Progressive Problems
Corrupt public officials who gave people favors for getting votes.
What is a party boss.
This author aimed for the stomach with his expose "The Jungle."
Who is Upton Sinclair
This progressive idea allows the public to hold a special election to remove elected officials who are not doing a good job.
What is recall.
This amendment guaranteed the right for women to vote.
What is the nineteenth amendment.
This person was the Democratic Candidate in the 1912 election.
Who is Woodrow Wilson.
Children were not attending schools during the early 1900s due to this.
What is working in factories.
Muckrakers would use this primarily to influence society.
What is publishing articles and books.
The progressive idea allows average citizens to introduce legislation directly.
What is the initiative.
This amendment prohibited alcohol.
What is the eighteenth amendment.
This person was referred to as the "Crown Prince." Due to being handpicked by a former president in the last election
Who is William Howard Taft.
Progressive reformers targeted city officials who built corrupt organizations called this.
What are Political Machines
This immigrant used pictures to show society the living conditions inside New York Tenements.
Who is Jacob Riis.
Progressives believed in more democracy to help fix America's problems. This reform allows the people to vote on a proposal.
What is a referendum.
This amendment established a federal income tax.
What is the sixteenth amendment.
This person was the Progressive or Bull Moose candidate for the 1912 Presidential election.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt.
Corrupt politicians frequently engaged in this, giving jobs to friends and supporters.
What is patronage.
This person was the founder of Hull House.
Who is Jane Addams
This legislation set up standards to ensure quality foods and medicines.
What is the Pure Food and Drug Act.
This amendment established the direct election of U.S. Senators.
What is the seventeenth amendment.
This person was the Socialist candidate for the 1912 presidential election, and the president of the International Workers of the World (IWW).
Who is Eugene Debs.
Industrialization greatly impacted the natural environment due to these types of industries.
What are extractive industries. (Ex. Lumber, oil, Mining, etc)
This Jacob Riis book, complete with photos, detailed the lives of the immigrant poor.
What is How the Other Half Lives
This act, inspired by the Jungle, mandated regulation of the meat packing industry.
What is the Meat Inspection Act.
Progressive Presidents, Wilson and Roosevelt both heavily supported this amendment.
What is the sixteenth amendment.
Before the 1912 election, Taft fires his natural resource manager, which angers Roosevelt and causes the Ex-President to form what new political party?
What is the Bull Moose Party.