Vocbaulary
People
Economic
Political
Social
100
To rebuild or remake.
What is reform.
100
Wrote the book the Jungle to expose the horrors of the meat packing industry.
Who is Upton Sinclair?
100
Large corporations that shut down their smaller competitors.
What are monopolies and trusts?
100
Created the "Bull Moose Party" to run against Republican nominee William Taft.
Who is Teddy Roosevelt?
100
Led by Eugene V. Debs, this party wanted to eliminate private ownership of business.
Who are the socialists?
200
Crusading journalists who exposed social, economic and political problems.
Who are muckrakers.
200
Democrat who won the election of 1912 after the Republican vote was split between two other candidates.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
200
Her book The History of Standard Oil resulted in the breakup of the Standard Oil Monopoly.
Who is Ida Tarbell?
200
The political group wanted to preserve capitalism but believed there needed to be more government regulation over big business.
What is the Progressive Party?
200
This fire in a New York City garment factory left 126 young immigrants dead and led to laws being passed that protected workers.
What is the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire?
300
People who campaigned for woman's right to vote.
Who are suffragists?
300
Nicknamed the trust-buster for his opposition to big business (also passed conservation and food safety reforms.)
Who is Teddy Roosevelt?
300
Frank Norris wrote this book that exposed railroads in California as monopolies taking advantage of people.
What is The Octopus?
300
Teddy Roosevelt's Square Deal aimed for these three types of reforms.
What is controlling corporations, consumer protection and conservation?
300
This woman co-founded the Hull House in the slums of Chicago which provided a community to those in need.
Who is Jane Addams?
400
Protection of natural resources.
What is conservation?
400
Populist party candidate who lost the 1896 election to Republican William McKinley, who was later assassinated.
Who is WJ Bryan?
400
These two acts banned monopolies.
What is the Sherman Anti-Trust Act and the Clayton Anti-Trust Act.
400
Identify the title and author of the book that examined political corruption in cities across the US.
What is The Shame of the Cities by Lincoln Steffens?
400
The title and author of this book led to NYC passing building codes to promote Health and Safety as well as the Tenement Act of 1901.
What is How the Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis?
500
Bribery and the spoils system are examples of this...
What is corruption.
500
Progressive politician, governor of Wisconsin, who led the model of an "honest government."
Who is "Battling Bob" La Follette?
500
This was the outcome of the court case "Northern Securities vs US."
What is the northwest monopolies were broken up.
500
William U'Ren was a leader in creating these four reforms to voting.
What is: Secret Ballot, Initiative, Recall, Direct Primary?
500
Ida B. Wells, WEB Du Bois, Mary Church Terrell and Jane Addams are among many who founded this organization.
What is the NAACP National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
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