Muckrackers
This African American journalist fought tirelessly for social justice through her publications about lynchings in the American South
Who was Ida B. Wells?
These two factors informed an immigrant’s decision whether or not to move to the United States at the turn of the century
What are push and pull factors?
This woman was a leader in the woman’s suffrage movement, particularly the struggle for female bodily autonomy
Who was Emma Goldman?
These were the last two states admitted to the United States, one purchased and one annexed from the previous government
What are Alaska and Hawaii?
Woodrow Wilson was the President of this Ivy League school before becoming the Governor of New Jersey
What is Princeton?
This muckracker went undercover in a meat packing plant in Chicago, and his scandalous expose that followed changed factory conditions forever
Who was Upton Sinclair?
This was the entry point for immigrants coming to America from Asia
What was Angel Island?
Marcus Garvey thought that progress for Blacks all over the world meant that they should separate themselves from Whites and move to this location
Where is Africa?
This is the reason that was given to create the Panama Canal
What is to reduce travel time for commercial and military ships?
This was not a part of Woodrow Wilson’s New Freedom plan, which meant freedom was not fully available to all Americans
What are civil rights for Black Americans?
This photographer published a book called How the Other Half Lives, exposing to the world how the lower social classes lived in 1800s New York
Who was Jacob Riis?
This large immigrant group settled mostly in the American midwest and continued their tradition of brewing beer
Who are German immigrants?
This African American leader believed that the Black community should focus on participating in manual labor, such as farming, in order to further civil rights
Who was Booker T. Washington?
This future American president participated in the Spanish American War in Cuba, leading the Rough Riders to victory at San Juan Hill
Who was Teddy Roosevelt?
Under President Woodrow Wilson, Congress passed the 16th amendment, creating this in America for the very first time
What is the income tax system?
This political cartoonist helped to form public opinion about Boss Tweed and his attitude towards money and greed in 1800s New York
Who was Thomas Nast?
Chinese Immigrants ran these businesses, traditionally run in the United States by female business owners (must give me two)
What are restaurants, laundromats, and childcare?
This constitutional amendment, which prohibited the sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages, was repealed by a later amendment, which brought back the ability to sell and drink alcohol
What is the 18th Amendment?
This U.S. warship exploded - and began the Spanish American War when the U.S. blamed Spain for the ship’s destruction
What was the U.S.S. Maine?
Wilson signed this act, which created a government financial system
What is the Federal Reserve Act?
These two books chronicled the heartbreaking stories of lynching in America in the late 1800s
What are Southern Horrors and The Red Record?
This was the main reason that Irish citizens immigrated to the United States in the 1800s
What is the Irish Potato Famine?
This was the name of the ideology of W.E.B. DuBois, which focused on the education of Black men in order to advance civil rights
What was the “Talented Tenth?”
Denmark sold the Virgin Islands to the United States because they needed money for this
What is to guard against German invasion during WWI?
Woodrow Wilson created the Federal Trade Commission, which has the power to do this
What is to investigate businesses for trust violations?