Amendments
14th Amendment
This amendment declared that all persons born or naturalized in the United States were entitled to equal rights regardless of their race and that their rights were protected at both the state and national levels.
Meat Inspection Act
1906 - Laid down binding rules for sanitary meat packing and government inspection of meat products crossing state lines.
Ida B. Wells
A journalist who wrote about the mistreatment of blacks, especially public lynching, also launched a crusade against lynchings.
Settlement Houses
Housing that was set up by supporters of the social gospel.
A term that refers to President Roosevelt's handling of the PN Coal Strike and other labor issues.
Square Deal
16th Amendment
Gave Congress the power to pass an income tax.
Pure Food and Drug Act
The act prohibited the manufacture, sale, or shipment of impure or falsely labeled food and drugs.
W.E.B. DuBois
Encouraged African Americans to be politically active in the fight for equality.
A famous court case confirmed segregation in the US, severely limiting civil rights reform.
Plessy v. Ferguson
Novel written by Upton Sinclair about the meat industry.
"The Jungle."
17th Amendment
Direct election of senators.
Federal Reserve Act
A 1913 law set up a system of federal banks and gave the government the power to control the money supply.
Susan B. Anthony
Worked with Elizabeth Cady Stanton to gain suffrage, was arrested in 1872 for illegally voting, was tried & fined $100, and she also led the women’s suffrage movement for 50 years.
Name THREE public health reforms of the Progressive Era.
1.) Sewage System 2.) Trash Removal 3.) Food Inspection 4.) Physical Education 5.) School Enrollment
Political party that nominated Roosevelt in the 1912 election.
Bull Moose Party
18th Amendment
Prohibited the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages.
Clayton Antitrust Act
A law that weakened monopolies and upheld the rights of unions and farm organizations.
Booker T. Washington
Wanted African Americans to be self-sufficient first before they fought for equality.
The leading group that lobbied for prohibition legislation in the US.
WCTU (Women's Christian Temperance Union)
The black pride movement was started by W.E.B. DuBois in 1906.
Niagara Movement
19th Amendment
Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1920) extended suffrage to women in federal or state elections.
Volstead Act
U.S. law to provide enforcement for the Eighteenth Amendment, prohibiting the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages.
Upton Sinclair
Author of "The Jungle" which exposed the unsanitary conditions of the meat-packing industry.
School started by Booker T. Washington to train African Americans in the South in vocational education.
Tuskegee Institute
Name the TWO reforms to city government that took place during the Progressive Era.
City Commissioner & City Manager Plan