Question | Answer |
Why was Pittsburgh a good place to produce steel? | Pittsburgh had two major rivers and had natural resources nearby such as coal. |
What ingredients are used to make steel? | Iron ore and coal |
What is the nickname for Pittsburgh? | Steel City |
Why did America need steel? | To build railroads, bridges, skyscrapers, and factories. |
What were Progressives and what did they want to do? | Progressives were reformers who did not always agree with one another, but most thought governments should make laws to protect workers, consumers, and citizens’ rights. |
What is a muckraker? | Someone who rakes up or points out unpleasant truths. |
Who was Upton Sinclair? | A muckraker who wrote “The Jungle”. It was a fictional description based on his personal observations of unsafe and dirty conditions in meatpacking plants. It told about the use of chemicals to cover the taste of rotten meat. |
What two laws were passed in 1906 to make food safer | The Pure Food and Drug Act
The Meat Inspection Act |
Who was John Muir? | A conservationist who believed that natural areas were precious resources. After meeting with Muir President Roosevelt set aside millions of acres for national parks and wilderness areas. |
What was the 16th Amendment? | Allowed Congress to pass an Income Tax |
What was the 17th Amendment? | Allowed citizens to elect senators |
What was the 18th Amendment? | Made it against the law to make or sell alcoholic beverages |
What was the goal of the women’s suffrage movement? | To get women the right to vote |
What was the 19th Amendment? | Allowed women aged 21 and older to vote |
What is the NAACP? | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. It was formed to work for equality for African Americans. |
What did W.E.B. Dubois and Booker T. Washington do to improve life for African Americans? | DuBois was an African American writer and professor whose writings on African American life helped persuade many Americans that change was needed.
Washington was an African American leader who started a school to educate and give job training to southern African Americans. |
What secret organization made life even more difficult for southern African Americans? | The Ku Klux Klan |
What was the Great Migration? | African Americans moved north to escape prejudice and to find jobs and opportunities in the North. This was known as the Great Migration. |