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100
Which President developed the ides of the Square Deal?
Theodore Roosevelt
100
Why did business leaders oppose women voting?
Business leaders believed that women voters would support minimum wage and child labor laws.
100
Who encouraged African Americans to improve their economic and educational opportunities?
Booker T. Washington
100
How did politicians handle corruption in Washington during the Gilded Age?
Politicians passed a law that developed a new system for granting federal jobs.
100
Who were muckrakers?
Muckrakers were journalists who wrote about problems in society during the Progressive Era.
200
Why did William Howard Taft criticize President Theodore Roosevelt?
President Roosevelt gave himself more power during his presidency than the Constitution allowed.
200
Who founded the National Woman's Party?
Alice Paul
200
Describe the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
The NAACP used the courts to fight grandfather clauses that had been used to prevent African Americans from voting in the South.
200
Who influenced city and county politics in the late 1800s?
political machines
200
Why did child labor still exist after reform?
Poor families needed the income.
300
Why did William Howard Taft's reforms anger the Progressives?
Taft's reforms did not destroy trusts completely.
300
Who drew attention to the lynching of African Americans?
Ida B. Wells
300
DOUBLE JEOPARDY Describe the primary goal of the Society of American Indians.
The Society of American Indians wanted to preserve Native Americans' traditional culture.
300
Describe the result of work-place laws passed during the Progressive Era.
The laws eased reformers' minds but, unfortunately, were not always enforced.
300
Describe the spoils system.
The spoils system gave government jobs to supporters after a candidate wins an election.
400
Who was the first President to consider natural resources a priority?
Theodore Roosevelt
400
DOUBLE JEOPARDY Describe an initiative.
An initiative allows voters to propose new laws by using petitions.
400
DOUBLE JEOPARDY Describe the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire.
The fire led to the passing of laws to improve factory safety. Workers were locked up in the factory when a horrific fire broke out.
400
Describe a referendum.
A referendum is a procedure that allows voters to approve or reject a law already passed by the government.
400
Why might a union member claim that capitalism was unfair?
Capitalism focused on competition which caused managers to consider profits more important that safe working conditions.
500
DOUBLE JEOPARDY Describe workers' compensation laws.
Workers' compensation laws assured that companies must pay wages to employees injured on the job.
500
DOUBLE JEOPARDY Why did Mexican immigration rise in the early 1900s?
Mexicans were able to cross the United States border easily.
500
Who believed African Americans should protest unjust treatment and demand equal rights?
W.E.B. DuBois
500
Describe the impact of the Seventeenth Amendment on voters.
The Seventeenth Amendment expanded voting rights by allowing voters, and not state legislatures, to elect senators.
500
Describe the Pure Food and Drug Act.
The Pure Food and Drug Act law prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transport of mislabeled or contaminated food and drugs.
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