Problems with Farmers
Issue of high money value which cause prices to drop. leads to low crop value
What is Deflation?
People who expose corrupted government through use of media
What are Muckrakers?
Granted women suffrage
What is 19th amendment?
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
What are Farmers?
The government relied on these but affected mostly farmers due to their amount of land
What are Property Taxes?
Places that were made to provide child care for mothers and teach English to immigrants
What are Settlement Homes?
African American organization that used the court system to fight against unfair laws
What is the NAACP?
The 3rd progressive president who won the 3-way election of 1912
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
The idea that money supply should be based off of both gold and silver.
What is Bimetallism?
Caused farmers to pay ridiculous prices in order to ship their crops
What are Railroad Rates?
Large scale accident that led to the change of industrial policies
What is the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire?
African American leader who demanded immediate equality, refusing to accept segregation as social norm.
Who is W.E.B DuBois?
This president became very unpopular due to his betrayal of progressive ideas.
Who is William Taft?
What is Graduated Income Tax?
American movement/group that sought for better conditions for the population of farmers
What is Farmer's Alliance?
Citizens could vote to nominate candidates for general elections, bypassing political machines
What is Direct Primary?
African American movement that pushed for immediate equality, refusing gradual progress
What is The Niagara Movement?
Roosevelt's nickname in response to his ideals towards monopolies.
What is Trustbuster?
Populist party program that listed their ideas and help spread them over to other parties
What is the Omaha Platform?
Most farmers are in high favor of this political party
What is the Populist Party?
The idea that citizens could force unresponsive politicians to consider a law.
What is Initiative?
African American leader who believed that black people should work their way up from the bottom, accepting Jim Crow laws in hope for equality one day.
Who is Booker T. Washington?
The 3 C's of Theodore Roosevelt's "Square Deal" plan
What is control of corporations, consumer protection, and conservation?
This president won the democratic nomination in the 1896 election with the help of his "Cross of Gold" speech
Who is William Jennings Bryan?