Immigrants and Urban Life and The Progressive Spirit of Reform

An organization that called for economic and educational equality for African Americans

Wisconsin's Republican governor. One of the leaders of the effort to reform state government.

Owning all businesses in a certain field.

Aid organizations that offered immigrants help in cases of sickness and death.

Put in Place.

The city and county politics in the late 1800s were influenced by what organizations?

He won the Presidency after Taft & Roosevelt divided the Republican votes in 1912.

A reason for doing something.

Allowed Americans to vote directly for U.S. senators.

This banned the production, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages throughout the U.S.

Elevated trains are examples of public transportation designed for many passengers.

Which of the following was a major factor in Chicago's rapid growth?

Wrote about unequal educational opportunities available to African American children.

The "old immigrants" who arrived in American during the 1800s were from

Took office after President McKinley died.

How frequently did immigration official at Ellis Island reject new arrivals?

Business that sell portions of ownership called stock shares.

This law prohibited manufacture, sale, and transport of mislabeled or contaminated food & drug.

What act was pass when Lawrence Veiller's exhibited photographs and maps.

Theodore Roosevelt's secretary of war.

Which of these reforms allowed voters to overrule a law that government had proposed or passed?

Allowed voters to approve or reject a law that had already been passed by a government body.

In the late 1800s a group of reformers worked to improve society.

Ownership of Businesses involved ineach step of a manufacturing process.

Granted American women the right to vote.

He studied and publicized cases of racial prejudice.

A factory fire where 146 workers died because the owners had locked the exit doors.

<p>Inventor of the ight bulb.</p>

Residential neighborhood outside of downtown area.

Leisure and cultural activity shared by many people.

A period of rapid growth.

Inventor of the telephone.

The exclusive right to make and sell an invention

A way to make steel quickly and cheaply.

The majority of immigrants were from southern and eastern Europe.

Which industry was most closely associated with the term "sweatshops

A union founded in 1905 by socialists & union leaders that included workers not welcome in AFL.

Leader of the Industrial Workers of the World.

A system in which the government owns and operates a country's means of production.

Americans who believed that the U. S. should not allow so many immigrants into the country.

What was the main change brought by steel industry to American architecture of the late 1800s?

Two brothers who built a lightweight airplane.

Allowed voters to propose a new law by collecting signatures on a petition.

To get something.

This allows the federal government to impost direct taxes on citizens' incomes.

What did city governments do to try improve city sanitation in the late 1800s?

Which of the following best describes Hull House?

Journalists who wrote about problems in society during the Progressive age.

Used to remove an official before the end of his term.

The protection of nature and its resources.

What was the main cause of pollution in Pittsburgh in the late 1800s?

Founded what would become the National Woman's Party.

Who encouraged African Americans to improve their economic and educational opportunities?

Laws that guarantee that a portion of lost wages are paid to workers injured on the job.

Founded in 1890 to promote the cause of women's suffrage.

Because the transition into American culture was often difficult, many immigrant families

An area below the ship's deck where steering mechanism were located.

An economic system in which private businesses run most industries.