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people
amendments
Ideas
Muckraking
Ouch
100
Civil Rights leader founder of NAACP
What is WEB Dubois
100
federal income tax (what age do you usually start paying taxes?)
What is 16th amendment
100
allow voters to choose candidates in political party elections (progressive reform)
What is Direct Primary
100
documented poverty in cities through pictures
What is Jacob Riis
100
fire killing 146 workers mostly women led to safety codes in the workplace
What is Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
200
Civil Rights leader women fought against lynching (same name as tarbell)
What is Ida Wells Barnett
200
Prohibition
What is 18th amendment
200
requirement to be able to read to be able to vote
What is literacy test
200
Histroy of the Standard Oil Company
What is Ida Tarbell
200
Founded by WEB Dubois wanted to promote higher education for African Americans (preceded NAACP)
What is Niagara Movement
300
Atlanta Compromise, accepted political and civil discrimination in exchange for vocational/economic advancement
What is Booker T. Washington
300
womens suffrage
What is 19th amendment
300
allow voters to "un-elect" a state official
What is recall
300
The Shame of Our Cities, exposed corruption in city governments
What is Lincoln Steffens
300
Assembly line production, $5 day for workers, Model T
What is Ford's Innovations
400
Bull Moose Party or Progressve Party founder
What is Theodore Roosevelt
400
direct election of US senators (odd number)
What is 17 amendment
400
allow voters in a state to directly accept or reject a proposal
What is referendum
400
The Jungle, exposed probles within the meatpacking industry
What is Upton Sinclair
400
Anti-trust case against sugar trust, govt. failed to break up the trust
What is US vs. E.C. Knight Company
500
Progressive governor of Wisconsin. ideas such as secret ballot, referendum, initiative
What is Robert LaFollette
500
act passed along with Prohibiton amendment
What is Volstead Act
500
taking away an individuals right to vote
What is disenfranchisement
500
This act was established in response to The Jungle
What is Meat Inspection Act of 1906
500
est. effective regulation of railroad by adding to ICC. Outlawed rebates.
What is Elkins Act