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100

This event claimed the lives of 146 people and forced companies to make working conditions safer.

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

100

African-American leader who promoted immediate equality.

W.E.B Dubois

100

The right to vote.

Suffrage

100

When employees stop working to negotiate for higher pay or better working conditions.



Strike

100

They fought and negotiated for better working conditions and better wages for workers.

Labor Unions

200

Suffragettes that were jailed did this to protest their imprisonment.

hunger strike

200

Name of the organization founded by W.E.B. Dubois to protect the civil rights of minorities...



NAACP

200

During the Progressive Era, did the role of the federal government get bigger or smaller?

Bigger

200

A business leader that uses monopolies and treats workers poorly.

Robber Baron

200

He worked undercover in a meat-packing plant and wrote the book The Jungle



Upton Sinclair

300

Name the President after TAFT. 

Woodrow Wilson

300

The era that brought many changes and reforms to American society

progressive era

300

John Muir promoted...

Conservation of forests

300

Daily Double

The 19th Amendment was also known as the __________ because it was basically written by this suffragette.

Susan B. Anthony

300

When a single company or entity has exclusive control over an entire industry or a significant portion of a market. This dominance allows the company to dictate prices, limit competition, and control the supply of goods or services, often leading to reduced consumer choice and higher prices.

Monopolies

400

Daily Double

How much of America's oil did John D. Rockefeller control?

What was the name of his company?

90%

Standard Oil

400

This means trade between the states.  Two words.


I___________ C__________

Interstate Commerce (as in the Interstate Commerce Commission which was the first large-scale effort by the United States government to regulate business

400

The Amendment that gave women the right to vote.

19th Amendment

400

The company and industrialist this cartoon is referencing.  

Standard Oil, John D. Rockefeller 

400

He controlled the steel industry and despite the violence of the Homestead strike he is seen by most as a captain of industry.

Andrew Carnegie

500

Name the President after Teddy Roosevelt. 

Howard Taft

500

This businessman was involved in shipping and railroads. He helped build Grand Central Station in NYC but is considered a robber baron.

Cornelius Vanderbilt

500

She wrote against lynching.  

Ida B. Wells (Barnett) 

500

What law does this image refer to?

Chinese Exclusion Act

500

As governor of NY, he improved the Five Points and tenement housing. As president, he passed laws improving the meat industry and went after monopolies. 

Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt

600

Jane Addams established the Hull House which was a ___________ house in Chicago to help assimilate immigrants.  

settlement

600

A new type of family dwelling during the Gilded Age

Tenement

600

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire forced working conditions to change. What were some changes made because of this tragedy?

Answers may vary 

  1. Improved Fire Safety Regulations.

  2. Mandatory Fire Drills.

  3. Installation of Multiple Exits.

  4. Shortened Work Hours.

  5. Formation of the Factory Investigating Commission.

  6. Strengthened Workers' Rights overall. 


600

Law passed to protect the food and medicines Americans consumed.

The Pure Food and Drug Act

600

What strategies did women implement while fighting for suffrage?

Answers will vary 

Women formed local suffrage organizations 

held parades/protests 

lobbied lawmakers/Letter writing/petitioning Congress and state legislatures

public speaking and education campaigns

Alice Pauls organization engaged in acts of civil disobedience, such as picketing the White House, hunger strikes, and nonviolent protests.

Court challenges

Building coalitions with other suffragists and organizations

State-by-state campaigns