Adopted in 1919, this amendment made the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages an illegal act.

The constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to vote regardless of sex; this right cannot be denied by any state or federal government.

Founder of Hull House, in Chicago, a social settlement house for immigrants. She also supported women’s right to vote and won a Nobel Prize Peace Prize in 1931.

Late 19 th -century movement which supported hiring of government employees based on merit rather than on political patronage.

The preservation of natural resources.

Book by Upton Sinclair which exposed the abuses of the meat packing industry.

Governor of Wisconsin who was a progressive reformer. During his administration, the state of Wisconsin passed laws to regulate railroads, lobbying and banking.

A law passed in 1906, after Congress’ reaction to Upton Sinclair’s vivid description of the meat packing industry in Chicago with his novel, The Jungle. The act authorized the Secretary of Agriculture to inspect all meat products shipped in interstate commerce.

Journalists who tried to improve society through their investigative reporting and photography by exposing health conditions that were hazardous in workplaces, corruption in government, and social problems of overcrowding in urban centers.

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; an organization whose goal is to gain equal rights for African Americans.

A political cartoonist who satirical caricatures of the Tammany Hall political machine that controlled New York City in the 1800’s helped to bring about the downfall of William (Boss) Tweed, its corrupt leader.

Head of the US Forest Service during the Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt, he exemplified TR’s direction in conservation by supporting scientific management of the forests and the environment, a balance between protecting the land and using it wisely.

Reform effort, generally centered in urban areas and begun in the early 1900’s, whose aims included returning control of the government to the people, restoring economic opportunities, and correcting injustices in American life.

A term meaning to not allow; used in relationship to the prevention of the manufacture or sale of alcoholic beverages in the United States after the passage of the 18 th Amendment in 1919.

Approved in 1906, it was an act forbidding the manufacture and sale of dishonestly labeled products.

An immigrant who became a muckraker photographer and journalist exposing the poor conditions found in slums and tenements. He wrote How the Other Half Lives, and was committed to eliminating slums in New York City.

Building in a poor and/or ethnic neighborhood offering social services and educational and recreational activities. An example is Hull House in Chicago, established in 1889 by Jane Addams.

Approved in 1890, this act prohibited monopolies by declaring illegal combinations of business that were “in restraint of trade or commerce.”

As a muckraker and progressive he wrote The Jungle, exposing the unsanitary conditions in the Chicago meat packing industry around His book led to the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act.

Individuals who protest the human condition or the rights of individuals in society. A primary example would be the work of Jane Addams.

A muckraker who wrote the History of the Standard Oil Company (1903), which exposed the ruthless practices of Standard Oil.