Social Reforms
Housing set up by Jane Adams.
What is Settlement Houses.
Investigative journalists who exposed corruption in business and government.
What is Muckrakers.
Teddy's famous nickname referencing his numerous suits of monopolies.
What is "Trustbuster."
Vocational school started to help African Americans gain economic skills
Tuskegee Institute
Novel written by Upton Sinclair about the meat industry.
What is "The Jungle."
Famous court case that confirmed segregation in the US, severely limiting civil rights reform.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson.
The US adopted this ballot (voting)system during the Progressive Era so political basses couldn't tell how each citizen voted.
What is (Australian) Secret Ballot.
Law passed by Teddy to protect consumers from contaminated food.
What is Pure Food & Drug Act.
Federal Agency created by Wilson to regulate unfair trade practices by big business
Federal Trade Commission.
Campaign phrase which indicated that TR would be fair to all classes of people
What is Square Deal.
School started by Booker T. Washington to train African-Americans in the south in vocational education.
What is Tuskegee Institute.
New method for nominating presidential candidates that was first used in the Progressive Era.
What is Direct Primary.
Law passed by TR to prevent rotten meat from entering the market
Meat Inspection Act
Mane who founded the Tuskegee Institute
Booker T. Washington
Political party that nominated Roosevelt in the 1912 election.
What is Bull Moose Party.
DAILY DOUBLE!!! Name THREE public health reforms of the Progressive Era.
What is 1.) Sewage System 2.) Trash Removal 3.) Food Inspection 4.) Physical Education 5.) School Enrollement
DAILY DOUBLE!!! Name the FOUR amendments passed during the Progressive Era.
What is 1.) Income Tax 2.) Direct Election of Senators 3.) Prohibition of Alcohol 4.) Women's Suffrage
What TR did to protect natural lands and resources from development
Created National Parks
Women muckraker who wrote The History of Standard Oil exposing Rockefeller monopoly
Ida Tarbell
Law that forced government to hire people based on merit rather then because they were political supporters
Pendleton Civil Service act.
Leading group that lobbied for prohibition legislation in the US.
What is WCTU (Women's Christian Temperance Union).
A law mad to outlaw trusts and monopolies
Sherman Anti-trust Act
Name two national parks created by TR
Yosemite and Yellowstone
Jacob Riis exposed what social problem through his muckraking photography and books
terrible living conditions in the city slums
Civil Rights group started by W.E.B. DuBois
NAACP