Muckrakers
The book The Jungle, written to bring attention to the meat packing industry, was written by who?
Who is Upton Sinclair
Teddy Roosevelt supported the passage of this act that would be the predecessor of the now-existing Food and Drug Administration.
What is the Food and Drug Act of 1906
What is considered the "spark" that started WW1
What is the assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand
Which amendment of the U.S. Constitution led to the Prohibition Era?
What is the 18th Amendment
During prohibition, bootlegging was popular in large cities. What were establishments that provided alcohol called?
What are Speakeasies
All of the following are issues that would be investigated and shared by individuals known as what?
What are Muckrakers
Teddy Roosevelt would run as a third-party candidate under the name of what party?
What is the Bull Moose Party
What does the acronym M.A.I.N stand for?
What is Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism
Which Amendment of the 4 "Progressive era" was itself amended later?
What is the 18th Amendment
Who led the Bolshevik revolution in 1917 which helped take Russia out of World War I?
Who is Vladimir Lenin
Jacob Riis, a prominent Muckraker, showed society the issue of poverty and how many Americans lived in tenements with what famous work?
What is How the Other Half Lives
How many lawsuits did William Taft have targeting trusts?
Which was a major cause for the entry of the U.S. into World War I?
What is Germany's decision to resume unrestricted submarine warfare
What did the 19th Amendment lead to?
What is Women's Suffrage
How did political machines gather votes in the late 19th century and early 20th century?
What is political machines promised social services and jobs in exchange for votes.
This woman wrote a famous 1904 book that exposed the business practices of John D. Rockefeller.
Who is Ida Tarbell
Woodrow Wilson used this act to enforce government intervention towards industry and protect labor unions/strikes. It would strengthen the preexisting Sherman Anti-trust Act
What is the Clayton Anti-trust Act
Woodrow Wilson's "Fourteen Points" were designed to provide a blueprint for world peace that was to be used for peace negotiations after World War I. How was his address received by the British and French?
What is they wanted to punish Germany more than anything
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures.
Is which Amendment
What is the 17th Amendment
Which group was founded in 1909 under the leadership of W.E.B. Dubois in an effort to combat racial discrimination, racial violence, and segregation in the United States?
What is The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
What 3 presidents are considered the "Progressive Presidents?"
Who is Teddy Roosevelt, William Taft, and Woodrow Wilson
n 1902, coal miners went on strike and the mine operators refused to bargain. Five months into the strike, coal reserves ran low and President Theodore Roosevelt intervened. Both sides finally agreed to have a third party work out a compromise settlement.
What did President Roosevelt's actions demonstrate?
What is the government is expected to step in on matters that target the public welfare
What international crisis was a major factor in the "First Red Scare" in the United States in the early 20th century?
What is the Russian Revolution
The 16th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution does what?
What is allows for a federal income tax
Who was the leader of the infamous Tammany Hall political machine in New York City who was accused and convicted of stealing millions of dollars from the New York state treasury?
Who is William "Boss" Tweed