Flashcards in Chapter 16 Progressivism Review Deck (42)
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Journalists who "raked up" or exposed the filth of society became known as __
muckrakers
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The mission of the organization known as the __ was to fight the anti-Semitism that was common in American society
Anti-Defamation League
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In 1893 __ helped persuade the Illinois legislature to prohibit child labor
Florence Kelley
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An ambitious agenda of reforms that became known as the Wisconsin idea was pushed through by Wisconsin Governor __
Robert LaFollete
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The __ amendment gave voters the power to elect US senators directly
17th
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An __ is a measure that allows voters to put a proposed law on the ballot for public approval
initiative
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Unlike the AFL, the __ organized unskilled workers
International Ladies' Garment Workers Union
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In the late 1800s many of the problems created by industrialization were the focus of the reform movement known as __
progressivism
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In 1909 a multiracial group of activists, including WEB Du Bois and Ida Wells-Barnett, formed an organization known as the __ to fight for the rights of African Americans
NAACP
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__ exposed the corruption of city governments in his 1904 work, The Shame of the Cities
Lincoln Steffens
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A __ allows a recently passed law to be placed on the ballot so that voters can either approve or reject the law
referendum
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A __ enables voters to remove an elected official by special election
recall
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The Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire was a __ example of the type of tragedies that resulted in the early 1900s from a lack of workplace safety laws
concrete
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Through his book, How the Other Half Lives, __ revealed the grim conditions in New York tenements
Jacob Riis
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Led the Women's Christian Temperance Union from 1879-1898
Frances Willard
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Organization of African American women who campaigned to fight poverty, segregation, and lynchings
National Association of Colored Women
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Gave the vote to African American men, but not to women
15th Amendment
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The first territory to grant women the vote
Wyoming Territory
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Women's suffrage leader arrested for voting in NY
Susan B Anthony
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Resulted in 1890 from the merger of 2 women's suffrage organizations
National American Woman Suffrage Association
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Temperance leader who became known for smashing saloons with a hatchet
Carry Nation
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Barred the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages
18th Amendment
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National agency created to protect the well-being of children
Federal Children's Bureau
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Organization that, along with the Anti-Saloon League, led the organized crusade against alcohol
Women's Christian Temperance Union
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T/F:The work of the National Association of Colored Women included the formation of settlement house, hospitals, and schools that served African Americans
True
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T/F:Some people who argued against women's suffrage held the notion that most American women did not want to vote
True
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Which term doesn't relate to the others?a) US Forest Serviceb) conservationc) suffraged) Newlands Reclamation Act
c) suffrage
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Which term doesn't relate to the others?a) Prohibitionb) Elkins Actc) Hepburn Actd) railroads
a) Prohibition
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What laws did Congress pass to protect consumers from abuses by the food and drug industries?
Meat Inspection ActPure Food and Drug Act
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