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| invented the flash and took pictures of NYC slums; "How the Other Half Lives" |
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| reform movement in the late 1800s that addressed many of the social problems |
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| reported on the Standard Oil Company (Rockefeller) about how cruel Rockefeller was for crushing other oil businesses |
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| exposed corrupt city governments |
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| progressive governor of Wisconsin pushed reforms that became known as the Wisconsin Idea; state commissions (railroads + utilities) and others |
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| gave voters right to elect Senators |
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| allows voters to put a proposed law on the ballot for public approval |
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| allows citizens to place a recently passed law on the ballot, allowing votes to approve or reject |
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| enables citizens to remove an elected official from office by calling for a special election |
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| movement to ban making, selling, and distributing alcoholic beverages |
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| Woman's Christian Temperance Union |
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| helped to lead organized crusade for Prohibition |
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| head of WCTU from 1879 to 1898; made WTCU powerful force for temperance and rights of women |
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| Crazy Carry; took a hatchet and destroyed barrels of alcohol in saloons in Kansas |
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| prohibited manufacturing, sales, and distribution of alcohol |
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| National Association of Colored Women |
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| founded in 1896, one of the largest organizations of African American women that campaigned against poverty, segregation, and lynchings; fought against Jim Crow laws |
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| for National Women Suffrage Association that campaigned for a constitutional amendment to give women the right to vote |
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| National American Woman Suffrage Association |
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| organization formed from National Woman Suffrage Association and American Woman Suffrage Association |
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| began president in 1901, when President William McKinley was assassinated |
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| powerful platform to publicize important issues and seek support for policies |
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| the idea that everyone deserves a "square deal"; entitled to a certain amount and should receive no less |
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| passed in 1903; prohibited railroads from accepting rebates; all customers paid the same rates for shipping |
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| passed in 1906; gave power too Interstate Commerce Commission to set maximum railroad rates and regulate other companies engaged in interstate commerce |
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| wrote "The Jungle" about the meat packing industry in 1906 |
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| required federal inspection of meat shipped across state lines |
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| forbade the manufacture, sale, or transportation of food/medicine containing harmful ingredients and to have accurate ingredient labels |
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| naturalist who played a big role in preserving and protecting Yosemite |
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| passed in 1902; allowed federal government to create irrigation projects to make dry lands productive |
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| came up with the word conservation; believed scientific management of natural resources was crucial |
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| close adviser of Roosevelt; became president in 1909 |
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| granted Congress power to levy tazes based on an individual's income |
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| Roosevelt's VP candidate for the presidential election of 1912 (a very split ticket) |
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| Democratic candidate who won the presidential election of 1912 |
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| Wilson's reform platform; tariff reduction, banking reform, and strong antitrust legislation |
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| passed in 1913; created central fund from which banks could borrow to prevent collapse during financial panic |
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| passed in 1914; clarified and extended the Sherman Antitrust Act; prohibited companies from buying the stock of competing companies in order to form a monopoly; made strikes, boycotts, and peaceful picketing legal |
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| with the help of Lucy Burns, formed the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage; renamed National Woman's Party; dramatic actions of the NWP brought new attention to suffrage cause |
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| gave women the right to vote in 1919 |
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| 12 members of African American 25th Infantry falsely accused of a shooting spree in Brownsville, Texas; 167 African American soldiers cancelled pay and pensions |
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