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Mash-Up
100

Housing set up by supporters of the social gospel.

What is Settlement Houses.

100

What law limited Chinese immigration in 1882?


Chinese Exclusion Act

100

Name the three Progressive President

Roosevelt, Wilson, Taft

100
Investigative journalists who exposed corruption in business and government.
What is Muckrakers.
100
Novel written by Upton Sinclair about the meat industry.
What is "The Jungle."
200

What was one goal of the Progressive movement?

To pass laws solving economic and social problems

200

What were the two major immigration ports?

Ellis Island and Angel Island

200
Financial reform law passed by Wilson.
What is Federal Reserve Act.
200

Spoils system

Rewarding political supporters with government jobs

200

The total or complete control of a service, product or industry that prevents competition

Monopoly

300

 What were the goals and strategies of the suffragists? 

  • Goal: right to vote for women.
  • Strategies: peaceful lobbying (Carrie Chapman Catt) and picketing (more radical actions).
300

What were the push and pull factors that led to immigration during the Progressive Era?


  • Push: religious persecution, war, land scarcity.
  • Pull: jobs, freedom, opportunity for wealth.
300

What were Theodore Roosevelt’s major accomplishments during the Progressive Era?

Breaking trusts, siding with labor (coal miners), Pure Food and Drug Act, and conservation efforts.

300

Conservation

protection of natural resources.

300

What were popular forms of entertainment during this time?

Vaudeville, sports, ragtime music, and yellow journalism.

400

How did African Americans fight discrimination during this period?

African Americans: Booker T. Washington promoted education; W.E.B. Du Bois pushed for active resistance.

400

What challenges did immigrants face upon arriving in the United States?

Health inspections at Ellis Island or Angel Island, acculturation, prejudice, and settling into tenements.

400

Why did Progressives lose faith in Taft?

raising tariffs and perceived anti-conservation stance.

400

Bull Moose party

Teddy Roosevelt's second campaign political party

400

Mututalistas

Mutual aid groups formed by Mexican Americans

500

What was compulsory education and how did it impact society?

Mandatory schooling, resulted in increased literacy rates and popularity of newpapers and novels

500

What day was the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire?

March 25th, 1911

500

What was the New Freedom?

Wilson’s program to break trusts into smaller companies and increase competition

500

Prohibition

Ban on the sale or manufacturing of alcohol

500

What did Jacob Riis photograph and what was his expose called?

Inner city slums; How the Other Half Lives