People
Which muckraker wrote about the unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry, leading to the passage of food safety laws?
Upton Sinclair
Book written in 1906 by Upton Sinclair that was meant to expose the unfair work conditions of immigrant workers but because of the horrific work conditions and unsanitary practices of the meat industry
The Jungle
The movement's goal was to limit or ban the consumption of alcohol
Temperance Movement
journalists for their role in uncovering corruption and problems often hidden from society
Muckrakers
What amendment allowed the people to vote for 2 senators for their state
17th amendment
an American journalist best known for her pioneering investigative reporting that led to the breakup of the Standard Oil Trust
Ida Tarbell
Court case that signaled the end of legalized racial segregation in the schools of the United States, overruling the "separate but equal" principle set forth in the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson case.
Brown V Board of Education
What Amendment gave women received the right to vote?
19th Amendment
a policy or ideology of extending the rule over other people and other countries, for expanding political and economic access, power, and control by employing hard power especially military force, but also soft power.
Imperialism
Allows voters to remove politicians from office who are unsatisfactory, without having to wait for the person’s term in office to end
Recall Votes
Was a lifelong naturalist and throughout his presidency, he made an effort to preserve nature
Theodore Roosevelt
Naval ship, U.S.S Main, that sank in the Havana Harbor killing 250 officer men eventually led to what war?
Spanish-American War
an American investigative journalist, sociologist, educator, and early leader in the civil rights movement. She was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Ida B. Wells
is responsible for protecting the public health by ensuring the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, and medical devices; and by ensuring the safety of our nation’s food supply, cosmetics, and products that emit radiation
FDA
What court case made constitutional to segregate public spaces as long it was an equal accommodation
Plessy v Ferguson
American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer
Mark Twain
What was was an armed conflict between the First Philippine Republic and the United States that lasted from February 4, 1899 to July 2, 1902
The Philippine-American War
Who along with Elizabeth Cady Stanton helped create National Woman Suffrage Association
Susan B. Anthony
What is a style of newspaper reporting that emphasized sensationalism over facts
Yellow Journalism
What allows citizens to collect signatures to place a new statute or constitutional amendment on the ballot
Initiatives
was an influential Scottish-American naturalist, author, environmental philosopher, botanist, zoologist, glaciologist, and early advocate for the preservation of wilderness in the United States
John Muir
What two states did the United States acquire during their age of Imperialism
Alaska and Hawaii
played a huge role in improving the lives of the urban poor, especially immigrant women and children by creating the Settlement House Movement in Chicago and the Hull House
Jane Addams
What was the policy of carefully mediated negotiation supported by the unspoken threat of a powerful military
"Big Stick Policy"
What allows citizens to collect signatures to ask voters whether to uphold or repeal an enacted law?
referendum