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Progressive Era
Unit 2: Progressivism
Question | Answer |
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What court case established legalized segregation in America? | Plessy V. Feguson |
What is the name of the activist that created the African American training school at Tuskegee? | Booker Washington |
These two activist fought discrimination n the early 1900's by creating the NAACP. | Ida Wells and W.E.B. Du Bois |
This immigrant group was discriminated through debt peonage. | Mexican |
An activist who sought to expose corruption and abuses in American society during the 1900's were called what? | Muckrakers |
This man exposed the filth of the slums through the use of photography. | Jacob Riis |
What tragedy in 1911 when 140 women died helped reform fire safety laws? | Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire |
What is a referendum? | Allows voters to enact a measure or reform through voting on it |
Who was the Wisconsin governor that was known as one of the most important progressive reformers? | Robert Lafollette |
What did Upton Sinclair write? | The Jungle |
This suffragist was the first to pickett the White House | Alice Paul |
What amendment gave women the right to vote? | 19th |
Name 3 different parts of Teddy Roosevelt's Square Deal. | Trustbusting, meat inspection, and conservation |
What did Roosevelt do to transform shipping and trade? | Built the Panama Canal |
Who was the hand picked successor to Teddy Roosevelt? | William Taft |
What president had a platform of reform called New Freedom? | Woodrow Wilson |
What financial institution was created by Wilson to monitor the economy through changing interest rates? | Federal Reserve |
What Amendment was added forcing all Americans to pay income tax? | 16th |