Across
- 4. the worst or lowest point of an experience
- 6. supreme court case that ruled segregation constitutional as long as it was ‘separate but equal’
- 7. This term was often used to refer to the early 20th century journalists who wrote of the corrupt side of business and public life in popular magazines
- 8. a system that keeps different groups separate from each other, generally on the basis of race, color, language, religion, nationality or national or ethnic origin
- 11. the Progressive Party was given this nickname after a statement made by Rosevelt
- 13. the formal process of becoming a citizen of the United States
- 14. a vote on an initiative
- 15. racial segregation laws passed by southern states to separate black and white people in public and in private spaces
- 21. civil rights organization founded by W. E. B. Du Bois in 1905 seeking full rights for african american citizens
- 23. a system in which workers are bound in servitude to work off a debt to their employer
- 26. a bill originated by the people as opposed to the lawmakers
- 29. the banning of alcoholic beverages
- 30. a concept developed by Rosevelt that consisted of the different progressive reforms sponsored by his administration
- 31. civil rights group that was home to The Crisis magazine
- 32. an African American women’s club established in July 1896
- 33. to act together secretly to achieve an illegal or deceitful purpose
- 35. gave women the right to vote
- 37. some notable members of this women’s rights group include Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucy Stone and Julia Ward Howe
- 38. adapting or making adjustments in order to satisfy someone else
- 39. allowed for direct election of senators
Down
- 1. law passed in 1906 requiring meatpackers to follow strict sanitary standards
- 2. movement aiming to restore economic opportunities and correct injustices in the lives of Americans
- 3. a blackface performer promoting racist stereotypes through their shows
- 5. law that halted sales of contaminated foods and medicines and required truthful labels
- 9. a compromise between two bills that modified the high rates proposed the Aldrich bill
- 10. Wilson’s decentralized system of “banker’s banks”
- 12. voters could remove a public official from an elected position
- 16. the right to vote
- 17. annual tax that must be paid in order to be eligible to vote
- 18. the percentage of a loan that must be paid back in addition to the amount lended
- 19. workers applied studies of this topic to their work to boost efficiency
- 20. a court order prohibiting a party from a specific course of action
- 22. government “watchdog” agency with the purpose of monitoring corporations and shutting down any illegal activity or unfair business practices
- 24. act prohibiting corporations from acting to create monopolies as well as protecting the rights of labor union members
- 25. refraining from consumption of alcohol
- 27. preserving some wilderness areas while developing others for the good of the people
- 28. a clause allowing certain existing cases to continue to be governed by the old law but applying the new law to all future cases
- 34. novel written by Upton Sinclair that brought attention to the grossly unsanitary conditions of the meatpacking industry
- 36. pacify by granting concessions