Progressive Era

3. The conviction that immigrants would become more devoted citizens of the United States after assimilating.
4. A business firm recognized by law as a single body.
6. The policy of perpetuating indigenous cultures.
7. An island in New York Bay that was formerly the principal immigration station for the United States.
9. Physical migration from rural areas to cities.
12. A way for citizens to approve or reject a state or local law.
14. A theory that contends that humans have evolved via natural selection and competition, with only the strongest surviving, and is BASED on Charles Darwin's theories of evolution and natural selection.
15. Anonymous voting method that helps to make elections fair and honest.
18. A movement that advocated reforms and solutions in response to issues brought about by urbanization and industrialization.

1. Assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure.
2. Prohibition (outlaw) of alcohol.
5. When a country transitions from a rural, agrarian society to a modern, industrialized society that depend on technology.
8. Readiness to embark on bold new ventures.
10. Theodore Roosevelt's promise of fair and equal treatment for all Americans.
11. A structure where multiple families rent out rooms or apartments, frequently with poor safety or sanitary conditions.
13. The Spoils System is the political practice of putting friends/ family/ supporters ($$$) into positions of political power.
16. A form of journalism popular in the early twentieth century, devoted to exposing corrupt government practices, businesses, and individual politicians. If you participated in this form of journalism you would be considered a Muckraker.
17. Election in which voters choose the candidates from each party who will run in the general election.