Justice Reforms
What does NAACP stand for ?
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
What was Sinclair's book about ?
Dangerous work conditions & unsanitary procedures in the meat packing industry
Journalists that exposed corruption and problems in society
Muckrakers
Organization of farmers across America trying to improve their conditions
National Grange
What did Progressives want to do ?
Make elections fair & for the people
What case made the Supreme Court create the "Separate but Equal" rule ?
Plessy v. Ferguson
What act was passed to sell inspected meat & must be marked by Federal inspectors & graded ?
Meat Inspection Act
True or False: Jacob Riis was a Muckraker that focused on exposing the horrible tactics of the Standard Oil Co.
False. Ida Tarbell did that
All paper money is backed by actual gold
Bi-mentalism
Voting in private w/o people knowing who voted for is known as ___
Secret Ballot(s)
Who founded the Tuskegee Institute & wanted Blacks to focus on edu. & jobs ?
Booker T. Washington
What year was the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act passed ?
1906
Who coined the word Muckraker ?
Teddy Roosevelt
Bi-mentalists wanted to use ___ to increase money supply
Silver
What is Referendum
Citizens can vote for laws & make the decision to stay/go
What did W.E.B. DuBois do ?
Created the NAACP & believe Blacks needed to stand up and take action (get involved in Politics)
What act had federal inspection to all packaged food and drugs ?
Pure Food and Drug Act or FDA
Who made sure the Standard Oil Co. was declared a monoply & broken up ?
Ida Tarbell
What case let the Federal gov't regulate interstate RR traffic (created the Interstate Commerce Act)
Supreme Court Case Wabash v. Illinois
Citizens removing an elected official from office w/ another election is ___
Recall
What did Ida B. Wells expose ?
The horrors in the South about Lynching
What President of the U.S. read Sinclair's "The Jungle" book ?
Teddy Roosevelt
"How the Other Half Lives" was written by who ?
Jacob Riis
RR's charging high shipping fees and farmers buying new equipment made people go into ___
Debt
True or False: Initiatives is when citizens put a proposed law on the ballot for the public to vote
True