APUSH Chapter 22
Jacob Riis
"How the Other Half Lives", muckraker, photojournalist
Niagara Movement
(1905) W.E.B. Du Bois and other young activists, who did not believe in accommodation, came together at Niagara Falls in 1905 to demand full black equality. Demanded that African Americans get right to vote in states where it had been taken away, segregation be abolished, and many discriminatory barriers be removed. Declared commitment for freedom of speech, brotherhood of all peoples, and respect for workingman
Bull Moose Party
A name given to the Progressive Party, formed to support Theodore Roosevelt's candidacy for the presidency in 1912.
Booker T Washington
Believed in self-help and slow integration. Opposite views of W.E.B DuBois.
The Jungle
By Upton Sinclair, the American people got a glimpse of what the Chicago meat packing industry was like. Led Roosevelt to pass the Pure Drug and Food Act.
New Freedom
Democrat Woodrow Wilson's political slogan in the presidential campaign of 1912; Wilson wanted to improve the banking system, lower tariffs, and, by breaking up monopolies, give small businesses freedom to compete.
Robert LaFolette
Governor of Wisconsin. "Wisconsin Idea". Most progressive governor.
Muckrakers
Journalist that criticized the government and big business. Called out politicians on corruption
Ida Tarbell
Muckraker, criticized the Standard Oil Company
Lincoln Stefens
Muckraker, took down Boss Tweed's political machine
NAWSA
National American Woman Suffrage Association; founded in 1890 to help women win the right to vote
NAACP
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Clayton Antitrust Law
Prohibited monopolies and practices that lessened competition. Also allowed labor unions to strike. Strengthened Sherman Antitrust Act
Pragmantism
Psychology; people shape their environment and the environment shapes people
New Nationalism
Roosevelt's domestic platform during the 1912 election accepting the power of trusts and proposing a more powerful government to regulate them
Hepburn Act
Strengthened the Interstate Commerce Act Commission. Regulated the railroad industry
T.R.'s "Square Deal"
The Square Deal was President Theodore Roosevelt's domestic program formed upon three basic ideas: conservation of natural resources, control of corporations, and consumer protection. These three demands are often referred to as the "three C's" of Roosevelt's Square Deal.
Sixteenth Amendment
The constitutional amendment adopted in 1913 that explicitly permitted Congress to levy an income tax.
Seventeenth Amendment
The people elect two senators per state to represent them, instead of the senators being elected by a committee.
Federal Reserve Act
a 1913 law that set up a system of federal banks and gave government the power to control the money supply
Nineteenth Amendment
granted women the right to vote in 1920