Progressive Era Flashcards
1
Q
Who were Muckrakers?
A
Investigators (writers and photographers) who exposed social problems.
2
Q
What were the Jim Crow Laws?
A
They were laws meant to enforce separation of black and white people in pub spaces in the South USA.
3
Q
What was Plessy vs Ferguson?
A
It was a 1896 case in the Supreme Court that said it was legal to keep the races separated. “Separate but Equal.”
4
Q
What is women’s sufferage?
A
It was a reform movement to expand the right to vote for women.
5
Q
What is the 19th ammendment?
A
It gave women the right to vote in 1920.
