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- 2. a women fighting for the right to vote
- 4. Park Service A federal agency founded in 1916 that provided comprehensive oversight of the growing system of national parks.
- 5. Food and Drug Act Passed following the exposure of the meat packing industry in the book The Jungle. Required food inspection and sanitary conditions in all food processing plants
- 7. Anti-Trust Act Passed in order to break up monopolies. It was actually used and helped Presidents become the trust busters.
- 9. Wilson Winner of the Presidential election of 1912
- 12. allows citizens to vote to either approve or reject a law
- 15. amendment women can vote
- 16. enables citizens to remove an elected official from office
- 17. Steffens Wrote The Corrupt of the Cities. Try to show how to clean up city government
- 18. Roosevelt Known as the Trustbusting President. Began the Progressive Party for the 1912 election
- 19. Anti-Trust Act Passed in 1890 in order to break up monopolies. Was only used to break up unions. Widely ignored for breaking up trusts
- 21. amendment direct election of senators
- 25. Reserve Act a 1913 law that set up a system of federal banks and gave government the power to control the money supply
- 28. Deal Nickname Theodore Roosevelt gave to his Presidential agenda. He wanted to be able to given everyone in America a fair shake in government
- 29. H.Taft Vice President to T.R. then became President in 1908
- 31. Allows voters to propose a law
- 33. Affair Union sympathizers gathered to protest police action against strikers. Violence broke out and people immediately blamed foreign born unionist. 8 were tried and convicted with no evidence. 4 were executed
- 34. Creek Labor Saga Tennessee Miners in present day Lake City Tennessee, battled for fair wages. Mine owners brought in prisoners to work the mines. Miners freed the convicts. Miners were forced out by state militia.
- 35. Movement Farmers organization that attempted to gain political power and a voice for farmers concerns
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- 1. LaFollette Wisconsin Idea to reform state government
- 3. Dallas Dudley Led the fight for the 19th amendment in Tennessee
- 6. Sinclair Muckraker who wrote The Jungle exposing the meat packing industry and poor treatment of immigrants
- 7. Chapman Catt (1859-1947) A suffragette who was president of the National Women's Suffrage Association, and founder of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance. Instrumental in obtaining passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920.
- 8. Strike Pullman cut wages but did not lower rents. Workers went on strike. Government ordered the union to call off the strike. President Cleveland sent in troops to break it.
- 10. Minor political party that developed out of the Granger movement. Called for silver coinage, income tax, direct election of Senators, and regulation of railroads
- 11. Inspection Act 1906 - Laid down binding rules for sanitary meat packing and government inspection of meat products crossing state lines.
- 13. Journalist who wrote expose'
- 14. Bargaining Union representatives and owners work out a deal for working conditions and pay.
- 15. amendment levy income tax
- 20. Freedom Democrat Woodrow Wilson's political slogan in the presidential campaign of 1912; Wilson wanted to improve the banking system, lower tariffs, and, by breaking up monopolies, give small businesses freedom to compete.
- 22. lists of people perceived as troublemakers whom owners refused to hire
- 23. 36 Nickname given to Tennessee when it became the 36th and final state to approve the 19th amendment
- 24. Gompers Called the Father of Unions. President of the American Federation of Labor.
- 26. system allowing citizens to pick the nominee for their political party to run in the general election
- 27. Debs President of the Railway union and famous socialist. Ran several times for US President but was never elected
- 30. Tarbell Muckraker who wrote expose about Standard Oil in McClures Magazine
- 32. Paul A suffragette who believed that giving women the right to vote would eliminate the corruption in politics.