Vocabulary
A group of companies working together to control an industry.
A trust.
This was a major problem caused by overcrowded city housing.
Disease, poor sanitation, lack of clean water, or poor sewage systems.
Laws enforcing racial separation in the South were called this.
Jim Crow laws
This term was used to describe the ban of the manufacture and sale of alcohol.
Prohibition
Taft's foreign policy focused on increasing U.S. influence through economic investment.
Dollar Diplomacy
The restriction or denial of the right to vote.
Disenfranchisement
Improvements made to cities made to reduce disease spread.
Improved sewage/water systems
This tax had to be paid before voting.
Poll tax
Many Americans believed alcohol contributed to this type of social issue.
Crime/Poverty
This connected the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans to improve trade routes.
Panama Canal
An economic system where private individuals own businesses for profit.
Capitalism
These houses provided education and childcare for immigrants.
Settlement houses
This test was used to prevent many Black citizens from voting.
Literacy test
This amendment officially banned alcohol.
18th Amendment
The name for Teddy Roosevelt's foreign policy.
The "Big Stick" Policy
The political reform that allowed voters to elect their party leaders/candidates.
Direct Primary
The means of production that had repetitive, boring tasks for workers, but improved production time and lowered costs.
The Assembly Line
This organization was founded to fight for civil rights.
NAACP
Illegal bars during the Progressive Era that secretly sold alcohol.
Speakeasies
Woodrow Wilson's agenda for reform was called this.
The New Freedom
Pure Food and Drug Act
This woman founded the Hull House in Chicago.
Jane Addams
This person emphasized economic success before political equality.
Booker T. Washington
This amendment ended Prohibition.
21st Amendment
This government agency investigates unfair business practices.
Federal Trade Commission.