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

6. Jane Addams

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

8. John Muir

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

10. Upton Sinclair

11. He championed equality for blacks and was Founder of the NAACP

12. W.E.B. Dubois

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

14. Theodore Roosevelt

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

16. 19th Amendment

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

18. 16th Amendment

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

20. 18th Amendment

21. Ratified in 1913, allowed direct election of Senators

22. 17th Amendment

23. Ratified in 1933, this Amendment repealed the prohibition Amendment

24. 21st Amendment

25. 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

26. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People - NAACP

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

28. Nativists

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

30. Populist Party

31. 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.

32. Progressive “Bull Moose” Party

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

34. Social Gospel Movement

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

36. Pendleton Act

37. This Act regulated companies to prevent monopolies and monitor interstate commerce

38. Sherman Anti-Trust Act

39. 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

40. Federal Reserve Act of 1913

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

42. Chinese Exclusion Act

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

44. Initiative, Referendum, and Reform

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

46. Meat Inspection Act
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Pure Food and Drug Act

47. 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

48. Munn v. Illinois

49. 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

50. Scopes “Monkey” Trial

51. 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

52. Schechter Poultry v. the United States

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

54. Plessy v. Ferguson

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

56. Lobbying

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

58. The Temperance Movement

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

60. Women’s Suffrage Movement

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

62. Susan B. Anthony

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

64. Jacob Riis

65. Final Jeopardy
Make your wager

66. 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

67. Muckrakers