Political Corruption
powerful organizations that used both legal and illegal methods to get their candidates elected to public office
What are Political Machines?
Reformers who worked to stop unfair practices by businesses and improve the way government works were called _____________.
What are progressives?
Labor leaders and reformers also fought for______________ , which guaranteed a portion of lost wages to workers injured on the job.
What is Worker's Compensation?
Brought attention to racial inequality by using the courts to fight grandfather clauses
What is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)?
In 1890,________ published the book "How the Other Half Lives" a collection of photographs of residents and workers in NYC tenements
Who is Jacob Riis?
Political corruption was common during the _____.
What is the Gilded Age?
_______ are journalists who attempted to find corruption or wrongdoing in industries and expose it to the public.
What are muckrakers?
Voters could take action against corrupt politicians by signing a petition asking for a special vote to ________ , or remove, an official before the end of his or her term.
What is recall?
This reformer wrote articles about the unequal education of African American children and expressed her concern about lynching.
Who is Ida B. Wells?
_______ is an economic system in which private businesses run most industries and competition determines the price of goods.
What is capitalism?
The leaders of Political Machines were run by _____ who were known for using their positions to gain money and power.
What are 'bosses' ?
A measure called the ______________, permitted voters to approve or reject a law that had already been proposed or passed.
What is a referendum?
The______________ was a socialist union with a goal to organize all workers into one large union that would overthrow capitalism.
What is the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)?
The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union pushed for the ______________________, which banned the production, sale, and transport of alcoholic beverages.
What is the 18th Amendment?
_____________ is a system in which the government owns and operates a country's means of production.
What is socialism?
The leader of Tammany Hall; stole Up to 200 million dollars from NYC.
Who is Boss Tweed?
A procedure called the ________ allowed voters to propose a new law by collecting signatures on a petition.
What is an initiative?
Union leader of the Industrial Workers of the World. IWW members used strikes and boycotts to advance their cause
Who is William “Big Bill” Haywood?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony founded ___________ in 1890 to promote the cause of women’s suffrage.
What is the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA)?
The _________________-and similar accidents led to the passage of laws improving factory safety standards.
What was the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire?
Many felt that political corruption extended to the office of _____________ because during his 2nd term federal officials were jailed for taking bribes.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
One of the leaders of the effort to reform state government was Wisconsin’s Republican governor ____________.
Who is Robert M. La Follette?
The _________________ allowed Americans to vote directly for U.S. senators.
What is the Seventeenth Amendment?
__________ was born into slavery. He believed that African Americans should not openly challenge segregation.
Who is Booker T. Washington?
In 1913 Alice Paul founded what would become the _____________. They used parades, public demonstrations, picketing, hunger strikes, and other means to draw attention to the suffrage cause.
What is the National Woman’s Party (NWP)?