Vocab 1
passed in 1917, it restricted people coming into the US depending on where they lived and how healthy they were.
1. The Immigration Act
2. The Prohibition Act
The Immigration Act
A time of change and moving the country forward.
1. The Industrial Revolution
2. The Progressive Era
The Progressive Era
factory workers joining together to demand better working conditions.
1. segregation
2. labor union
labor union
Time period just before and during the Progressive Era when there was a rapid change in how people moved and lived and how things were made.
1. The Industrial Revolution
2. The Progressive Era
The Industrial Revolution
The Progressive Era was a time of ______________ in the United States.
1. change
2. peace
change
someone born in a different country and now lives here permanently.
1. immigrant
2. suffragette
immigrant
extremely poor
1. monopoly
2. poverty
poverty
a group of evil men who believed only white men should have any power.
1. prohibitionists
2. Ku Klux Klan
Ku Klux Klan
Known as “Fighting Bob” he fought against big business and monopolies.
1. Robert La Follette
2. Theodore Roosevelt
Robert La Follette
1. city to country (farms)
2. country (farms) to city
country (farms) to city
when people are separated based on their race or color of their skin.
1. suffragette
2. segregation
segregation
when one company totally controls the production of one product and can charge a very high price for it.
1. muckraker
2. monopoly
monopoly
the second president during the Progressive Era who was racist and pushed segregation of the government.
1. Theodore Roosevelt
2. Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
group of writers who worked to expose the terrible working conditions in the factories.
1. muckrakers
2. prohibitionists
muckrakers
The Progressive Era came to an end in 1920 just as what war was ending?
1. World War 1
2. Civil War
World War 1
passed in 1919, it made it illegal to sell or make alcohol.
1. 18th Amendment
2. 19th Amendment
18th Amendment
One of the most famous muckrackers who wrote The Jungle and looked at conditions in a meat packing plant.
1. Robert La Follette
2. Upton Sinclair
Upton Sinclair
people who believed that drinking and selling alcohol should be illegal.
1. prohibitionists
2. Ku Klux Klan
prohibitionists
where animals were processed for food
1. meat packing plants
2. grocery stores
meat packing plants
Who was able to vote first in America?
1. men
2. women
men
passed in 1920, it gave women the right to vote.
1. 18th Amendment
2. 19th Amendment
19th Amendment
President during the first part on the Progressive Era who supported better conditions for workers.
1. Woodrow Wilson
2. Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
women who protested and demanded equal rights for women.
1. suffragettes
2. muckrakers
suffragettes
having young children work in factories alongside adults.
1. labor union
2. child labor
child labor
Name at least 2 groups of people who were not treated fairly during the Progressive Era.
Acceptable Answers:
black men and women
immigrants
women
children