Important People
This man reported vote stealing and other corrupt practices of political machines
Who is Lincoln Staeffens
The right to vote
Suffrage
A product named after a famous president who spared a bear cub on a hunting expedition
What is the Teddy Bear?
Temperance is the promotion of alcohol consumption
False
A social reform which banned the consumption of alcohol.
What is prohibition
Mostly through photography, this many described poverty, disease, and crime that affected immigrant neighborhoods in NYC
Who is Jacob Riis
Enabled voters to remove public officials from elected positions by forcing them to face another election.
What is recall
THE BIGGEST PRESIDENT OF ALL TIME
Who is William Howard Taft
The 21st amendment repealed prohibition
True
This allowed citizens to vote for Senators rather than legislature.
What is the 17th Amendment
Exposed the horrible conditions of the meat packing industry
Who is Upton Sinclair
A bill made by the people rather than lawmakers on the ballot
What is an initiative
Upton Sinclair's book which exposed the brutal system of labor in the meat packing industry
What is The Jungle
Roosevelt advocated for complete preservation of the wilderness
False
The term given to progressive reforms sponsored by Theodore Roosevelt
What is a Square Deal?
An advocate for prohibition known for destroying bottles of liquor with a hatchet.
Who is Carry Nation
A vote on the initiative
What is referendum
Hands off gov't
What is Lasay-Faire
An organization started by W. E. B. Du Bois and others who advocated for equality for African Americans
What is the NAACP
This halted the sale of contaminated foods and medicines. This also called for truth in labeling
What is the Pure Food and Drug Act
A leading proponent of woman suffrage. "I would sooner cut off my hand than ask the ballot for the black man and not for women."
Susan B. Anthony
Journalists who wrote about the corrupt side of business and public life in mass circulation magazines
What are muckrakers
The opposite of corruption
Honesty
The 19th Amendment is still in effect
True
This means that some wilderness was developed and others were preserved
What is conservation