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UShist 3.1
Quiz Practice
Term | Definition |
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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 |