history

Question 1

reform

Answer 1

to change for the better

Question 2

progressivism

Answer 2

fixing society with government change

Question 3

tenements

Answer 3

slum apartments in cities

Question 4

political corruption/graph

Answer 4

using a position of power to benefit yourself or your friends

Question 5

populism

Answer 5

more power to ordinary people

Question 6

americanization

Answer 6

immigrants learning to be “American”

Question 7

public education

Answer 7

Government-run schools

Question 8

environmental regulations

Answer 8

laws about how environment’s treated

Question 9

conservation

Answer 9

protecting and preserving the environment

Question 10

suffrage

Answer 10

the right to vote

Question 11

16th amendment

Answer 11

the federal government can collect income tax

Question 12

17th amendment

Answer 12

every state has 2 senators

Question 13

18th amendment

Answer 13

prohibition/banned alcohol everywhere in the U.S

Question 14

19th amendment

Answer 14

gave women the right to vote

Question 15

muckrakers

Answer 15

journalists who exposed wrongdoing

Question 16

Theodore Roosevelt

Answer 16

progressive president: fought for conservation

Question 17

federal reserve system

Answer 17

central bank created to protect banks from failing