Progressive Leaders
Gov't Reform
Muckrakers
Life in the 1920's
Misc.
100
These were writers, photographers, and artists who used their skills to expose the ills of society in the late 19th and early 20th Century.
Who are the Muckrakers
100
this is when people vote to remove a government official from office
What is recall
100
She wrote an book detailing the bad and illegal practices of the Standard Oil Company
Who is Ida Tarbell
100
In 1924 Congress made the first ever law that limited how many immigrants could enter the U.S.
What is the National Origins Act
100
This musical form became dry popular during the 1920's. It is considered the only true American musical form
What is Jazz
200
This man is considered the 1st Progressive President for his work at ending Trusts, conserving natural resources, and protecting the public from bad food and drugs
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
200
citizens vote directly on a law for its passage
What is a referendum?
200
This man used words and photographs to describe "How the Other Half Lives".
Who is Jacob Riis?
200
Young women who challenged social norms by cutting their hair short, wearing make-up and wearing short dresses
Who are Flappers
200
During the 1920's, people started by buy stuff this way so they could afford much of the new technology of the time
What is on credit or lay away
300
This women was an advocate for helping the poor and immigrants in cities by giving them a "house" to stay in and education...
Who is Jane Addams?
300
citizens propose a law to the legislature
What is initiative
300
This man was a political cartoonist whose work helped bring down Boss Tweed
Who is Thomas Nast
300
A member of Harding’s cabinet took bribes and gave a government oil contract to a friend of his without letting other companies have a chance to bid on it. Overlooking this oil field was a huge boulder that looked like a teapot, so the scandal got its name from that rock.
What is the Teapot Dome Scandal
300
This form of entrainment became popular because it only cost a nickel
What is nickelodeon or the movies
400
This Progressive President used what he called a Moral Foreign policy in dealing with other nations
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
400
this is when citizens vote for the candidates they want to run from a political party for an office rather than party officials
What is direct primary
400
This man wrote a series of magazine articles describing political corruption throughout US Cities
Who is Lincoln Steffens?
400
This was the rise of African American culture and arts during the 1920's
What is the Harlem Renaissance
400
Coolidge had a ________ attitude about business believing that government should also not interfere with business.
What is laissez-faire
500
This Progressive Senator from Wisconsin worked to reform government and politics
Who is Robert LaFollettte
500
This type of law passed in several states to protect workers hurt on the job
What Workers Compensation
500
This man author a novel detailing the horrors of the slaughterhouses, the meat packing industry and immigrant life in Chicago
Who is Upton Sinclair
500
US foreign policy would be described by this word that means to keep apart
What is isolationist
500
This invention changed the way American factories made products and altered business forever
What is the assembly line.
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