Vocab
Suffrage
The right to vote.
Susan B. Anthony fought for what?
Women's Suffrage.
In what year were women finally allowed to vote throughout the United States?
1920
Why was The Women’s State Temperance Society founded?
Women were not allowed to speak at the Men’s State Temperance Society.
Which amendment to the Constitution provided for woman suffrage?
Nineteenth
Populist
Caring about the rights and interests of common,
ordinary people.
Where most immigrants to the United States at the end of the 1800's lived.
In cities
The laws designed to keep African Americans from experiencing the freedoms granted to them in amendments to the Constitution were called what?
Jim Crow Laws.
The Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution did what?
Ended Slavery in the US.
Jacob Riis wrote about the need for what?
Tenement reform.
Trust
A combination of corporations, created to reduce competition and increase prices.
Theodore Roosevelt’s regiment in Cuba during the Spanish-American War was called what?
The Rough Riders
To better serve the poor community near Hull House, Jane Addams included:
Bathtubs, kitchens, and a day-care center in the settlement.
The demands of the Populists included:
A shorter workday and a graduated income tax.
What did Theodore Roosevelt propose for all Americans?
Regulatory Body
A government agency or organization that sets rules.
What did Upton Sinclair’s book The Jungle exposed the horrors of?
The meatpacking industry.
What the Populist Party was in favor of backing U.S. paper money with?
Silver
Who wrote articles exposing the dubious practices of the Standard Oil Company?
Ida Tarbell
Who was William Jennings Bryan?
A great orator who ran for president three times.
Legislation
Laws passed by elected officials.
Ida B. Wells waged a campaign against what?
Lynching
What is Booker T. Washington best known for?
Founding Tuskegee University.
Under Roosevelt’s administration, the Forestry Division of the federal Land Office did what?
Became responsible for the wise use of the nation’s forest lands.
W.E.B. Du Bois wanted to do what?
Break the “color line” between blacks and whites.