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Believed equality could be achieved through vocational education
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Booker T. Washington
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What were some of the negative effects of industrialization?
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Child Labor. Long hours. Low Wages. Unsafe working conditions. Overcrowded immigrant neighborhoods.
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What 2 immigrant groups were specifically discriminated against?
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Chinese and Irish
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What challenges did urban areas face in teh late 1800's and early 1900's?
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Tenements, ghettos and political corruption.
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Why were Jim Crow laws passed?
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To discriminate against African Americans.
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Who worked for womens's suffrage?
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Susan B. Anthony
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This was composed of groups opposed to the making and consuming of alcohol.
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Temperance Movement
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What was the Progessive Movement?
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A period of time in the late 1800's where many Americans called for reform.
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What did Progresive reforms focus on?
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Urban problems. Government Problems. Big business problems.
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What was the name given to journalists who brought to life the dit and corruption underlying society?
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Muckrakers
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What was Plessy v. Ferguson?
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1896 Supreme Court case concerning a Louisiana law that required separate sections on trains for African Americans
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Who established the Hull House a settlement house in Chicago?
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Jane Addams
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Which Amendment, also known as the Prohibition Amendment, made it illegal to make, transport, or sell alcohol in the United States?
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The 18th Amendment.
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Through his political cartoons, he exposed the political corruption of Boss Tweed.
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Thomas Nast
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What interracial group was formed in 1909 and has remain a the forefront of efforts to gain legal and economic equality for African Americans?
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NAACP
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Who fought for full political, civil, and social rights for African Americans?
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W.E.B. DuBois
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Which Amendment, ratified in 1920, allowed women suffrage?
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the 19th Amendment
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What is suffrage?
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The right to vote.
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Name some of the problems faced by African Americans during the Progressive Era.
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Segregation, discrimination, literacy tests, poll taxes
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Who was a colorful crusader for temperance?
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Carry Nation
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What does temperance mean?
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The use of little or no alcohol.
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Who introduce the "Wisconsin Idea" a direct primary election allowing the states voters to choose their party's candidates
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Robert LaFollette
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Who exposed teh unfair practices of the oil industry in her book the History of Standard Oil?
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Ida Tarbell
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Progressives are also known as
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Reformers
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Who was considered a trustbuster and and environmentalist?
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President Teddy Roosevelt
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Which amendment, ratified in 1913, gave Congress the power to tax people's incomes to generate revenue for the federal government?
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The 16th Amendment.
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Name the famous book written by Upton Sinclair that describes the horrors of the meat-packing industry in Chicago
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The Jungle
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What did Upton Sinclair's book persuade Congress to pass in 1906?
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The Meat Inspeciton Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act
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Which amendment provided for the direct election of senators?
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The 17th Amendment
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