Social Issues
Early 1900's muckraker who exposed social and political evils in the U.S. with his novel "How The Other Half Lives"; exposed the poor conditions of the poor tenements in NYC and Hell's Kitchen
Jacob Rii's
allowed people to vote if their father or grandfather had voted before civil war. If your grandfather did not vote before the civil war you couldn't vote either
Grandfather clause
party of the "common man". Supported, Free coinage of silver to prevent price drops in farm products, direct election of senators, and national income tax.
Populist Party
1887 law passed to regulate railroad and other interstate businesses
Interstate Commerce Act
Legislation that began the federal merit system and ended the spoils system
Pendleton Act
Journalists who attempted to find corruption or wrongdoing in industries and expose it to the public. Many of their books led to addressing the abuses of Industrialization.
Muckrackers
a 1896 Supreme Court decision which legalized segregation so long as the facilities for blacks and whites were equal
Plessy v. Ferguson
a party organization,that commands enough votes to maintain political and administrative control of a city, county, or state. Stole public money through overpriced contracts to the city.
Political Machines
protected unions & banned federal injunctions against unions. Signed by Woodrow Wilson
Clayton Anti-Trust Act
A procedure by which voters start a petition before voting on a proposed change to the law
Initiative
U.S. citizens who opposed immigration because they were suspicious of immigrants and feared losing jobs to them
Nativists
Prominent black American, who believed that racism would end once blacks acquired useful labor skills and proved their economic value to society. Improved Economic opportunities for African American by providing jo (vocational) training. Racism would end gradually once Blacks proved their worth to society.
Booker T. Washington
Direct election of senators
17th Amendment
First law prohibited private corporations from creating "trusts" or monopoly's
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
1906 - Laid down binding rules for sanitary meat packing and government inspection of meat products crossing state lines. Passed to protect consumers from bad products
Pure Food and Drug Act
the founder of Hull House, which provided English lessons for immigrants, daycares, and child care classes. Founder of the settlement house movement
Jane Addams
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Fought for equal rights for African Americans
NAACP
who believed some Trusts were good and some were bad?
Teddy Roosevelt
What led to the fall of farm prices?
Overproduction
The nation's central banking system. It's a bank for banks.
Federal Reserve
Movement in society to discourage excessive alcohol consumption. Movement in the U.S. succeeded in the passage of the 18th Amendment establishing Prohibition.
Temperance Movement
Method used to deny African-Americans the vote in the South that tested a person's ability to read and write - they were done very unfairly so even though most African-Americans could read and write by the 1950's they still failed.
Literacy Test
an election during the term of an elected government official in which citizens vote directly on whether to remove the individual from office
Recall Election
called on those who accumulated wealth to share their riches for the betterment of society. Written by Andrew Carnagie
Gospel of Wealth
Gave women the right to vote
19th Amendment