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What is a muckraker?A journalist who exposed corruption and fought for reform.

Who was Ida Tarbell?A muckraker who took on Standard Oil (owned by Rockefeller).

Who was Upton Sinclair?

A muckraker who wrote The Jungle, which exposed the meat industry.

Who was Cary Nation?A Christian reformer who fought to ban alcohol.

What was the purpose of the Settlement House Movement?To give immigrants a positive environment away from the tenements.

What is the most famous Settlement House and where is it located?Hull House, Chicago

Who founded this Settlement House? Jane Addams

3. Who was W.E.B. Du Bois?An African-American reformer

What did he believe?Radical political reform and rights for African-Americans.

What was his life like?Wealthy and from Massachusettes

Who was Booker T. Washington?An African-American reformer

What did he believe?Progress through self-help, job skills and moderate reform

What was his life like? Born a slave in the South. He was respected by government and business leaders for his moderate views.

What was the Atlanta Compromise?A speech given by Booker T. Washington. Justified temporary separation of the races, called on blacks to improve themselves.

4. Voting Reforms. Define the following terms.VOTERS CAN….Initiative:

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…put an issue on the ballot.

Referendum:…overturn laws they disagree with.

Recall:…have a special election to kick out a politician before the end of his or her term.

Direct Primary:…choose who the candidates are through an election called a primary (which is a special election before the real election just to choose the candidates). Broke the power of political parties and bosses.

5 Progressive Amendments. Define the following amendments:

16th: Government can collect income tax

17th: Direct (a.k.a. popular) election of senators

18th: Prohibition of alcohol

19th: Women’s suffrage (voting rights)

6 Explain what Theodore Roosevelt believed about the role of the President:The president should be an active referee between business and the people.

7 What was the NAACP?Organization for African-American political rights co-founded by W.E.B. Du Bois. (Stands for National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)

8 The Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson established:The doctrine of ‘Separate but Equal’. Legally separated the races.

9 Explain Theodore Roosevelt’s beliefs about good trust and bad trusts.Bad trusts do not serve the interests of the people and should be broken up. Good trusts serve the interests of the people and should be left alone.

10 What was the Meat Inspection Act?Required federal inspection and grading of meat. It was passed due to public outrage from Upton

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Sinclair’s book The Jungle.

What was the Pure Food and Drug Act?Prohibited dangerous ingredients and false marketing claims for foods and drugs.

11 What was the poll tax?A measure to prevent African-Americans from voting (by requiring a high fee and the ability to pass a very difficult “literacy” test).

What was the grandfather clause?It said the poll tax rule did not apply if you or your parents/grandparents had ever voted. Essentially a loophole to make sure whites weren’t subject to the poll tax.

12 What was the other name for the Bull Moose Party and who was its candidate?The Progressive Party. Theodore Roosevelt. (Election of 1912)

13 What state was called a "laboratory of Progressivism,"?Wisconsin

14 What is William Howard Taft most known for?Breaking up twice as many trusts as Theodore Roosevelt and being the only ex-President to serve on the Supreme Court.