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- 2. Anti-Trust Act Passed in order to break up monopolies. It was actually used and helped Presidents become the trust busters.
- 3. Inspection Act 1906 - Laid down binding rules for sanitary meat packing and government inspection of meat products crossing state lines.
- 7. 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.
- 9. a women fighting for the right to vote
- 11. Minor political party that developed out of the Granger movement. Called for silver coinage, income tax, direct election of Senators, and regulation of railroads
- 13. 36 Nickname given to Tennessee when it became the 36th and final state to approve the 19th amendment
- 17. Debs President of the Railway union and famous socialist. Ran several times for US President but was never elected
- 19. Food and Drug Act Passed following the exposure of the meat packing industry in the book TheJungle. Required food inspection and sanitary conditions in all food processing plants
- 21. Wrote The Corrupt of the Cities. Try to show how to clean up city government
- 25. Park Service A federal agency founded in 1916 that provided comprehensive oversight of the growing system of national parks.
- 26. Allows voters to propose a law
- 28. 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
- 29. a 1913 law that set up a system of federal banks and gave government the power to control the money supply
- 32. A suffragette who believed that giving women the right to vote would eliminate the corruption in politics.
- 33. levy income tax
- 35. Journalist who wrote expose'
- 36. direct election of senators
- 37. Wisconsin Idea to reform state government
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- 1. 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.
- 4. lists of people perceived as troublemakers whom owners refused to hire
- 5. Winner of the Presidential election of 1912
- 6. Chapman Catt (1859-1947) A suffragette who was president of the National Women's Suffrage Association, and founder of the International WomanSuffrageAlliance. Instrumental in obtaining passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920.
- 8. Called the Father of Unions. President of the American Federation of Labor.
- 10. Known as the Trustbusting President. Began the Progressive Party for the 1912 election
- 12. Nickname Theodore Roosevelt gave to his Presidential agenda. He wanted to be able to given everyone in America a fair shake in government
- 14. allows citizens to vote to either approve or reject a law
- 15. Muckraker who wrote The Jungle exposing the meat packing industry and poor treatment of immigrants
- 16. Passed in 1890 in order to break up monopolies. Was only used to break up unions. Widely ignored for breaking up trusts
- 18. Bargaining Union representatives and owners work out a deal for working conditions and pay.
- 20. enables citizens to remove an elected official from office
- 22. 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.
- 23. Vice President to T.R. then became President in 1908
- 24. Muckraker who wrote expose about StandardOil in McClures Magazine
- 27. Led the fight for the 19th amendment in Tennessee
- 30. Movement Farmers organization that attempted to gain political power and a voice for farmers concerns
- 31. women can vote
- 34. system allowing citizens to pick the nominee for their political party to run in the general election