Amendments
This amendment introduced the "graduated income tax" system - it was considered PROGRESSIVE
16th Amendment
This African American leader encouraged others to become well educated and leaders in their communities
W.E.B. DuBois
This African American leader was a former slave, self taught. He encouraged them to work their way up to the top.
Booker T Washington
This author (and the book he wrote) exposed the UNSANITARY conditions of the meat packing and food industry
Upton Sinclair (The Jungle)
This president ran as a third party candidate and create the National Park System
Teddy Roosevelt
This amendment gave CITIZENS influence over who was in the Senate. This was considered POLITICALLY PROGRESSIVE
17th Amendment
De Facto Discrimination was a characteristic problem in this area. Discrimination was not legal, but it was just a FACT of life
Post-Reconstruction - North
The group fought for Civil Rights for African Americans. Their main method was to use the court system
NAACP
This went from being legal to being illegal thanks to the National Child Labor Committee
Child Labor
The idea or belief that America should use natural resources appropriately so there would be some left for future generations
Natural resources and conservation in America
This amendment banned the sale and manufacturing of alcohol
18th Amendment
How did schools made specifically for African Americans compare to schools that were primarily for white students?
Lower quality (fewer teachers, no books, bad buildings, no trasnportation.
What is true about immigrant children in regards to going to school?
Didn't go because they needed to work to make money.
Child labor laws made it so more kids went to school.
This was a name for JOURNALISTS that exposed problems within the social and political aspects of life in the US
Muckrakers
This idea centered around the thought that NATURAL resources should be available for ALL Americans
Opportunity for Natural Resources
Women's suffrage = the right for women to vote
19th Amendment
Poll tax, Literacy test, and Grandfather clause were all ways to keep African Americans from doing THIS in the Southern US
Voting
This became a REQUIREMENT for children in the US. A legal requirement is known as "compulsory"
Education - kids had to go to school
This term refers to "New ideas or ways of thinking about current issues." It could also mean making changes to current practices to improve society.
Progressivism (Progressive)
This is a name for laws, especially in the South, that made segregation legal (in the 1880s)
Jim Crow Laws
The law created standards for mediation and food cleanliness and safety
Pure Food and Drug Act