Vocabulary
to bring back an elected official
What is a recall
the writer of The Jungle
Who is Upton Sinclair
Who founded the Hull House
Who is Jane Addams
General vote by the people on a political issue
What is a referendum
name two famous muckrakers
Riis, Nast, Sinclair, Tarbell
a journalist (writer) who exposes corruption
What is a muckraker?
the industry that the Jungle exposes
What is meatpacking industry
Name two ways the Hull House helped immigrants
helping them learn English Watching their children helping them become citizens
what did the 17th amendment do?
What is direct election of senators
believed that African Americans should accept segregation in the short term in exchange for economic opportunity and jobs.
Who is booker T Washington
the right to vote
Suffrage
the person who exposed John Rockefeller in the History of Standard Oil
Who is Ida Tarbell
the woman who went on a hunger strike for the right to vote
Who is Alice Paul
what law reformed the meat industry as a result of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle
What is the Mean Inspection Act
Believed that African Americans should have immediate and total political, social, and economic equality
Who is WEB DuBois
a group of companies that work together
What is a trust?
The person who took pictures and shed light on the plight of the inner city
Who is Jacob Riis
the woman amendment that gave women the right to vote.
19th amendment
the law that regulated trade between states and took power away from big business
What is the interstate commerce Act
Education of some kind
legal act or process by which a non-citizen in a country may acquire citizenship or nationality of that country.
What is naturalization
The name of the political machine that Thomas Nast took down
Tammany Hall or Boss Tweed
went after those who perpetuated racial violence in the south
Who is Ida B Wells
What is an initiative
Name of the famous speech made by Booker T Washington
Atlanta Compromise Speech