The Progressive Era

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Across
  1. 6. culmination of efforts to give all women the vote
  2. 8. Nickname for journalists in the Progressive Era who wrote about society's problems
  3. 9. He rejected the Atlanta compromise of 1909 but insisted on full equality
  4. 10. fixing corrupt political and voting practices.
  5. 12. government tackled many monopolies through anti-trust legislation.
  6. 13. Wrote "How the Other Half Lives"
  7. 15. US President (1913-1921)
  8. 17. He was the de facto leader of African-Americans
  9. 18. Had dual disability of deaf-blindness
  10. 20. Wrote "The Octopus"
  11. 21. banning of alcohol
  12. 24. Pioneer of the mass use and distribution of electricity
  13. 26. Passed in 1913 and reduced import taxes to their lowest level in 50 years
  14. 27. considered the founder of American social work
  15. 29. A leading pioneer in offering contraception and health care services to women
Down
  1. 1. 1903 law forbade shipping companies from accepting rebates
  2. 2. A compromise that settled a coal miners' strike in 1902
  3. 3. implementation of new business methods to overturn outdated customs and improve efficiency
  4. 4. An economic system in which all industry is controlled by the government
  5. 5. Wrote "The Jungle
  6. 7. Campaigned for improvements in labor protection
  7. 11. laws were put into place restricting this form of working
  8. 14. Wrote "The History of the Standard Oil Company"
  9. 15. Successfully made the first powered air flight in 1903
  10. 16. Pulitzer political cartoonist
  11. 19. Wrote "The Shame of the Cities"
  12. 22. The International Workers for the World believed this type of economic system was bad for workers
  13. 23. US President (1901-09)
  14. 25. Founder of Ford motor company
  15. 28. US President (1909-1913)