Progressive Problems
Corrupt public officials who gave people favors for getting votes.
What is a political boss
This author aimed for the stomach with his meat factory 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 who won the 1912 election.
Who is Woodrow Wilson.
Children were not attending schools during the early 1900s due to this. Laws were created to ban this practice in factories.
What is child labor
People who would write articles and take pictures of the horrible living & working conditions of Progressive Era America.
Who are Muckrakers
The progressive idea allows average citizens to introduce legislation directly.
What is the initiative.
This amendment prohibited alcohol.
What is the eighteenth amendment.
Who is Booker T. Washington
Businesses that owned multiple companies that dominated & controlled an industry.
What are trusts.
A satirical cartoon that shows it's support or distain for an American problem or event
What is a political cartoon
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 patronage, giving jobs to friends and supporters. This law prevented politicians from doing it.
What is Pendleton Act of 1883
This person was the founder of Hull House, a settlement house in Chicago
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.
What is Temperance
The law created by Theodore Roosevelt to shut down large groups of corporations that controlled an entire industry.
What is Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Muckraker who covered lynching & organized an anti lynching campaign.
Who is Ida B. Wells
This act, inspired by the Jungle, mandated regulation of the meat packing industry.
What is the Meat Inspection Act.
Amendment that gave men the right to vote, regardless of their race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
What is the fifteenth amendment
The most notable populist leader who gave a speech stating "America shouldn't be crucified on a Cross Of Gold".
Who is William Jennings Bryan