This term is used when a legislature of a state or city decides to let the people vote on something, so it ends up being on the ballot instead.
What is Referendum
100
This organization supported enacting prohibition because they believed it would help women and their families be better off since men would be much less likely to drink.
What is the WCTU (Women's Christian Temperance Union)
100
This person won the election of 1912.
Who was Woodrow Wilson
100
A person who acts as an investigative reporter and attempts to uncover corruption and write about it was known as this during the Progressive Era.
What is a muckraker
200
Upton Sinclair's book, The Jungle, inspired the passage of this act
What is the Pure Food and Drug Act
200
This amendment prevents the production of alcohol.
What is the 18th Amendment
200
These people supported enacting Prohibition because they believed people in the cities were being greatly affected by a lack of family and religious support and thus turned to drink, hurting themselves and the cities.
Who are Progressive Reformers
200
Theodore Roosevelt wanted the railroads to be more greatly regulated during his presidency to make inter-state commerce more fair; this act was passed with his support.
What is the Elkins Act
200
Women's roles in the Progressive Era changed significantly, including them becoming involved in jobs outside the home like typists, stenographers, bookkeepers, and this
What is teaching
300
The Federal Reserve Act provided for this in the United States
What is currency and banking reform
300
In the states this is allowed, citizens are able to get measures on the ballot through getting enough signatures on a petition and other activities.
What is iniative
300
Civil libertarians were against enacting prohibition for a single important reason: they don't want tax money spent on the government trying to control personal choices, which they also call "legislating" this
What is legislating morality
300
When Theodore Roosevelt ran for president, he offered a number of programs meant to improve American's quality of life and increase fairness among economic actors; his plan was known as this
What is a Square Deal
300
During the Progressive Era this new opportunity emerged, which allowed people who were dissatisfied with how elected officials were performing to try to remove them from office.
What is recall
400
Tarriffs are passed to increase or decrease this on imports; it was a decrease in the case of the Underwood-Simmons Tarriff
What are taxes on imports
400
Women finally got the right of suffrage, which means to be able to vote, in national elections with this amendment.
What is the 19th Amendment
400
This organization was against prohibition, arguing that they had just as legitimate business as others and they shouldn't be blamed for people's personal problems.
What were the Brewers' and Distillers' Industry
400
This was founded by various well-known African Americans during Theodore Roosevelt's presidency in an attempt to address civil rights and racial equality.
What is the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
400
The NACW (National Association of Colored Women) formed in 1896 and attempted to improve the lives of African Americans by working to create nurseries, reading rooms, and these for young African American children
What are kindergartens
500
This act was designed with conservation in mind, and mainly concerned irrigation projects.
What is the National Reclamation Act
500
This amendment paved the road for prohibition to be put into effect, since it allowed the US Government to tax Americans' incomes.
What is the 16th Amendment
500
Prohibition lasted from 1920 to 1933, when it was repealed by this Constitutional Amendment.
What is the 21st Amendment
500
President Wilson aimed to make it more difficult for monopolies (companies that control the prices of things) to form by supporting this act.
What is the Clayton Anti-Trust Act
500
Lincoln Steffens wrote The Shame of the Cities during this era, focusing on various social ills including government corruption and voter fraud. Another muckraker, Ida Tarbell, was more concerned with exposing the unfair business practices of this powerful company