Social Studies Reforms
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- Believed equality could be achieved through vocational education
- Booker T. Washington
- What were some of the negative effects of industrialization?
- Child Labor. Long hours. Low Wages. Unsafe working conditions. Overcrowded immigrant neighborhoods.
- What 2 immigrant groups were specifically discriminated against?
- Chinese and Irish
- What challenges did urban areas face in teh late 1800's and early 1900's?
- Tenements, ghettos and political corruption.
- Why were Jim Crow laws passed?
- To discriminate against African Americans.
- Who worked for womens's suffrage?
- Susan B. Anthony
- This was composed of groups opposed to the making and consuming of alcohol.
- Temperance Movement
- What was the Progessive Movement?
- A period of time in the late 1800's where many Americans called for reform.
- What did Progresive reforms focus on?
- Urban problems. Government Problems. Big business problems.
- What was the name given to journalists who brought to life the dit and corruption underlying society?
- Muckrakers
- What was Plessy v. Ferguson?
- 1896 Supreme Court case concerning a Louisiana law that required separate sections on trains for African Americans
- Who established the Hull House a settlement house in Chicago?
- Jane Addams
- Which Amendment, also known as the Prohibition Amendment, made it illegal to make, transport, or sell alcohol in the United States?
- The 18th Amendment.
- Through his political cartoons, he exposed the political corruption of Boss Tweed.
- Thomas Nast
- What interracial group was formed in 1909 and has remain a the forefront of efforts to gain legal and economic equality for African Americans?
- NAACP
- Who fought for full political, civil, and social rights for African Americans?
- W.E.B. DuBois
- Which Amendment, ratified in 1920, allowed women suffrage?
- the 19th Amendment
- What is suffrage?
- The right to vote.
- Name some of the problems faced by African Americans during the Progressive Era.
- Segregation, discrimination, literacy tests, poll taxes
- Who was a colorful crusader for temperance?
- Carry Nation
- What does temperance mean?
- The use of little or no alcohol.
- Who introduce the "Wisconsin Idea" a direct primary election allowing the states voters to choose their party's candidates
- Robert LaFollette
- Who exposed teh unfair practices of the oil industry in her book the History of Standard Oil?
- Ida Tarbell
- Progressives are also known as
- Reformers
- Who was considered a trustbuster and and environmentalist?
- President Teddy Roosevelt
- Which amendment, ratified in 1913, gave Congress the power to tax people's incomes to generate revenue for the federal government?
- The 16th Amendment.
- Name the famous book written by Upton Sinclair that describes the horrors of the meat-packing industry in Chicago
- The Jungle
- What did Upton Sinclair's book persuade Congress to pass in 1906?
- The Meat Inspeciton Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act
- Which amendment provided for the direct election of senators?
- The 17th Amendment