Progressive Amendments
Which amendment gave African American men the right to vote?
The 15th amendment
an investigative journalist or novelist that exposed the problems in American society.
What is a muckraker?
State and local laws in the Southern United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that enforced racial segregation.
What are Jim Crow laws?
Political party that nominated Roosevelt in the 1912 election.
What is the Bull Moose Party
What was the main goal of the Temperance Movement?
The temperance movement wanted to ban the consumption of alcohol because Americans blamed alcohol for the problems in society.
What did the 17th amendment establish?
The direct election of senators
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 was Plessy v. Ferguson?
Law passed by Teddy after the release of The Jungle to protect consumers from contaminated food.
What is Pure Food & Drug Act?
Why did Americans want to limit/stop the consumption of alcohol?
They believed that alcohol abuse was believed to be the cause of many societal problems, including poverty, crime, and family violence
What did the 18th amendment do?
It banned the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol.
What was Jacob Riis' book called?
How the Other Half Lives
What does NAACP stand for?
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Who is known for getting stuck in the White House bathtub?
William Taft
List at least two things that the Populist party wanted.
standardizing the coinage of silver
introducing a graduated income tax
regulating railroad shipping fees
implementing the direct election of senators
To assist farmers with their debts
Which amendment granted women the right to vote?
The 19th amendment
She set up settlement houses to help the lives of the poor and to help immigrants assimilate.
Who is Jane Addams?
She exposed the racial injustices that African Americans were facing during this time.
Who is Ida B. Wells?
What were the 3 Cs of Roosevelt's Square Deal?
Conservation, Control of Corporations, Consumer Protection
What did the Pendleton Act establish?
It established a merit system to ensure that federal positions would be filled based on merit, or qualification, rather than political affiliation
Which amendment repealed the 18th amendment?
The 21st amendment
Who created the term Muckraker?
Theodore Roosevelt
Who is W.E.B DuBois?
He is a civil rights activist and founded the NAACP.
Why did Wilson win the election of 1912?
Roosevelt’s Bull Moose Party divided the Republican Party; this allowed Woodrow Wilson to secure the presidency despite only receiving 42 percent of the popular vote
Why were people who illegally made, sold, and transported alcohol called bootleggers?
The term “bootleggers” came from the practice of hiding alcohol bottles in the tops of boots to avoid detection.