The Progressive Era
What could trusts do?
Trusts could control an industry and drive other companies out of business.
Who were the muckrakers?
A group of writers who helped spread the Progressives' ideas.
What are civil rights?
The rights all citizens should have under the U.S. Constitution.
What is temperance?
A call for people to reduce or stop drinking alcohol.
What is a strike?
When workers refuse to work until business owners agree to their demands.
What is a synonym for conservation?
Protecting, saving
What was the Great Migration?
The movement of African Americans from farming areas in the South to big cities in the North.
What is suffrage?
The right to vote.
Who were the strikebreakers?
Those who replaced the striking workers.
When was the first Labor day parade?
September 5, 1882
Who believed that education was the best way to achieve racial equality and civil rights?
Mary McLeod Bethune
Who were called the suffragists?
People who worked for women's suffrage.
What is a boycott?
When people agree not to buy goods made by a certain company.
When did Theodore Roosevelt became president?
1901
Who founded the Chicago Defender in 1905?
Which states were the first states to give women the vote?
Utah, Colorado and Idaho.
Who were the Progressives?
Those who tried to find solutions.
Where can national forests be mostly found?
In the West.
Who edited The Crisis magazine, which influenced middle class African Americans and white Progressives?
W.E.B Du Bois
What year were all American women finally able to vote?
1920