Adopted in 1919, this
amendment made the
manufacture and sale of
alcoholic beverages an
illegal act.
The constitutional
amendment guaranteeing
the right to vote
regardless of sex; this
right cannot be denied
by any state or federal
government.
Founder of Hull House, in
Chicago, a social settlement
house for immigrants. She
also supported women’s
right to vote and won a
Nobel Prize Peace Prize in
1931.
th
19 -century
Late
movement which supported
hiring of government
employees based on merit
rather than on political
patronage.
The preservation of
natural resources.
Book by Upton Sinclair
which exposed the
abuses of the meat
packing industry.
Governor of Wisconsin who
was a progressive
reformer. During his
administration, the state of
Wisconsin passed laws to
regulate railroads, lobbying
and banking.
Congress’ reaction to Upton
Sinclair’s vivid description of
the meat packing industry in
Chicago with his novel, The
Jungle. The act authorized the
Secretary of Agriculture to
inspect all meat products
shipped in interstate commerce.
improve society through their
investigative reporting and
photography by exposing
health conditions that were
hazardous in workplaces,
corruption in government, and
social problems of
overcrowding in urban centers.
National Association for
the Advancement of
Colored People; an
organization whose goal is
to gain equal rights for
African Americans.
A political cartoonist who
satirical caricatures of the
Tammany Hall political machine
that controlled New York City in
the 1800’s helped to bring about
the downfall of William (Boss)
Tweed, its corrupt leader.
Head of the US Forest Service
during the Presidency of Theodore
Roosevelt, he exemplified TR’s
direction in conservation by
supporting scientific management
of the forests and the
environment, a balance between
protecting the land and using it
wisely.
Reform effort, generally
centered in urban areas and
begun in the early 1900’s,
whose aims included returning
control of the government to
the people, restoring economic
opportunities, and correcting
injustices in American life.
allow; used in relationship
to the prevention of the
manufacture or sale of
alcoholic beverages in the
United States after the
th
passage of the 18
Amendment in 1919.
Approved in 1906, it was an
act forbidding the
manufacture and sale of
dishonestly labeled
products.
An immigrant who became a
muckraker photographer and
journalist exposing the poor
conditions found in slums and
tenements. He wrote How the
Other Half Lives, and was
committed to eliminating slums
in New York City.
Building in a poor and/or ethnic
neighborhood offering social
services and educational and
recreational activities. An
example is Hull House in
Chicago, established in 1889 by
Jane Addams.
Approved in 1890, this act
prohibited monopolies by
declaring illegal
combinations of business
that were “in restraint of
trade or commerce.”
As a muckraker and
progressive he wrote The
Jungle, exposing the unsanitary
conditions in the Chicago meat
packing industry around 1906.
His book led to the passage of
the Pure Food and Drug Act
and the Meat Inspection Act.
Individuals who protest
the human condition or
the rights of individuals
in society. A primary
example would be the
work of Jane Addams.
A muckraker who wrote
the History of the
Standard Oil Company
(1903), which exposed
the ruthless practices of
Standard Oil.