Vocab Terms
What were Labor Unions?
groups of workers that joined together to gain higher wages, shorter work days, and improved safety conditions
Who was Upton Sinclair?
He wrote " The Jungle," which exposed the horrible conditions in meatpacking factories
18th Amendment
banned production, sale, and transportation of alcohol
Pure food and Drug Act
prohibited the sale of wrongly branded or adulterated food and drugs in interstate commerce
National Park Service Organic Act
regulate the use of the parks by whatever means and measures conform to the fundamental purpose of the parks.
What is a Muckraker?
bold investigative journalists and novelists who used their skills to expose numerous problems in America
Who was Ida B. Wells?
19th Amendment
gave women the right to vote nationwide
Meat Inspection Act
a law that set strict standards of cleanliness in the meatpacking industry.
Newlands Reclamation Act
defined the federal role in western water distribution
What is Progressivism?
Who was Jacob Riis?
He wrote " How the Other Half Lives," which exposed how horrible the lives of immigrants and poor Americans were
21st Amendment
Alcohol beverages became legal in the U.S. again
the first U.S. law to provide general legal protection of cultural and natural resources on federal lands.
Adamsen Act
sets an eight-hour work day and establishes overtime compensation for railroad workers