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Presidential successor to Theodore Roosevelt
Who was William Howard Taft?
The banning of alcoholic beverages.
What is prohibition?
The direct election of Senators by the general public was ratified with the passing if this amendment?
What is the 17th Amendment?
Roosevelt began his political career as vice president, but when he was assassinated, TR became the youngest president in American history.
Who is William McKinley?
Group of writers and reporters who sifted through the filth of society to bring the problems into public discussion.
Who were the muckrakers?
Though involved in reforming children's and women's labor issues, this progressive was not as active in the women's suffrage movement.
Who is Florence Kelley?
To remove public officials from elected office by forcing them to face an election before the end of their term.
What is recall?
Women gained the right to vote with the passing of this amendment in 1919.
What is the 19th amendment?
After reading this novel by Upton Sinclair, Roosevelt pushed for passage of the Meat Inspection Act.
What is The Jungle?
The women's suffrage movement may have achieved its goal earlier, had it not been for this global conflict.
What was World War One?
This "Fighting" Wisconsin governor, served three terms before election to the Senate, where he took on the railroad industries.
Who was Robert La Follette?
Nickname given to the presidential platform, where Roosevelt could take on big business using the media and legislation.
What is the bully pulpit?
Taft angered progressives with the passing of this tariff, which didn't lower tariff rates as much as his base had hoped.
What is the Payne Aldrich tariff?
Roosevelt earned this nickname for breaking up large companies that controlled entire industries using unfair business practices.
What is the Trustbuster?
She was the president of the National American Women's Suffrage Association, as Wilson sought hi 2nd term.
Who was Carrie Chapman Catt?
This muckraker and author of The Jungle, exposed the horrors of the meat packing industry.
Who is Upton Sinclair?
This watchdog agency was given the power to end a number of unfair business practices, issuing over 400 cease and desist orders to companies engaged in illegal activity.
What is the FTC? (Federal Trade Commission)
In an effort to replace the money lost by lowered tariffs, this new source of generating revenue was created by the passing of the 16th Amendment.
What is the federal income tax?
Roosevelt's desire to save the environment was fueled by a camping trip with writer John Muir, through this National Park.
What is Yosemite?
This former New Jersey governor became president in 1912.
Who was Woodrow Wilson?
Her testimony helped win passage of the Dawes Act, allowing Native Americans to claim reservation land and citizenship rights.
Who is Susette La Flesche?
Republicans were divided in the election of 1912, and those who supported Roosevelt, formed this third party alternative.
What is the Bull Moose Party?
To address his environmental reforms, Roosevelt named this man as the head of the US Forest Service.
Who was Gifford Pinchot?
In an effort to pursue civil rights reform, Roosevelt met with this prominent African American leader for dinner at the White House.
Who was Booker T Washington?
This company's disregard for safety, led to the deaths of 146 women due to a fire that broke out on the 8th and 9th floor of their building.
What was the Triangle Shirtwaist Company?