Progressive Era

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 The _________________ amendment repealed the eighteenth amendment and made alcohol legal once again.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