random Flashcards
Jacob Riis
exposed the harsh living conditions of the urban poor through photography
dawes act
encourage the assimilation of NA into mainstream American society
muller vs oregon
court case result: gov’t can put limits on working hours for women in certain industries
interstate commerce act
a federal law passed in 1887 that aimed to regulate the RR industry and its monopolistic practices
William Randolph Hearst
American newspaper writer and creator - yellow journalism
Joseph Pulitzer
pioneer of yellow yournalism
Florence Kelley
worked to improve working conditions for women and end child labor
Alice Paul
arrested in front of the White House for protesting women’s suffrage; leader of NWP
Carrie Chapman Catt
president of NWSA when 19th amendment was passed
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
co-founded NWSA
Ida B. Wells
worked for racial equality and to raise awareness about lynching of African Americans
Susan B. Anthony
worked for women’s suffrage and gender equality - started a newspaper
Theodore Roosevelt
“trust buster” and expanded national parks
Upton Sinclair
wrote “the Jungle” about working conditions in the Chicago meatpacking industry
Carrie Nation
attacked bars and saloons with a hatchet to promote temperance
Ida Tarbell
wrote about business corruption in monopolies like standard oil
Booker T. Washington
promoted earning racial equality though hard work and education
W.E.B Dubois
equal rights for African Americans, writer and speaker, went around the country to speak, founding member of NAACP
Winston Churchill
GB prime minister / leader
Adolf Hitler
ruler of Germany and the Nazi Party
Josef Stalin
leader of the soviet union
Benito Mussolini
leader of Italy
FERA
provided money to states to help needy families
SEC
provided for increased government regulation of the stock market
