Vocabulary
People
Laws
Fighting for Rights
All Mixed Up
100
an American who wants to make the USA better by workinf with the government to make new laws
What is a progressive
100
the muckraker that wrote The Jungle
Who is Upton Sinclair
100
the law that says food and medicine must be clean and safe in the USA
What is the Pure Food and Drug Act
100
the law that gives women the right to vote
What is the 19th amendment
100
the man who helped to create the NAACP and believed in total equailty for people of color in the USA
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois
200
a journalist who exposes corruption
What is muckraker
200
the woman who created Hull House to help immigrants in Chicago
Who is Jane Addams
200
the organization created to help children and families with issues like infant mortality, child labor, and foster care
What is Childrens' Bureau
200
a person who fights for the right to vote
What is a suffragette
200
laws that are meant to control
What is regulations
300
the money that goes to the government from your paycheck
What is income tax
300
The woman who was a nurse and pushed for school nurses
Who is Lillian Wald
300
the Amendment that says the rich pay more in income taxes than the poor
What is the 16th Amendment
300
the organization created to help people of color get equality in the USA
What is the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
300
who said that all men should have a "square deal" (equal opportunities)
Who is Teddy Roosevelt
400
to give money to someone to do something illegal
What is bribe
400
The muckraker who exposed corruption in the Rockefeller oil industry
Who is Ida Tarbell
400
the law that helps workers to protest against trusts
What is Clayton Anti-Trust Act
400
the man who started life as a slave and eventually became the leader of a university
Who is Booker T. Washington
400
The woman who started a the Locust Street Settlement House to help African American women
Who is Janie Porter Barrett
500
a group of companies that work together
What is trust
500
The woman who was a doctor that helped poor factory workers and helped factories to be cleaner
Who is Alice Hamilton
500
the law that says government workers who are not elected must pass a test to prove they are qualified
What is the Civil Service Act
500
the man who believed that all black people should return to Africa to live in freedom and pride there
Who is Marcus Garvey
500
the New York City mayor who stole about $200,000,000 and bribed the police
Who is William Tweed
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