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Corrupt public officials who gave people favors for getting votes.

What is a political boss

100

This author aimed for the stomach with his meat factory expose "The Jungle."

Who is Upton Sinclair

100

This progressive idea allows the public to hold a special election to remove elected officials who are not doing a good job.

What is recall.

100

This amendment guaranteed the right for women to vote.

What is the nineteenth amendment.

100

This person was the Democratic Candidate who won the 1912 election.

Who is Woodrow Wilson.

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Children were not attending schools during the early 1900s due to this. Laws were created to ban this practice in factories.

What is child labor

200

People who would write articles and take pictures of the horrible living & working conditions of Progressive Era America.

Who are Muckrakers

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The progressive idea allows average citizens to introduce legislation directly.

What is the initiative.

200

This amendment prohibited alcohol.

What is the eighteenth amendment.

200
Progressive Era Civil Rights leader who believed African Americans should focus on education or vocational training & seek gradual equality

Who is Booker T. Washington

300

Businesses that owned multiple companies that dominated & controlled an industry.

What are trusts.

300

A satirical cartoon that shows it's support or distain for an American problem or event

What is a political cartoon

300

Progressives believed in more democracy to help fix America's problems. This reform allows the people to vote on a proposal.

What is a referendum.

300

This amendment established a federal income tax.

What is the sixteenth amendment.

300

This person was the Progressive or Bull Moose candidate for the 1912 Presidential election.

Who is Theodore Roosevelt.

400

Corrupt politicians frequently engaged in patronage, giving jobs to friends and supporters. This law prevented politicians from doing it.

What is Pendleton Act of 1883

400

This person was the founder of Hull House, a settlement house in Chicago

Who is Jane Addams

400

This legislation set up standards to ensure quality foods and medicines.

What is the Pure Food and Drug Act.

400

This amendment established the direct election of U.S. Senators.

What is the seventeenth amendment.

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The idea that alcohol should be banned in America, as it caused much of society's problems

What is Temperance

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The law created by Theodore Roosevelt to shut down large groups of corporations that controlled an entire industry.

What is Sherman Anti-Trust Act

500

Muckraker who covered lynching & organized an anti lynching campaign.

Who is Ida B. Wells

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This act, inspired by the Jungle, mandated regulation of the meat packing industry.

What is the Meat Inspection Act.

500

Amendment that gave men the right to vote, regardless of their race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

What is the fifteenth amendment

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The most notable populist leader who gave a speech stating "America shouldn't be crucified on a Cross Of Gold".

Who is William Jennings Bryan