Muckrakers
Thomas Nast
John D Rockefeller
the right to vote
suffrage
Policy that the government should interfere as little as possible in the nation's economy. "hands off"
Laissez-Faire
The 1896 Supreme Court decision legalized segregation as "Separate but equal"
Plessy v Ferguson
African American Journalist who led the fight against lynching?
Ida B. Wells
19th Amendment
Chinese Exclusion Act
The movement of people from rural areas to cities - led to problems like overcrowding and pollution
Urbanization
The President that focused on being a trustbuster
Teddy Roosevelt
What is the nickname for businessmen who treat workers unfairly and take advantage of others on their way to becoming rich
Robber Barons
Provided for the direct election of senators
17th amendment
Key leader of the Women's Suffrage movement who helped form National Woman Suffrage Association
Susan B Athony
An article written by Andrew Carnegie, states that it is the responsibility of the rich to share their money with the needy
Gospel of Wealth
He wrote the Jungle and exposed the meat packing industry
Upton Sinclair
An organization of workers that fights for workers' rights, wages, and benefits
Labor Unions
Prohibited the manufacture, and sale of alcohol
18th amendment
The term means to teach new immigrants the skills and customs that would allow them to be more American
Americanization
Who was the leader of the Tammany Hall Political Machine
Boss Tweed
He took pictures of tenements and overcrowded cities to expose the poor living and working conditions of immigrants. He published the book "How the other half lives"
Jacob Riis
Wisconsin's progressive governor that "cleaned up" state government from corruption and big business.
Robert LaFollette
This allowed the federal government to tax income
16th amendment
Act that corrected deficiencies of Sherman Anti-Trust Act. Defined unethical business practices
Clayton Anti-Trust Act
Supporter of the gradual gain of equal rights for African Americans through Vocational Education.
Booker T Washington