The Progressive Era vocab

Question 1

what is the 16th Amendment?

Answer 1

Supreme Court declaring federal income tax

Question 2

17th Amendment?

Answer 2

Allowed voters to select united states senators

Question 3

18th amendment?

Answer 3

Prohibit production, sale and transportation of alcohol in the united states.

Question 4

19th amendment?

Answer 4

Guranteed women to vote

Question 5

Muckracker

Answer 5

Journalist who uncovers abuses and corruption in a society.

Question 6

Suffarage

Answer 6

Right to vote

Question 6

Recall

Answer 6

Right that enables voters to remove unsatisfactory elected officials from office.

Question 7

Reform

Answer 7

To change

Question 7

Initiative

Answer 7

Right of citizens to place a measure or issue before the voters or the legislators for approval.

Question 7

Referendum

Answer 7

Practice of letting voters accept or reject measures proposed by legislature.

Question 8

Progressive

Answer 8

refers to those who advocate making reforms to the social and political status quo.

Question 9

Anti trust act

Answer 9

Prohibited any combination or conspiracy in resistant of trade or commerce among the several states.

Question 10

Pendleton civil service act

Answer 10

Required some jobs befilled by competitive written exams rather than by patronage.

Question 11

Plessy v. Ferguson

Answer 11

Upheld the principle of racial segregation.

Question 12

Upton sinclair

Answer 12

Novelist and social crusader from california who made a novel which enraged many consumers.

Question 13

Susan b Anthony

Answer 13

President of National American Woman Suffarage Accociation from 1892 to 1900.

Question 14

Dubois

Answer 14

Writter who saw no reason to give up civil rights, wanted to protect womens rights.

Question 15

Booker t washington

Answer 15

Proposed that african americans concentrate on achieving economic goals rather political goals.

Question 16

Shame on cities

Answer 16

A book written by Lincoln steffens. Talking about the corrupt parties in the cities.

Question 17

Bitter cry of children

Answer 17

Presented detailed evidence of child labor conditions

Question 18

How the other half lives

Answer 18

Book Jacob riis published photographs and descriptions of poverty, disease, and crime that afflicted immigrants

Question 19

Tuskee Institution

Answer 19

To teach african american trades and agricultural skills.