Across
- 3. a period from about 1890 to 1920 in which reformers sought to correct many social, economic, and political inequalities and injustices in the United States.
- 6. or money paid to the government based on how much a person earns. Earlier in the year, the states had ratified, or approved
- 7. or people seeking the franchise for women
- 13. or women’s right to vote, and the regulation of tenements
- 16. a program in which the government provides money to the elderly, disabled, and unemployed, Americans continued their fight for improved working conditions and higher pay.
- 17. The right to vote
- 18. or countries that are partly controlled by a stronger country
- 19. The progressive movement coincided with and was strongly influenced by a religious movement known as
- 20. someone who would fight to curb the power of big business by vigorously enforcing antitrust legislation
Down
- 1. in which two or more companies combine as one
- 2. a form of city government in which voters elect a small number of officials called commissioners, each of whom heads a city department
- 4. a policy similar to imperialism
- 5. Spain granted independence to Cuba, gave Puerto Rico and Guam to the United States, and allowed the United States to buy the Philippines for $20 million
- 8. or group of criminals, trying to sell valuable coal lands for profit
- 9. avoiding entanglements in foreign countries
- 10. or the management and protection of natural resources
- 11. using exaggeration, melodrama, and outright lies to attract readers, became known as
- 12. a war fought by unconventional means, such as sabotage, ambushes, and unexpected raids
- 14. the league pressured local and state governments to create laws restricting or prohibiting the production, sale, and consumption of alcohol.
- 15. a policy of exerting economic, political, or military control over weaker nations