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UShist 3.1
Quiz Practice
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Nellie Bly | disguised herself as a mental patient |
| Jacob Riis | wrote How The Other Half Lives |
| William Mckinley | assassinated 1901 |
| John Muir | Wisconsin-born preservationist |
| Upton Sinclair | wrote The Jungle |
| Teddy Roosevelt | First Modern President |
| Robert Lafollette | Governor of Wisconsin |
| Gifford Pinchot | Head of US Forest Service |
| Voters | were allowed to directly propose laws |
| Meat Inspection Act | protect the public from unsafe meat |
| Sherman Anti-Trust Act | used to break up standard oil |
| Muckrakers | journalists that fueled demand for reform |
| Pure Food and Drug Act | banned sale of impure foods |
| Trusts | a way to gain control of industries |
| Direct Primary | democratic reform first seen in Wisconsin |