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A time when the nation appeared wealthy and strong but beneath the surface faced corruption and a widening gap between rich and poor.
Gilded Age
When a business controls all or nearly all of an industry
Monopoly
Teddy Roosevelt split the Republican vote in 1912, allowing Democrat Woodrow Wilson to easily win the election.
Bull Moose Party
The illegal use of political influence for personal gain
Political Corruption
The movement to give women the right to vote.
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The movement to ban or prohibit the sale of alcohol.
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Gave Voters the power to make a bill become law by by directly voting on it
Women's Suffrage
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Prohibition
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Referendum
Believed African-Americans shouldn't ask for equal rights too soon. Wanted African-Americans to learn trades and be friendly to whites.
Booker T. Washington
A muckraker who exposed unfair business practices
Ida Tarbell
Disagreed with Booker T. Washington's acceptance of segregation ad wanted African-Americans to fight back to achieve equality. Helped found the NAACP to fight discrimination.
W.E.B DuBois
Were adopted nationwide in which Voters could choose their party's candidate from among several people.
Primary
Requires food and drug makers to list all ingredients
Civil Service Exam
Gave Voters the right to put a bill directly before the state legislature to have lawmakers vote on it.
Initiative
A time when different groups of Americans wanted to reform problems and improve life in America
Progressive Movement
A muckraker who exposed run-down apartment buildings.
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Allows Voters to remove an elected official from office
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A muckraker who exposed gross things in our food.
Jacob Riis
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Recall
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Upton Sinclair
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Laws for 8 hour workday, banned child labor, 90 antitrust suits, including one against the country's largest corporation, U.S. Steel and Safety Rules for mines
Sherman Antitrust Act
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William Taft
The least amount that your boss can pay you
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Roosevelt broke up "bad" trusts but kept ones that he thought were acting fairly
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A group of corporations run by a single board of directors (a way around anti-monopoly laws.)
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WEB Dubois creates this organization to fight racism
Minimum Wage
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Trust
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Political Bosses
Allows the Federal government to tax people. Creates a "graduated income tax" which taxes the wealthy at a higher rate than the poor.
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Allows voters to vote for their own senator.
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Made it illegal to sell alcoholic drinks anywhere in the U.S
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Guarantees women the right to vote
16th Amendment
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18th Amendment
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19th Amendment
A book written by Upton Sinclair exposing the unsanitary ways meat was being produced.
"The Jungle"
"Battling Bob" La Follette (governor of Wisconsin) introduced many new progressive reforms in his state to give people more power over the government.
Robert Lafollette
Tragic fire that killed 146 people and led to a new safety regulations in factories.
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
Journalists and Writers who exposed problems in society to the general public
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New Freedom, Lowered Tariffs, Passed Clayton Antitrust Act, Created Federal reserve to control banking, and Created Federal Trade Commission to regulate companies.
Muckrakers
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Woodrow Wilson
The practice of employing children became illegal during the Progressive Era.
Child Labor
A progressive president who broke up trusts, supported unions over mine owners, regulated railroads, passed pure food and drug and meat Inspection act, and conserved forests
Meat Inspection Act