Teddy Roosevelt Potpourri People/ Orgs Legislation Amend- ments
His efforts in this were influenced by his desire to protect natural resources for the future.
Conservation
This plan included policies to increase railroad regulation, attack “bad trusts,” and protect consumers
The Square Deal
Along with Taft and Wilson, Teddy Roosevelt broke with this economic policy of former presidents.
Laissez Faire
Up until him, the federal government generally supported these groups in labor strikes.
Owners/Industrialists
He used arbitration to settle this labor strike in 1902
Anthracite Coal Strike
This term was used during the Progressive Era to describe investigative journalists like Ida Tarbell and Lincoln Steffens who exposed societal problems.
muckrakers
This movement blamed the ills of society on industrialization and urbanization and also supported the idea that the government should regulate big business.
Progressives
This woman created the Hull House which provided education, daycare and more to the urban poor of Chicago.
Jane Addams
He was the corrupt NYC mayor who led Tammany Hall and was accused of stealing $200 million from the city.
Boss Tweed
She was the public health care nurse who promoted the use of birth control to reduce urban population and poverty.
Margaret Sanger
This man believed in a gradual approach for African Americans to gain the right to vote and founded the Tuskegee Institute.
Booker T. Washington
This man agreed with Booker T. Washington that education helped African Americans achieve their goals but believed that rights should be immediate and founded the NAACP to achieve this goal.
WEB DuBois
He aimed for America’s heart but hit its stomach through his writing of the Jungle.
Upton Sinclair
He was the leader of the Standard Oil Trust
John D. Rockefeller
The NAACP and the Anti Defamation League both were primarily a response to this in America.
Racism and Prejudice
Recall, Referendum and Initiative all try to put more political power in the hands of these.
People/Voters
This type of tariff is designed to encourage American manufacturing and was disliked by the Progressives
High
This legislation allowed injured civil servants to receive temporary pay.
Workman’s Compensation Act
The Jungle prompted the passage of the Meat Inspection Act and this piece of legislation.
The Pure Food and Drug Act
How the Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis prompted NYC to pass these laws.
Tenement House Laws
This tried to reduce the gap between the rich and the poor and made up lost revenue from reduced tariffs.
16th
By 1914 only some states allowed full women’s suffrage. By 1920, it was granted to all women by this amendment.
19th
This amendment made it so that Senators were directly elected by the people and were less influenced by big business and its millionaires.
17th
This amendment outlawed the sale, manufacture and transport of alcoholic beverages.
18th
These 2 bodies are involved in the amendment process.
Congress and the States