Chapter 8

Roosevelt's program for fair government

What happened after the 1908 Springfield riot?

Election in which citizens vote to select nominees for upcoming elections.

What did the Urban League do?

What kind of powerful corporations did Roosevelt support?

Yellowstone National Park was built due to the efforts of who?

Created the federal Reserve Board to overseee banks and manage reserve funds.

Goal of Americanization?

Forests being preserved for public use was known as what?

How did NWP and NAWSA differ?

What did Jewish Americans form?

People who reported hazardous conditions in factories and cities.

Gave the power to remove public servants from office before their terms ended.

Strengthened Sherman Antitrust Act

Banned the making, selling and transportating of alcoholic beverages in the United States.

Gave people the power to put laws directly on the ballot by collecting signatures

Lower tariffs on imported goods and established and income tax.

Gave women the right to vote in all electons

Industrial workers often labored

The right to vote is known as

Corrupt organizations that Progressive reformers targeted

How did Wilson try to protect workers?

Event that put Workers Comp. Laws in place

Who criticized Booker T. Washington

Federal govt brought lawsuits against corporations during what administration?

Provided federal irrigation projects by using money from the sale of public lands

The book that described conditions in Chicago's stockyard

Allowed federal inspection of food and medicine and banned shipment of impure food and mislabeling of drugs

Allows citizens to approve of reject laws passed by legislature

Imposed fines on railroads that gave special rates to favored shippers

Campaign to promote the practice of never drinking alcohol

Gave congress the power to collect taxes on people's income

Authorized the federal government to regulate railroad rates and set max prices.

Allowed federal govt to inspect meat and meat processing plants

A community center that provided social services to the urban poor.

Instituted the direct election of senators by people in each state.

Ida B. Wells founded which association?

Woodrow Wilson's party

Established to monitor business practices, false advertising, and dishonest labeling

Outlawed monopolies and practices that restrained trade, such as price fixing