Vocab Corruption Reform People Amendments
An individual owns an entire industry, eliminating competition and allowing them to set prices. Made illegal during the Progressive Era.
Monopoly
The purpose of Initiative, Referendum, and Recall
DIRECT voice to American Citizens
This ended the Spoils System
Pendleton Civil Service Act
This term means the right to vote
Suffrage
Investigative Journalists that exposed the evils of American Society during the Progressive Era
Muckrakers
New York City political boss found guilty of corruption and stealing millions of dollars, died in prison
William “Boss” Tweed
This era was marked by corruption, scandal, big business, urbanization, crime
Gilded Age
This individual wrote a book about John D. Rockefeller and his corrupt business practices
Ida Tarbell
DAILY DOUBLE “Separate but Equal” Legalized segregation in the United States
Plessy v. Ferguson
These were corrupt political parties that controlled city politics during the Gilded Age
Political Machines
Led the women’s suffrage movement
Susan B. Anthony
Photographed the living conditions in tenements
Jacob Riis
This Civil Rights Activist founded the NAACP
W.E.B. Du Bois
Exposed meatpacking plants through “The Jungle”
Upton Sinclair
“The Progressive” President, believed in a Square Deal
President Theodore Roosevelt
Led the National Anti-Lynching Campaign
Ida B. Wells
This man was a Civil Rights Activists from the South He believed African Americans would gain equality through skills and education
Booker T. Washington
*Meat Inspection Act *Trust-busting *Conserving National Parks and Wildlife
President Theodore Roosevelt
This person founded Hull Houses and was one of the first social workers
Jane Addams
Amendment that gave women the right to vote
19 th Amendment
Amendment that made the government more responsible to its citizens by allowing the direct election of U.S. Senators
17 th Amendment
Amendment that allowed the U.S. government to tax the income of its citizens
16 th Amendment
Amendment that banned the sale, transportation, and making of alcohol.
18 th Amendment
This is what the 16 th, 17 th, 18 th, and 19 th Amendments together are called
Progressive Amendments
This movement was led by Christian women in an effort to pass the 18 th Amendment These two unions were created to help farmers improve on their working conditions.
Temperance Movement
Final Jeopardy Place the following time periods in the correct order chronologically Gilded Age Civil War American Revolution Reconstruction Progressivism