Progressive Terms
These writers exposed abuse and corruption in government, business, and society.
muckrakers
This amendment created the federal income tax.
Sixteenth Amendment
Former slave who became the leader of Tuskegee Institute.
Booker T. Washington
Roosevelt’s conservation efforts helped protect land in these areas.
national parks and forests
These laws required forced separation of races in public places.
Jim Crow Laws
This movement sought to bring about political and social reform through government action.
progressivism
This amendment allowed for the direct election of senators.
17th Amendment
Tuskegee teacher who discovered hundreds of uses for peanuts.
George Washington Carver
Roosevelt took legal action against these when he considered them harmful.
bad trusts
This movement involved people migrating from rural areas to cities.
Urbanization
This allowed voters to propose their own legislation.
initiative
This amendment prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol.
18th Amendment
Popular evangelist who attacked liberalism and social problems while preaching the gospel.
Billy Sunday
Roosevelt chose this man to be his successor in 1908.
William Howard Taft
Groups dedicated to stopping the consumption of alcohol.
temperance societies
A vote to remove an official from office before the end of his term.
recall
This amendment gave women the right to vote.
19th Amendment
New York politician who defrauded the city of millions before going to prison.
William "Boss" Tweed
Taft’s foreign policy that used American investments to influence foreign nations.
Dollar Diplomacy
Houses that provided food, childcare, recreation, and classes for tenement residents.
settlement houses
This process allows voters to decide whether to accept or reject a proposed law
referendum
This Supreme Court case ruled that “separate but equal” facilities were constitutional.
Plessy V. Ferguson
Received a doctorate from Harvard, spoke out against discrimination, and helped found the NAACP.
W.E.B. Du Bois
Progressives who followed Roosevelt in the Republican Party split were called this.
Bull Moose Party
This place, founded by Jane Addams, became the most famous settlement house.
Hull House