Increased government regulation of businesses to protect the public was supported by this group.
What is Progressives.
100
More than 100 years had passed since Abigale Adams urged her husband to "remember the ladies" and more than 70 years had passes since women demanded equal rights in their Seneca Falls "Declaration of Sentiments." This 1920 Constitutional Amendment finally gave us what we wanted.
What is 19th Amendment.
100
This term refers to the right to vote.
What is suffrage.
200
Western farmers felt their crop prices would increase if the government implemented this action.
What is free coinage of silver/bimetallism.
200
Supporters of Prohibition saw a link between drinking and lower public morals. The Temperance Movement won bigtime with this constitutional amendment.
What is 18th Amendment.
200
Instead of demanding respect from whites, this reformer urged blacks to "cast down your bucket where you are!"
What is Booker T. Washington
200
This highly educated reformer was the first African American to earn his PhD from Harvard.
What is W.E.B. DuBois.
300
I'm tired of sweating to pay the tax man while the rich pukes get off scot free. There's only one fair way to provide the government with teh $$ it needs.
What is progressive income tax.
300
This act, passed in 1906, halted (stopped) the sale of contaminated foods and medicines.
What is Pure Food and Drug Act.
300
This reformer's life clearly reflected her mother's advice not to put down the plow until the end of the row, as she fiercely fought for the passing of a constitutional amendment.
What is Alice Paul.
300
This law was only the first to reflect the tremendous impact of Upton Sinclair's long-winded book, "The Jungle."
What is Meat Inspection Act.
400
Farmers were complaining that money was expensive, meaning they had to pay this on their loans.
What is high interest rates.
400
In 1915, this new organization won its first major victory when the supreme court declared grandfather clauses illegal.
What is NAACP.
400
This African American is best remembered for her campaign against lynching.
What is Ida B. Wells
500
This act made it illegal for railroads to give special favors to big businesses at the expense of farmers.
What is Interstate Commerce Act.
500
These journalists exposed corruption and abuses in society.
What is muckrakers.
500
This individual was most concerned with the rights of child laborers.