People and Groups
Which religious temperance society advocated for social reforms during the progressive era?
WCTU (Woman's Christian Temperance Union)
What type of journalism exposed the ills of society and?
Muckraker Journalism
Which act authorized the Secretary of Agriculture to order health inspections and condemned any product found unfit for human consumption?
Meat Inspection Act
Which African American writer described the rich culture of African American life and often wrote of the Harlem Renaissance?
Langston Hughes
Which movement was designed to prevent a communist uprising in the U.S. by targeting radicals and immigrants?
The red scare
Which Supreme Court case Oregon state restrictions on the working hours of women causing rage amongst progressives?
Muller v. Oregon
Which Group of WWI vets marched to D.C. to demand the immediate payment of their government war bonuses?
On which date was the worst stock-market crash in American history and beginning of the Great Depression?
Black Thursday (October 29, 1929)
Which act amended the interstate commerce act of 1887 in 1903?
Elkins Act
Which Agency was established during WWI to increase efficiency and discourage waste in war-related industries?
War Industries Board
What is the name of the depression-era impoverished towns named after the president blamed for the misfortune?
Hoovervilles
Which law limited the number of immigrants admitted from any country to two percent of the number of people from that country who were already lived in the U.S.?
Immigration Act of 1924
What did a group of writers in 1920s who shared the belief that they were lost in a greedy, materialistic world that lacked moral values call themselves?
The Lost Generation
What is the name of government-printed ballots to be cast in secret that was adopted around 1890 in order to reduce the voting fraud?
Australian Ballots
Which act created insurance for accounts of depositors of member banks and outlawed banks investing in the stock market?
Glass-Steagall Banking Reform Act