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She was an urban reformer and helped immigrant children, women, and the poor. Founder of Hull House

Jane Addams

He brought environmental and conservation awareness to the public and government which led to the creation of the National Park Service

John Muir

His book, The Jungle, enlightened the public of the poor sanitary conditions in the meat packing industry

Upton Sinclair

He championed equality for blacks and was Founder of the NAACP

W.E.B. Dubois

He created the Progressive Party, also known as the “Bull Moose Party”

Theodore Roosevelt

Ratified in 1920, This Amendment made women equal at the polls.

19th Amendment

Ratified in 1913, this Amendment gave the government spending money by taking some of your hard-earned money

16th Amendment

Ratified in 1920, this Amendment tried to fix the moral decline and made America the first “Dry” nation

18th Amendment

Ratified in 1913, allowed direct election of Senators

17th Amendment

Ratified in 1933, this Amendment repealed the prohibition Amendment

21st Amendment

This organization was founded by W. E. B This organization was founded by W.E.B. Dubois and was initially created to help black equality but eventually encompassed all groups

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People - NAACP

This group was instrumental in pushing for immigration reforms when Americans lost their jobs to low-wage immigrant workers

Nativists

This group was founded in the 1890s to provide poor farmers a political voice. Group opposed banks, railroads, and upper class

Populist Party

This group was formed in 1912 as a result in the split in the Republican Party, contributed to Woodrow Wilson, a Democrat, winning the presidency.

Progressive “Bull Moose” Party

This group called for social reforms, specifically to abolish child labor and safer working conditions

Social Gospel Movement

This legislation was to stop the “spoils system” requiring tests for government jobs and created the Civil Service Commission

Pendleton Act

This Act regulated companies to prevent monopolies and monitor interstate commerce

Sherman Anti-Trust Act

This Act created the central banking system, had authority to print and issue legal tender (money), and created a system to regulate U.S. Monetary Policy

Federal Reserve Act of 1913

This Act was created because of declining wages and increased unemployment. Nativists lobbied for this

Chinese Exclusion Act

These three reforms were needed to break corruption at the state level and provided government accountability to the people

Initiative, Referendum, and Reform

These two Acts were in response to the book The Jungle which exposed the unsanitary conditions in the meat packing industry

Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act

This decision initially agreed that the state had a right to regulate railroad fees, but later reversed its decision stating it was Congress’ responsibility to regulate interstate commerce

Munn v. Illinois

This trial pitted the 1st Amendment of separation of church and state on whether public schools can teach evolution, which was against conservative Christian beliefs

Scopes “Monkey” Trial

This Supreme Court case ruled that Congress could not give the President more power outside of the framework of the Constitution, even during a national crisis

Schechter Poultry v. the United States

This landmark Supreme Court case supported Jim Crow laws by legalizing segregation on the basis of “separate – equal”.

Plessy v. Ferguson

This is the practice where interest groups try to persuade or influence government legislators to pass (or not pass) certain laws.

Lobbying

This women’s group was instrumental in persuading Congress to pass the 18th Amendment

The Temperance Movement

This women’s group was instrumental in getting Congress to pass the 19th Amendment

Women’s Suffrage Movement

This Civil Rights activist spent her whole adult life fighting for women’s suffrage

Susan B. Anthony

This author wrote a book titled How the Other Half Lives, about the life of immigrants and used photographs to enhance the effect

Jacob Riis

Final Jeopardy Make your wager

This is the name President T This is the name President T. Roosevelt called reporters, writers, and journalists who wrote about the dirt and muck of our society and government

Muckrakers