Progressive Era and Women's Suffrage Worksheets

Flashcards covering key figures, concepts, and constitutional amendments from Progressive Era and Women's Suffrage worksheets.

What is a referendum? (4.1)

Allows citizens to approve or reject laws passed by a legislature

What is a settlement house?

Community center that provided social services to the urban poor

What was Jacob Riis known for?

Photographed the living conditions in slums

What work did Upton Sinclair write, and what topic did it address?

Wrote 'The Jungle' on the conditions of meat packing plants

Who were the Muckrakers?

Socially conscious journalists and other writers dramatized the need for reform

What did the 17th Amendment accomplish?

Allowed Americans to directly vote for their Senators

What power did the recall give to voters?

Gave voters the power to remove public servants from office before their term ended

Who was Jane Addams?

Leading figure in the settlement house movement

What is a direct primary?

Election in which citizens themselves vote to select nominees for upcoming elections

What did Florence Kelly believe regarding women and economic conditions?

Believed that women were hurt by unfair prices for good

What organization did Ida B. Wells help form?

Helped form the NACW

What was the objective of the temperance movement?

To eliminate the drinking of alcohol

How is suffrage defined?

The right to vote

Who was Susan B. Anthony?

A teacher who worked towards women's suffrage

What was the function of the NCL?

Labeled products on their healthy corking conditions

What role did Carrie Chapman Catt play in the suffrage movement?

Worked tirelessly for the right of women to vote

What does the 19th Amendment establish?

The right to vote shall not be denied or abridged on account of sex

What organization did Alice Paul form and for what purpose?

Formed the NWP to publicly protest for the right to vote