A | B |
Monopoly | A company that completely controls the market of a certain industry. |
Trust | A group of corporations run by a single board of directors. |
Tariff | A tax on foreign goods brought into the country. |
Muckraker | A person who reported on corrupt politicians and other problems of the cities. |
Conservation | The protection of natural resources. |
Suffrage | The right to vote. |
19th Amendment | Granted women's suffrage or right to vote. |
18th Amendment | Prohibition making alcohol illegal |
Jane Addams | Settlement House/Hull House |
How the Other Half Livees | Jacob Riis |
Photographer exposing tenement life | Jacob Riis |
Author brought down Standard Oil | Ida Tarbell |
Muckraker for meat packing industry | Upton Sinclair |
The Jungle | Upton Sinclair |
Cartoonist who brought down Boss Tweed | Thomas Nast |
Head of Tammany Hall | Boss Tweed |
The Conservation President | Teddy Roosevelt |
The "trustbuster" president | Teddy Roosevelt |
Broke up monopolies | Sherman Anti-Trust Act |
Powerful organizations linked to political parties that used legal and illegal methods to get candidates elected. | Political Machines |