Who Am I? The Progressive POTUS
Federal officials were required to inspect meat packing plants under this:
Meat Inspection Act- T. Roosevelt
Bill increased tariffs on most items
Payne-Aldrich Tariff
Saving America’s Forest - Some lands are used for conservation and others were used for deforestation and used as resources to build.
Conservation Act-T. Roosevelt
Let government set max prices for Railroads
What is Hepburn Act- T. Roosevelt
The meat industry and medicine industries were required to list all ingredients under this. Began the FDA
What is the Pure Food and Drug Act- T. Roosevelt
This person revealed the “dirt” or scandals about an organization.
What is a muckraker-term given by T. Roosevelt
A forward thinking person who wanted to improve American life.
What is a Progressive?
Someone who supported the fight for women’s rights
What is a Suffragist?
Citizens can suggest and pass laws Vocabulary - Progressivism Citizens can suggest and pass laws
What is the initiative?
Kick out an elected official before his term expires Vocabulary Kick out an elected official before his term expires
What is recall?
Legislators propose and voters decide on certain laws. Vocabulary Legislators propose and voters decide on certain laws.
What is a referendum
Vocabulary These organizations worked for better working conditions, higher wages, and shorter work days
What are labor unions?
Theorist- Who Am I? This African American founded the Tuskegee Institute and was a spokesperson for the rights of blacks.
Who was Booker T. Washington?
This African American man created the NAACP. Theorist- Who AM I? This African American man created the NAACP.
Who is W.E.B. DuBois?
Vocabulary- Political Official During the 1860s and 70s, this person cheated New York out of more than $100 million.
“Boss” William Tweed?
Author of The Jungle
Who was Upton Sinclair?
Name 2 progressive goals 1. Reform big business, not destroy it 2. Solve social issues through social science 3. Intervene in people’s lives 4. Reliance on the authority of the government 5. Protestant belief in duty to reform 6. Focus on efficiency in society 7. Rise of professional licensing Name 2 progressive goals
This reporter exposed the terrible treatment of the mentally ill
Who was Nellie Bly?
Political cartoonist who revealed how corrupt Boss Tweed was.
Who is Thomas Nast?
He was a photographer who took photographs of the city slums.
Who was Jacob Riis?
This amendment gave women the right to vote
What is the 19th Amendment?
According to the map- which states were the last to grant women the right to vote?
What are States in the East and Southeast?
This was a famous suffragist (hint--she was on the one-dollar coin) This was a famous suffragist (hint--she was on the one-dollar coin). Asked for an ERA in the 1860s.
Who was Susan B. Anthony?
Which Act would have been passed after this cartoon?
What is the Pure Food & Drug Act?
Which Act would have been passed after this cartoon?
What is the Meat Inspection Act?
Who is the person depicted in this political cartoon that was infamous during the Gilded Age?
Who is Boss Tweed?
The amendment that established the graduated income tax
WHAT IS THE 16th amendment?
These corrupt politicians/business leaders gained power by attending to the needs of new immigrants.
What are political “bosses”?
Allows for labor protest to fight for worker’s rights
What is the Clayton Anti-Trust Act?