Reformers
This woman led reforms in the areas of prison reform and the treatment of the mentally ill. She was involved in the opening of over 30 facilities to treat the mentally ill during her lifetime.
Dorothea Dix
Journalist who attempted to find corruption or wrongdoing on the part of industry and expose it to the public.
Muckraker
This US President offered Americans a "Square Deal", a plan to destroy unfair monopolies while protecting law-abiding companies from unorganized labor.
Theodore Roosevelt
This strategy is defined as a refusal to work in order to force an employer to meet certain demands.
Strike
This constitutional amendment gave women the right to vote at all levels of government.
19th Amendment
This woman investigated the business practices of Standard Oil. Her work led to the company's breakup in 1911.
Ida Tarbell
This is an association of workers, formed to bargain for better working conditions and higher wages.
Labor Union
This US President was in office for the signings of the 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th Amendments to the Constitution.
Woodrow Wilson
The law makes it illegal to monopolize, conspire to monopolize, or attempt to monopolize a market for products or services.
Sherman Antitrust Act
This constitutional amendment prohibited the production, sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages.
18th Amendment
This person investigated the meatpacking industry and published his findings in a book titled The Jungle.
Upton Sinclair
This is a ban on the production, transport and sale of alcoholic beverages.
Prohibition
This US President followed Theodore Roosevelt into office and broke up over 90 monopolies and trusts in his single term in office.
William Howard Taft
This law aimed to regulate child labor by prohibiting the interstate sale of goods produced by factories employing children under 14 or mines employing children under 16.
Keating-Owen Act
This constitutional amendment prohibited denying the right to vote based on race, ethnicity, or previous condition of servitude.
15th Amendment
This woman wrote the Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions, a list of grievances that women had towards men in 1848 America.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
This is a party organization that recruits members and maintains political control by dispensing patronage.
Political Machine
This US President was the first to be impeached as he was charged with breaking the Tenure of Office Act of 1867.
Andrew Johnson
This is the name of the violent protest in Chicago that resulted in the deaths of seven police officers and four civilians, and resulted in distrust of foreigners and labor unions.
Haymarket Riot
This constitutional amendment guarantees equal protection under the law for all citizens.
14th Amendment
This man led efforts to increase public education in the state of Massachusetts, and is often referred to as the Father of American Education.
Horace Mann
This is the practice of granting favors, giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support.
Patronage
Theodore Roosevelt became the 26th US President after this president was assassinated.
William McKinley
This law prohibited the adulteration or misbranding of food and drugs moving in interstate commerce.
Pure Food and Drug Act
This constitutional amendment allowed for the direct election of US Senators by the people of the states rather than be chosen by state legislatures.
17th Amendment