Acts and Amendments
This Amendment guaranteed the rights of citizenship to anyone born or naturalized in the United States
14th Amendment
Immigrants left their homes to come to American cities in search of what specifically?
Jobs/Work/Economic Opportunities
This election reform allowed all registered party members to vote in order to pick their candidate for an election
Primaries
Nickname for journalists who sought to uncover and expose the problems of society like corruption in politics and industry to advocate for change. Examples of these journalists are: Ida Tarbell, Jacob Riis, Upton Sinclair, and Ida Wells
Muckrakers (Muck-Rakers)
Is Mr. Lee married?
Yes
This Act was signed in 1862 and granted 160 acres of free land to anyone willing to move West who worked the land for 5 years. It's main purpose was to encourage the settlement of the American West.
Homestead Act
What caused a water and sewage crisis, shortage of housing, and an increase in tenement homes/slums?
Rapid Population Growth of Cities
The "Square Deal" which included breaking up trusts with the enforcement of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, the Meat Inspection Act, and the Pure Food and Drug Act are associated with this President.
Theodore Roosevelt
This muckraker wrote "The History of Standard Oil" to expose the ruthless business practices and monopoly of Standard Oil Company and its leader John Rockefeller
Ida Tarbell
Who is the worst, most evil baseball team in the world
The Yankees
This Amendment outlawed the sale, manufacture, transportation, and consumption of alcohol.
18th Amendment
Most of the major cities that became manufacturing and transportation hubs were located in the Midwest/Northeast. Which of the following cities are not in the Midwest/Northeast? A) Pittsburgh, PA B) Cleveland, OH C) Portland, OR D) Chicago, IL
C) Portland, OR
Elections where citizens get to vote on approving a bill in the state legislature are called what?
Referendums
Muckraking journalist who wrote "The Jungle" as a way to expose the horrid conditions of workers in meatpacking plants and the unsanitary conditions that caused its consumers to get sick
Upton Sinclair
Mr. Lee's favorite basketball team
Boston Celtics
The 19th Amendment was passed in 1919 and granted this group of people the right to vote
Women
The name of the immigration station in New York Harbor that processed immigrants arriving from Europe during the Progressive era is:
Ellis Island
Voting to remove and elected official is called:
Recall
The lynchings of African-Americans in the South led this muckraker to advocate for Anti-Lynching Legislation
Ida Wells
How many dogs does Mr. Lee have
0
The direct election of senators is associated with this amendment
17th Amendment
These "homes" were found in major cities, but they were more like cramped, poorly built, disease infested apartments that were occupied the urban poor and newly arrived immigrants in cities like New York and Chicago
Tenement Homes
These are elections when citizens vote to propose a new law, statute, or Amendment
Initiatives
Carrie Chapman Catt and Alice Paul were leaders of this movement to advocate for the right for women to vote
Suffragette Movement
Despite its name, this store does not *just* sell cheese
The Cheese Shop