Politics
Time For Change
Influences
A Picture Is Worth...
All That Money
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19th Amendment
Gave women the right to vote.
100
What is a union?
A coalition of workers who collectively bargain for what they want in a company.
100
An influential book which highlighted the awful conditions in meat packing plants. It led to the creation of the Pure Food and Drug Act.
"The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair.
100
What event is this?
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire.
100
What is a "Company Town"?
A large area bought up by a company where they would not only own the work place, but the housing and stores too.
200
17th Amendment
Allows for the direct election of senators from the people.
200
What was the main goal of the Suffragette movement?
To have women gain the right to vote.
200
What is the NAACP?
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (1909)
200
What stereotype is being portrayed?
The "Black Brute" meaning that black men are violent by nature and will attack white people.
200
Define: Monopoly
the exclusive possession or control of the supply of or trade in a commodity or service.
300
Name one platform the Populist party stood for.
Nationalization of the railroads, coinage of silver, representation for farmers and laborers, and a graduated income tax.
300
Term for investigative journalists who would report on corrupt politicians and unsafe businesses.
Muckrakers.
300
Who were "New Immigrants" compared to "Old Immigrants" (English, German, Irish)?
People who came from Eastern Europe, Italy, and China/
300
What is being depicted?
Standard Oil, a monopoly, is invading the government and is going to target the President.
300
Which city had a business district known as "Black Wall Street"?
Tulsa, Oklahoma
400
Why was Plessy v. Ferguson significant?
It stated that African Americans should be "separate but equal" legalizing segregation.
400
Why were most strikes unsuccessful?
Often private forces combined with police or military forces would crack down violently on strikers.
400
What was the "Cult of Domesticity"?
Ideology that reinforced the concept of "separate spheres" for men (public) and women (private). Women were better suited at working in the home, cooking cleaning, taking care of children, etc...
400
Who was the target audience for these pictures?
The unaware middle class.
400
What was the goal of the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 and Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914?
To break up powerful corporations, like monopolies.
500
How was Theodore Roosevelt different from the presidents before him?
He was a reformer. He worked for the people, not corporations and busted 44 trusts throughout his presidency.
500
Why was the Keating-Owen Act (law that regulated trade and banned child labor) overturned?
The Supreme Court ruled that it was unconstitutional for the government to regulate local trade.
500
Why did W.E.B. Du Bois disagree with Booker T. Washington?
Booker T. Washington wanted to focus on gaining economic strength and was ok with segregation. Du Bois wanted to fight for civil rights.
500
What is the Point of View of the author of this cartoon?
Women belong at home and should not vote.
500
Why was the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire so significant? What reform came from it?
Women had previously been striking for better working conditions. 146 people were killed in a fire because the doors were locked and there were poor safety features. Building safety reform like sprinklers and fire exits came into place.