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- 1. _______________________ were passed after pressure by Progressives restricting work hours, age restrictions, safer working conditions, and restrictions on hours and occupations women could work.
- 6. This Phrase in the Plessy v Ferguson decision, "____________________________" made segregation and Jim Crow legislation in the south legal.
- 7. President Teddy Roosevelt’s Chief of Forestry who influenced the President’s conservationist views. ______________________________________.
- 8. This American naturalist, _____________________, heavily influenced the conservationist views of Teddy Roosevelt.
- 12. ________________________ movement begun under President Teddy Roosevelt’s administration, emphasized conservation of our natural resources, ending wasteful use of raw materials, and the reclamation of neglected land.
- 14. People known as ________________________ called for federal supervision of the nation’s resources and the preservation of those resources for future generations, and inspired the conservation movement of today.
- 15. This 1896 Supreme Court Case brought by Homer Plessy, _____________________________________________________, stated that segregation was lawful as long as the separate facilities and services were equal.
- 19. This Socialist Muckraker, _________________________, whose 1906 novel, The Jungle, exposed the sickening working and sanitary conditions of the meatpacking industry, causing reform in the food industry.
- 21. Term originated by President Teddy Roosevelt that praised journalists for their role in uncovering corruption and problems often hidden from society_________________________________
- 23. _____________ Food & Drug Act passed by congress in 1906 in response to the grossly negligent meat processing industry exposed by Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle and led to the creation of the FDA (Food & Drug Administration).
- 24. 17th Constitutional __________________passed in 1913 that established that US Senators would be elected directly by the people of the state, rather than state legislatures.
- 25. He was the first black Ph.D. to graduate from Harvard and rejected segregation, believing that blacks must be politically, legally, and socially active in order to obtain true equality and was instrumental in founding the NAACP ______________________________________
- 26. A ___________________________ is a small, low income apartment in inner cities lived in and often shared by multiple families with cramped spaces, filthy conditions, and dangerous hazards.
- 27. State government action during the Progressive Era giving the voters the ability to vote on state laws by ballot, and having to pass by majority is known as a ______________________.
- 29. State government action during the progressive era that allowed the citizens of a state to force a vote on a certain issue without having to wait for public officials to bring it up, through petition, compelling the legislature to address their concern was called an ____________________.
- 30. This social worker , _________________________, opened Hull House in Chicago in 1889 to help poor and immigrant populations around the United States.
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- 2. State government action during the Progressive Era giving the voters the power to hold special elections to remove corrupt officials from office before their term is up is known as a __________________.
- 3. In the south following reconstruction, __________________________ was a policy where whites and blacks were not allowed to share public spaces (railway cars, restaurant dining rooms, public facilities, schools)
- 4. First established in Chicago by Jane Addams, ________________________________ were settlement houses offering assistance to immigrants and underprivileged citizens and fought for education and fought for new child labor laws.
- 5. The political orientation of those who favor progress toward better conditions in government and society is called ___________________________________.
- 9. The _____________ Waterways Commission was appointed in 1907 to study the relation of rivers, soil, forest, waterpower development, and water transportation.
- 10. This field of Journalism begun by Ida Tarbell when she published a series of magazine articles exposing the unfair business practices of Standard Oil. _______________________
- 11. The ___________________ Conservation Commission was a 1909 group charged with drawing up long-range plans for conserving natural resources.
- 13. A person believing in moderate political change and social improvement through political action is called __________________________.
- 16. Theodore "Teddy" _____________________ was the influential 26th President whose administration is known for imperialism, passing labor reforms and food reforms, and began the Conservation Movement.
- 17. The _____________________________ movement in the late 1800’s/early 1900’s where brave, outspoken journalists and progressives worked towards moderate positive changes in politics and society.
- 18. A Muckraker from Denmark, ___________________________, exposed the horrible working & living conditions of immigrants in America, contributing to New York passing its first laws aimed at improving urban tenements.
- 20. This Muckraker's articles exposing the unfair business practices of Standard Oil marked the beginning of Investigative Journalism _____________________________
- 21. The ____________________________ Act passed by Congress in 1906 in response to The Jungle mandated that meat products sold for food be processed under sanitary conditions and inspected.
- 22. This organization inspired by W.E.B. DuBois, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People or _________________, devoted itself to the progress of the African American community, and remains a prominent political voice in the African-American community today.
- 28. The _______________________Act of 1902, also known as the National Reclamation Act, funded federal irrigation projects in the desert West, dams, and canals to manage water resources for agriculture and settlement.