Question | Answer |
Theodore Roosevelt | US president from 1901-1908. He regulated business and started trying to save natural resources. |
Susan B. Anthony | fought for women to gain the right to vote. |
W.E.B. Dubois | founded the National Association of Advancement Colored People |
Booker T. Washington | wanted African American to focus on jobs, did not want blacks to focus on politics |
Jane Addams | created a settlement home in Chicago to help immigrants and women. |
16th Amendment | law that tax Americans personal income |
17th Amendment | law that allowed Americans to vote on US senators. |
18th Amendment | law that banned making and drinking of alcohol in America in the 1920's. |
19th Amendment | law that gave women the right to vote in America in the 1920's |
Muckrakers | Investigative writers who wrote about problems in business and politics, hoping to bring changes. |
Pendleton Civil service Act | law that makes you take a test to work for the government. |
Conservation | preserve natural resources such as land, oil, and water. |
Progressives | people who wanted to help workers and improve citizens rights. |
Meat Inspection Act of 1906 | law that required the government to regulate meatpacking plants. |
Pure Food and Drug Act | required all food and drugs to label ingredients |