Muckrakers
What are journalists who exposed the corruption, scandal, and filth of society?
Muckrakers
What is a recall?
a vote to remove an official before the end of his or her term
What is conservation?
protection of nature and its resources
What is a political machine?
powerful organizations that used both legal and illegal methods to get their candidates elected to public office
What is the Progressive Era?
Time period of social and political reform in America (1890s-1920s)
Who is Booker T. Washington?
African American educator who encouraged other African Americans to improve their own lives rather than fight discrimination
What is the Sixteenth Amendment?
amendment that allows the federal government to impose direct taxes on people’s incomes
What is capitalism?
economic system in which private businesses run most industries and competition determines how much goods cost
What is the illegal use of political powers to benefit yourself?
Political Corruption
Who are the Progressives?
reformers who wanted to solve the problems of a fast-growing society
Who is W. E. B. Du Bois?
African American reformer who publicized cases of racial prejudice
What is the Seventeenth Amendment?
a law letting Americans vote directly for U.S. senators
Who was Theodore Roosevelt?
He was the 26th President of the United States who became president after the death of William McKinley. Was a Republican and Conservationist
What happened at the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire?
A tragic fire that killed 146 workers, mainly women and immigrants
What is socialism?
a system in which government owns and operates a country’s industry
Who is Ida B. Wells?
African American women journalist who publicized lynchings in her newspaper
What is the Eighteenth Amendment?
amendment banning production and sale of alcoholic drinks
Who is William Howard Taft?
Secretary of War and the Republican President after Theodore Roosevelt in 1908. He believed the President should act differently then Roosevelt
What is the Pure Food and Drug Act?
law stopping the manufacture, sale, or transportation of mislabeled or contaminated food and drugs
What is the National American Woman Suffrage Association?
group that worked for women’s voting rights, founded by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
What is the Workers' Compensation Laws?
guarantee a portion of lost wages to workers injured on the job; first passed in1902 in Maryland
What is the Nineteenth Amendment?
amendment giving women the right to vote
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
Democratic president who worked to regulate tariffs, banking, and business. Became President after William Howard Taft
What is the Progressive Party?
The third-party created by Theodore Roosevelt to run for President in 1912
What is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People?
civil rights organization that works for racial equality by using the courts