Big Business & Industry
Term for a business that controls nearly all of an industry.
Monopoly
Political machines, like New York’s Tammany Hall, were led by these men.
Political Bosses
Muckraker who wrote The Jungle, exposing meatpacking conditions.
Upton Sinclair
Amendment that established Prohibition.
18th Amendment
What law was inspired by Upton Sinclair's novel "The Jungle"
Federal Meat Inspection Act
This man was known as the “Steel King.”
Andrew Carnegie
This reform allowed voters to remove officials before their term ended.
Recall
Progressive reformer who photographed urban poverty in How the Other Half Lives.
Jacob Riis
Amendment that gave women the right to vote.
19th Amendment
Law that banned the sale of mislabeled or contaminated food and medicine.
Pure Food & Drug Act
John D. Rockefeller controlled this major industry.
Oil
Progressive reform that gave voters the power to propose laws directly.
Initiative
This President was known as the “trust buster" & helped Jacob Muir create the National Park Service
Theodore Roosevelt
Amendment that allowed direct election of U.S. Senators.
17th Amendment
Reformers used this term for journalists who exposed corruption and social problems.
Muckrakers
Ida Tarbell’s famous expose targeted this company.
Standard Oil
This reform allowed citizens to vote directly on proposed laws.
Referendum
African American leader who founded the NAACP in 1909.
W.E.B. DuBois
Amendment that gave Congress the power to collect income tax.
16th Amendment
Jane Addams founded this famous settlement house in Chicago.
Hull House
This law, passed in 1890, aimed to limit monopolies and trusts
What is the Sherman Antitrust Act?
Reform law that ended the spoils system and required civil service exams.
Pendleton Civil Service Act
Activist who fought for women’s suffrage and helped organize the Seneca Falls Convention.
Susan B. Anthony
Amendment that granted citizenship to people born in America.
14th Amendment
Holiday that was created as a result of the Pullman Strike.
Labor Day