement
Was new type of family dwelling during the Gilded Age
Tenement
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire forced working conditions to change. What were some changes made because of this tragedy?
Answers vary
What laws were passed in response to Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle"?
Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act
This event was considered the beginning of the women's suffrage movement in the US.
The Seneca Falls Convention