Definitions
the right to vote
suffrage
Journalists who exposed corruption and injustices in society
Muckrakers
protecting and preserving nature and natural resources
conservation
Their culture was taken from them in government-run boarding schools
Native Americans/American Indians
Alice Paul helped women earn the right to vote. What method did she use to do so?
Protests
a change made to a law
reform
Mexican-Americans didn't receive help from the government so they had to form their own mutual-aid groups. What were these called?
mutualistas
this amendment gave women the right to vote in 1920
19th
A former slave who taught himself to read and write and started the Tuskegee Institute, a trade school for former slaves.
Booker T. Washington
a statement of policies favored by a political party or candidate
platform
Murdered by a mob - happened to many innocent African Americans in the south.
Lynching
This book, written by Upton Sinclair, inspired the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act
The Jungle
What did WEB Dubois form as a response to racism and segregation?
An organization called the NAACP
Rules for businesses regarding their practices or conduct, such as conditions of factories
regulation
These laws legally segregated African Americans in the South
Jim Crow Laws
President Roosevelts promises (which he fulfilled) that regulated corporations, protected consumers, and conserved the environment
Square Deal
Pick a reformer.
1. Their name and issue they focused on
2. Actions they took
3. Effects of their actions (laws passed/books written/goals met/etc.)
Examples can include...
Alice Paul - women's suffrage - protest- 19th amendment
WEB DuBois - racism & segregation - formed the NAACP - helped end segregation later
Mother Jones - child labor - led marches and protests - inspired future child labor laws
Jacob Riis - poor housing conditions - photographed and published his photos in a book - tenement house act of 1901
John Muir - conservation/deforestation - wrote articles - led to national parks being established
...and many more!
A social and political movement in the early 1900s that focused on improving conditions in American life - the name is similar to the name of this unit
The Progressive Movement