| A | B |
|---|
| Federal Trade Commission | prevents companies from unfairly destroying competitors. |
| Eighteenth Amendment | made it illegal to sell alcoholic drinks |
| Nineteenth Amendment | guarantees women the right to vote |
| Criticism of the Spoils System | Spread corruption |
| Interstate Commerce Act | To ban business practices such as pools and rebates |
| Reason Progressives against Taft | He fired a Forest Service official |
| Political bosses gained power | controlled local work, gave gifts to the needy, and provided jobs |
| Women's suffrage | called for an amendment, silent protests, and the Seneca Falls Convention |
| Ida B. Wells | journalist that campaigned against violence against African Americans |
| Muckrakers | fought corruption by arousing public opinion |
| Women's Christian Temperance Union | led the crusade against sale of alcohol |
| Woodrow Wilson's Progressive goals | to attract foreign businesses and to investigate unions |
| New opportunities for women | formed clubs to promote reform, social workers, lawyers, and doctors |
| Society of American Indians | supported the abolishment of reservations |
| mutualistas | self-help groups for Mexican Americans |
| Gentlemen's Agreement | stop Japanese workers from U.S. |
| initiative | right of voters to put a bill before a state legislature |
| conservation | protection of natural resources |
| referendum | power of voters to put a bill on the ballot |
| Sherman Antitrust Act | to prevent big businesses from limiting competition |
| Why did Progressives go against President Taft? | He raised tariffs on imported goods. |
| Who would be helped by the Civil Service Commission? | Qualified applicants for government jobs |
| Corruption's effect on city government | Bribery became very common. |
| Women won the right to vote | 50 years of effort created the 19th Amendment |
| African Americans Progressive Era | They experienced discrimination throughout the U.S. |
| Muckrakers | They worked to change public opinion. |
| Opportunities for women | They overcame great obstacles to earn professional degrees. |
| Chinese Exclusion Act caused | Employers hired workers from Japan and the Philippines. |
| What shaped politics during the Gilded Age? | bribery,patronage, and voter fraud |
| Women supported temperance | It caused violence and economic hardship for families |
| Mexican Americans | They preserved their heritage after they came to U.S. |
| Dawes Act | Native Americans gained large amounts of good farmland. |
