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
Who is John D. Rockefeller?
the business man who controlled the Oil Companies through vertical and horizontal integration
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
Who was the journalist and photographer who exposed the horrible conditions in New York City tenements?
Jacob Riis
Who is JP Morgan?
a banker/businessman who controlled banking and other companies
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
Who is Boss Tweed?
leader of a powerful political machine in New York City called Tammany Hall who used his position to become incredibly wealthy through corruption
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
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
The businessman who controlled the Steel Companies through vertical integration
What is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People?
civil rights organization that works for racial equality by using the courts