Political Machines
This tactic involved hiring people to vote multiple times in elections.
What is hiring repeaters?
The main goal of Progressive reformers was this.
What is ending corrupt methods used by political machines?
This was a legal success for child labor reformers.
What is the upholding of federal child labor laws by the Supreme Court?
This group included only skilled workers.
What is the American Federation of Labor (AFL)?
Women reformers helped pass this amendment granting voting rights.
What is the Nineteenth Amendment?
This illegal method involved adding fake votes to increase totals.
What is stuffing ballot boxes?
This reform allowed voters to propose laws by petition.
What is initiative?
This improvement meant workers earned more money.
What are higher wages?
This union organized the “Uprising of the 20,000.”
What is the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union (ILGWU)?
This leader believed African Americans should not openly challenge segregation.
Who is Booker T. Washington?
This strategy traded jobs or services in exchange for votes.
What is trading favors for votes?
This reform allowed voters to approve or reject laws already passed.
What is referendum?
These laws helped injured workers receive support.
What are workers’ compensation laws?
This group believed in socialism.
What is the International Workers of the World (IWW)?
This leader wrote about unequal education for African American children.
Who is W. E. B. DuBois?
This reform allowed voters to remove officials before their term ended.
What is recall?
These laws limited how long women could work.
restricting women’s working hours?
This labor group was led by Samuel Gompers.
What is the AFL?
This leader helped form the National Urban League.
Who is Dr. George Edmund Haynes
This reform allowed voters to choose candidates for office.
What is direct primary?
Laws alone failed to stop child labor because of this reason.
What is weak enforcement and families depending on children’s income?
This labor group was led by “Big Bill” Haywood.
What is the IWW?
This leader helped found the NAACP.
Who is Ida B. Wells?