Progressive Era
Across
- 2. The __________________ amendment was ratified in 1920 and granted women the right to vote.
- 7. The _________________ amendment repealed the eighteenth amendment and made alcohol legal once again.
- 11. The 17th Amendment allowed state citizens to directly elect ______________ from their state.
- 13. Progressive President Theodore Roosevelt passed the ______________ Deal to protect consumer health
- 14. This law required the government to hire officials based on experience and test scores.
- 15. This organization was devoted to securing African-American rights.
- 16. Illegal, underground bars that still served alcohol after the Prohibition Amendment was passed.
- 18. A leading realist author who wrote The Gilded Age, Tom Sawyer, and Huckleberry Finn.
- 19. The right to vote is called _______________.
- 21. A ______________________ allowed citizens to request a bill be placed on the ballot.
- 22. A literary movement that wanted to accurately tell the story of life in detail.
- 24. The Graduated ________________ Tax took a higher percentage tax from the income of the wealthy.
Down
- 1. This law was established to reduce child labor
- 3. Political parties not associated with Republicans or Democrats are known as ________________.
- 4. The movement to ban alcohol.
- 5. The __________________ amendment prohibited the consumption and sale of alcohol.
- 6. Upton Sinclair wrote a book called "The ____________," which described the unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking plants.
- 8. A populist leader who tried 3 times to become President and was made famous by his Cross of Gold Speech.
- 9. A person who tries to expose corruption or wrong doing.
- 10. Founded settlement houses to help immigrants assimilate
- 12. This movement was determined to bring down large corporations and help the common workers.
- 17. Was an all-purpose community center for poor people living in big cities.
- 20. Susan B. __________________ fought for women's suffrage
- 23. The __________________ Falls Convention was the first women's rights meeting