Chapter 8 history
What social problem did Upton Sinclair's novel 'The Jungle' describe?
The despair of immigrants working in Chicago stockyards & revealed the unsanitary conditions in the industry.
Why did the United States banking system need to be reformed in the early 1900s
The nation had central authority to supervise banks
What describes the Urban League
A network of churches and clubs that set up employment agencies & relief efforts to help African Americans get settled & find work in the cities
W.E.B. Dun Bois was an outspoken critic of
African Americans immediately receiving all the rights of the constitution
W.E.B. Du Bois
An African American leader who urged African Americans to demand immediate recognition of their rights
Under President William Howard Taft, the federal government
Brought lawsuits against many
Many Progressives who followed the Walter Rauschenbusch's Social Gospel program believed that
Christianity should be the basis of social reform
Settlement house
Community center organised at the turn of the 20th century to provide social studies to the urban poor
Progressive women reformers worked to
Expand the roles of women, while limiting work hours
Which legislation gave the government the authority to set and limit shipping costs
The Hepburn Act
The 1903 Muller vs Oregon decision upheld
Women's work hours to a limit of 10 hours a day
Muckrakers
Writers who uncover & expose misconduct in politics or business
Naturalists novels did what?
Put a human face on social problems & honestly portrayed human misery & the struggles of common people
The 1913 California law forced Japanese Americans to
Put their land in their children's name
Square Deal
President Theodore Roosevelts program of reforms to keep the wealthy & powerful from taking advantage of small business owners & the poor
Woodrow Wilson
President who attacked the "triple wall privilege"
Industrial workers often labored
Long hours, poor ventilation, hazardous fumes, and unsafe machinery-- very rough & unsafe work conditions
The National Reclamation Act directly affected the management of which natural resource?
Water
