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Which event drew attention to the issue of unsafe working conditions in the early 1900s? | Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire |
What were the journalists who supported progressive causes called? | muckrakers |
Whose investigate report exposed the monopolistic business practices of Standard Oil? | Ida Tarbell |
Who wrote about the urban slums in "How the Other Half Lives"? | Jacob Riis |
Who wrote about the corruption of the political machines in "The Shame of the Cities"? | Lincoln Steffens |
Who wrote about the unsanitary conditions in Chicago's meatpacking plants in "The Jungle"? | Upton Sinclair |
Which progressive movement emphasized providing charity to the poor? | Social Gospel |
The establishment of Hull House is an example of the Social Gospel movement promoted by which individual? | Jane Addams |
Which amendment established the federal income tax? | Sixteenth Amendment |
Which amendment resulted in the direct election of U.S. Senators? | Seventeenth Amendment |
Which Amendment resulted in prohibition? | Eighteenth Amendment |
Which amendment resulted in women's suffrage | Nineteenth Amendment |
Which case involved Theodore Roosevelt's "trust-busting" that broke up the railroad monopolies? | Northern Securities v. U.S. |
What action did President Roosevelt take during the Coal Strike of 1902? | arbitration--direct government action |
What policy did President Roosevelt use to protect the environment? | conservation |
What acts were part of Roosevelt' "Square Deal"? | Meat Inspection Act, Pure Food and Drug Act, Elkins Act |
Which act strengthened the federal government's ability to regulate the railroads? | Mann-Elkins Act |
What progressive reforms was Wisconsin's Robert M. LaFollette known for? | open primary elections and railroad regulation |
What reforms reduced the power of political machines? | secret ballot, open primary elections, direct election of U.S. Senators |
Which progressive reforms gave citizens more power to participate in our democracy? | initiatives, referendums, and recalls |
What act under the Taft administration angered progressives for failing to lower tariff rates? | Payne-Alldrich Tariff |
What party supported President Roosevelt's campaign for president in 1912? | Progressive/Bull Moose party |
Who won the presidential election of 1912? | Woodrow Wilson (Dem.) |
What was the name of the labor union leader who ran as the Socialist party candidate for president in 1912? | Eugene V. Debs |
What act was passed under Woodrow Wilson to reform the nation's banking and financial system? | Federal Reserve Act |
What act was passed under President Woodrow Wilson to strengthen the government's ability to stop trusts from forming monopolies? | Clayton Antitrust Act |
Which progressive reforms made city government more efficient? | council-manager and commission forms |
Which court case uphold the doctrine of "separate but equal" (segregation)? | Plessy v. Ferguson |
Which African-American leader advocated a patient, gradual approach on civil rights? | Booker T. Washington? |
Which African-American leader demanded immediate social and political equality? | W.E.B. Dubois |
Which institution is an example of Booker T. Washington's commitment to vocational education for African-Americans? | Tuskegee Institute |
Which Booker T. Washington speech emphasized a patient and gradual approach on civil rights? | Atlanta Compromise |
Which organization was formed to fight for the civil rights of African-Americans? | NAACP |
What methods were used in Southern states to disenfranchise African-Americans? | poll taxes, literacy tests, grandfather clauses |
What laws were passed in Southern states to discriminate against African-Americans? | Jim Crow |
Give an example of a tactic used to terrorize and control African-Americans in the late-1800s and early-1900s | lynching |
What resulted in the migration of southern blacks to Northern cities between 1910-1920? | Great migration |
This word means "to limit or take away one's right to vote" | disenfranchise |
What practice was supported by the Supreme Court's ruling in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson? | segregation |
What did Henry Ford use to mass produce affordable automobiles for American consumers? | assembly line |
List an economic reform supported by the Progressives. | regulating big business, lower tariffs |
Which progressive cause succeeded when the Eighteenth Amendment was ratified? | prohibition of alcohol (temperance) |
What did Henry Ford produce with the use of the assembly line? | Model-T automobile |
Which technological change are the Wright brothers known for? | airplanes |
What factors led to increased consumption by Americans in the early 20th century? | mail order catalogs & advertising |