Progressive Era Key Terms: Amendments, Laws, and Leaders in U.S. History

What is a "muckraker"?

reporter that investigates problems

What is the 19th Amendment?

gave women the right to vote

What does the National Park Service do?

protects natural resources

What did Upton Sinclair's Book the Jungle about?

disgusting conditions in meat industry

What is the 16th amendment?

started the income tax

What is the 17th Amendment?

allows direct election of Senators by the voters

What is the 18th Amendment?

Prohibition. It banned alcohol

Who was WEB Dubois?

Civil Rights leader

What are Jim Crow Laws?

racist segregation laws

What is the Hull House and who ran it?

a charity settlement house in Chicago operated by Jane Addams

What led to the Pure Food and Drug Act?

Roosevelt read the Jungle and reformed the food industry

What was the result of the Sherman Antitrust Act?

it was supposed to break up monopolies but it was too weak

Who was Ida B. Wells and what did she fight for?

African American female journalist that fought lynching

Who is Susan B. Anthony and what did she fight for?

Women's suffrage activist

What is initiative in state reforms?

voters propose new laws

What is a referendum on state reforms?

voters vote to accept or reject initiatives

What is a recall in state reforms?

firing a politician before the election

What is a Settlement House?

charity in poor neighborhood that helps immigrants

Who thought the government should do more to protect citizens?

Progressives

During the Progressive era the Government regulations on business ____

increases.

One of the first attempts by the Federal government to regulate businesses.

Interstate Commerce Act

Law that stopped the sale of contaminated foods and medicine and required true labels on packages.

Pure Food and Drug Act

Law used by President Roosevelt and Taft to bust up trusts- break apart businesses that were monopolies into separate smaller businesses.

Sherman Anti-trust Act

Law that allows the government to regulate monetary policy

Federal Reserve Act

Republican that became President in 1901 and ran for president as a 3rd party in the 1912 in the election

Teddy Roosevelt

Republican that became President in 1908 but angerered other Republicans

William Howard Taft

Democrat that became President in 1912 when 2 Republicans ran and split the vote.

Woodrow Wilson