people.
Robert La Follette was from
What is Wisconsin?
He was important because he increased corporate taxes and limited party spending. Other states would follow suit, "the Wisconsin Idea".
The Amendment which gave women the right to vote
What is the 19th Amendment?
Reform-minded journalists, writers, and photographers who would expose corruption and wrongdoing
What are muckrakers?
The leader of the AFL (American Federation of Labor) was Samuel (__)
Who is Samuel Gompers?
True or False: A political machine is a bad thing
What is true?
Political machines would be government agencies that would bring relief to the poor only if they would vote for the people they wanted. They would know if you did/didn't as votes weren't private.
An important member of the National Anti-Lynching Campaign
She would go on tours to speak about the lynching in the US and abroad (UK).
True or False: The 18th Amendment states that it is illegal for people to drink alcohol
What is false?
Because of this, there is a legal loophole 😍
3 words that people advocated in government
(hint: In_, Ref_, Re_)
What is initiative, referendum, and recall?
Initiative = voters make legislators look at a bill they want passed
Referendum = voters express views on laws/bills that might get passed
Recall = recall petition, can remove a public official with enough signatures
Eugene V. Debs was apart of the ARU (American Railway Union) and was a leader in the Pullman strike. What political party was he in?
What is socialist?
The Populist party worked with the (__) party
What is the Democrats?
The person who did the Cross of Gold speech
Who is William Jennings Bryan?
This speech was reflecting on Americans divide on what the US currency should be backed by.
The Amendment which prohibited alcohol to be sold in the US
What is the 18th Amendment?
Hull House, made by Jane Addams, is known as a
What is a settlement house?
WCTU stands for
What is the Woman's Christian Temperance Union?
A new type of tax that would effect everyone during this era but, the more you made, the more you'd be taxed
What is the income tax?
John Muir was the founder of
What is the Sierra Club?
FORESTS, ENVIORMENTS, RAHHHHH
The Amendment that states that senators have to be directly elected by voters
What is the 17th Amendment?
Theodore Roosevelt was known as a (__) because he broke up trusts
What is (great) trustbuster?
Roosevelt busted 44 trusts. The next president, Taft, busted 88 except he never got the "trustbuster" title </3.
The YMCA was first founded in
What is the UK?
ITS FUN TO STAY AT THE Y. M. C. A... it's not even american....
Theodore Roosevelts political party, the Progressives, were also known as the
What is the Bull Moose Party?
Anthony (__) was apart of the NY Society for the Suppression of Vice. His political goal was to censor explicit things printed to the public
What is Anthony Comstock?
The Amendment that was passed in 1913
What is the 16th Amendment?
This amendment states that income tax is a thing 😍
The NLU stands for
What is the National Labor Union?
IWW stands for
(hint: In_ Wo_ of the Wo_)
What is the Industrial Workers of the World?
There was Roosevelt, Taft, and then...?
Who was Woodrow Wilson?