Muckraker
What is a muckraker
a journalist who sought to expose corruption, scandal, and the corruption in government and politics.
What is a primary election
An election where the voting public chooses who will represent their party in the general (main) election.
How did Teddy Roosevelt become president?
He was the vice president when William Mckinley got assassinated.
Please write true or false in response to this statement
The gilded age highlights the mass inequality between the rich business owners and the poor workers who work in terrible conditions and for little pay
True
What is the The Women's Suffrage Movement
A movement dedicated to obtaining the right to vote for all women
What book did Upton Sinclair write and what was it about?
The Jungle and the condition in the meat packing industry
The 17th amendment did what?
Allowed Americans to directly vote for senators
What and who is a trustbuster
Roosevelt came to be known as a Trustbuster- a person who wanted to destroy all trusts
Please pick a term that goes best with this definition, powerful organizations that used both legal and illegal methods to get their candidates elected to public office.
Political machines
What is Nativism
the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants.
What did Jacob Riis focus on?
Focused on the poor conditions in the Tenements
What is a referendum?
Permitted voters to vote to approve or reject a law that had already been proposed or passed
Who was the second president of the progressive era
William Howard Taft
Who were political machines popular with?
Political machines became popular with the immigrant and poor population, as they needed jobs or assistance.
Industrialization led to what
Urbanization
What did Lewis Hine focus on?
Child labor and its terrible conditions
What is a recall
Allowed voters to attempt to remove an elected government official from office before their term was up
What is the progressive or bull moose party?
Political party formed by Roosevelt and his followers, its platform was progressive issues, came to be known as the bull moose party
What is a Ward Boss
A local leader that is in charge of a local area to deliver on political matters.
What is a Labor Union
An organized association of workers, formed to protect and further their rights and interests.
Roosevelt pushed for what act that helped clean up the meat industry
The pure food and drug act of 1906
What is the 16th amendment?
Allowed the federal government to collect income taxes
What happened during the 1912 election that helped Woodrow Wilson become president?
Roosevelt joined the election and ending up splitting the ticket with Taft
What is a Tammany Hall and who was the boss of it
One of the largest political machines ever and the boss was boss Tweed
Why was the fire so deadly at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
Terrible conditions, locked doors, and a broken fire escape led to many deaths