Unit 2 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 4. Amendment granted American women the right to vote.
  2. 6. a person who comes to a country to take up permanent residence
  3. 8. Riis famous for exposing the horrible living conditions in New York City tenements.
  4. 10. Amendment Banned the production, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages throughout the United States (Prohibition).
  5. 12. Amendment allows the federal government to impose taxes on citizens’ incomes (income tax).
  6. 13. Island island in New York that served as an immigration station from 1892-1954.
  7. 15. Tutwiler famous Alabamian who reformed education and prison in the state of Alabama.
  8. 16. Amendment ended prohibition.
  9. 20. Exclusion Act Banned Chinese people from immigrating to the United States for 10 years.
  10. 23. nickname given to journalists who exposed the muck, or filth, of society. Upton Sinclair, Jacob Riis, etc.
Down
  1. 1. improvements made to make society better.
  2. 2. Party Nicknamed the “Bull Moose Party.” New political party who worked to improve society in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
  3. 3. Shirtwaist Fire accidental tragic fire that led to the passage of laws to improve factory and safety standards.
  4. 5. B. Wells Journalist who wrote articles about the unequal education available to African American children.
  5. 7. an organization of workers formed to protect the rights and interests of its members
  6. 9. the protection of nature and its resources.
  7. 11. House a settlement house founded by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr in 1889.
  8. 14. Food and Drug Act Law that prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transport of mislabeled or contaminated food and drugs.
  9. 17. Dubois A founder of the NAACP who believed in a direct approach (protests) to fight racial injustice.
  10. 18. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. An organization that called for economic and educational equality for African Americans.
  11. 19. Roosevelt Progressive president who believed that the interests of businesspeople, laborers, and consumers should be balanced for the public good.
  12. 21. T. Washington Leader and educator who encouraged African Americans to improve their education and economic well being.
  13. 22. Barton founder of the American Red Cross.