one who searches out and publicly exposes real or apparent misconduct of a prominent individual or business
What is a Muckraker
100
This person is considered a famous Muckraker who exposed the meat packing industry through his novel The Jungle.
Upton Sinclair
100
This act made it illegal for companies to restrict competition and outlawed monopolies
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
200
Which Amendment banned the sale of alcohol?
What is the 18th Amendment
200
a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
What is economic turmoil
200
Established Pure Food and Drug Act and was well known trust buster
President Theodore Roosevelt
200
This act created the interstate commerce commission to oversee railroads
Interstate Commerce Act
200
When did the stock market crash?
October 1929
300
Which amendment repealed prohibition?
What is the 21st Amendment
300
This person raised tariffs and implemented the 8 hour work day
President Taft
300
This act created the civil service commission to ensure only qualified people got government jobs
Pendleton Act
300
Which President was blamed for the Great Depression?
Herbert Hoover
400
Which Amendment brought the income tax?
What is 16th Amendment
400
an event in which the people of a county, state, etc., vote for or against a law that deals with a specific issue : a public vote on a particular issue
What is a referendum
400
This act was established by Roosevelt in order to help prevent the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous foods, drugs, and other medicines
Pure Food and Drug Act
400
Which President is credited with getting the U.S. out of the depression with a series of programs called The New Deal?
FDR or Franklin Delano Roosevelt
500
Which Amendment called for the direct election of senators?
What is the 17th Amendment
500
high school biology teacher accused of violating the Butler Act and teaching about evolution
John T. Scopes
500
This program had the power to investigate businesses to ensure they did not use unfair practices.
FTC or Federal Trade Commission
500
A New Deal Program that employs young men to work on outdoor projects for $1 a day.