Gilded Turds
Unsafe, rat-infested urban dwellings, usually inhabited by immigrants.
What are tenements?
This woman exposed the corrupt business practices of John D. Rockefeller and his Standard Oil Trust.
Who is Ida Tarbell?
Political party focused on fixing the problems caused by rapid industrialization and urbanization.
Who are Progressives?
The use of a petition to put a proposed new law directly on the ballot.
What is an initiative?
This law, enacted in 1890 but not heavily applied until the Roosevelt administration, protects and promotes fair competition in the market.
What is the Sherman Anti-Trust Act?
The opposite of competition in the marketplace, this occurs when one business controls most or all of the supply of a product or service.
What are monopolies?
The author of the meat-packing industry exposé, The Jungle.
Who is Upton Sinclair?
26th President of the United States, known for being vivacious and passing progressive reforms.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
Allows citizens to reject or approve laws passed by a legislature.
What is a referendum?
A law enacted in 1906 to protect consumers from harmful or mislabeled consumable products.
What is the Pure Food and Drug Act?
Labor unions fought against this common practice where workers were forced to endure long hours, low wages, and unsafe conditions.
What are poor working conditions?
Famous work by photographer Jacob Riis, showcasing the hazardous living condfitions of urban tenement buildings.
What is How the Other Half Lives?
A prominent leader in the women’s suffrage movement who played a key role in the fight for women’s voting rights.
Who is Susan B. Anthony?
Gives voters the power to remove elected officials from office before their terms end.
What is the recall?
Theodore Roosevelt earned this nickname by going after monopolistic business mogels.
Who is the Trust-Buster? / Trust-Busting President
This type of work, performed by children, involved long hours in hazardous environments for very little pay.
What is child labor?
A journalist, educator, and early civil rights leader known for her fierce anti-lynching activism and fight for racial justice and women's suffrage.
Who is Ida B. Wells?
California naturalist who advocated for the creation of Yosemite National Park.
Who is John Muir?
An election in which citizens vote to select nominees for upcoming elections.
What is a direct primary?
Roosevelt's program to keep the wealthy and powerful from taking advantage of small business owners and the poor.
What is Roosevelt's Square Deal?
Mandated segregation based on race in Southern states post Reconstruction.
What are Jim Crow laws?
Lincoln Steffen's work exposing corruption in municipal governments.
What is The Shame of Cities?
Leading figure in the settlement house movement.
Who is Jane Adams?
Constitutional change that extended the vote to White women.
What is the 19th Ammendment?
A law that required regular inspection of meat processing plants to ensure clean and safe conditions.
What is the Meat Inspection Act?