Immigration & Urbanization
This New York City location processed millions of immigrants in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
Ellis Island
This movement aimed to address problems caused by industrialization, urbanization, and corruption.
Progressivism
She was a leader in the movement for women’s suffrage and helped secure the right to vote.
Susan B. Anthony
This act strengthened antitrust laws and protected labor unions.
Clayton Antitrust Act
He was Florida’s Progressive governor who contributed to reforms during the period.
Napoleon Broward
This term describes the blending of cultures into a single American identity.
Melting Pot
These journalists exposed social problems and corruption, helping to spark reform.
Muckrakers
This amendment gave women the right to vote in the United States.
Nineteenth Amendment
This Supreme Court case established the principle of “separate but equal.”
Plessy v. Ferguson
This president’s “Square Deal” program focused on fairness for workers, businesses, and consumers.
Theodore Roosevelt
This law banned Chinese laborers from immigrating to the United States for decades.
Chinese Exclusion Act
This reform decreased the number of children working in factories.
Child Labor Laws
Women played a major role in promoting this movement to ban alcohol.
Prohibition
This amendment created the federal income tax system.
Sixteenth Amendment
This term refers to giving government jobs to supporters as a reward.
Patronage/Spoils System
These people opposed immigration and favored native-born Americans.
Nativists
This organization was founded to fight for African American civil rights.
NAACP
This woman founded settlement houses to help immigrants and the poor.
Jane Addams
This amendment banned the sale and manufacture of alcohol in the U.S.
Eighteenth Amendment
He believed African Americans should demand immediate equality; his rival favored gradual improvement.
W.E.B. Du Bois (vs. Booker T. Washington)
This political organization, led by Boss Tweed, was notorious for corruption in New York City.
Tammany Hall
This president was known as the first “environmental president” for his conservation efforts.
Theodore Roosevelt
This amendment established the direct election of U.S. Senators.
Seventeenth Amendment
This system was created to regulate the nation’s money supply and banking.
Federal Reserve System
This factor effectively brought an end to the Progressive Reform Movement.
World War I