3. Jacob Riis
Wrote: How the Other Half
Lives - published in 1890
Described the poverty, disease,
and crime that afflicted many
immigrant neighborhoods in
New York City
4. Robert La Follette
Republican Governor
Used his office to attack the way
political parties ran their
conventions
Pressured the state legislature to
require each party to hold a direct
primary
5. Alice Paul
Quaker social worker who headed
NAWSA’s congressional committee
Had organized the Washington march
A graduate of Swarthmore College and also
received a Ph.D. from the University of
Pennsylvania
Jailed three times for demonstrating for
woman suffrage
Formed the National Woman’s Party
7. Square Deal
Roosevelt firmly believed
that government should
actively balance the needs
of competing groups in
American society
8. Northern Securities
A giant new holding company
called Northern Securities was
created as a result of a fight for
control of the Burlington
Railroad on the New York Stock
Exchange
9. United Mine Workers
Had called a strike of the miners who
dug anthracite, or hard coal
Nearly 150,000 workers walked out of
eastern Pennsylvania’s anthracite mines
demanding:
a pay increase
a reduction in work hours
and recognition for their union
10. Hepburn Act
This act was intended to strengthen the
Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC)
An early effort to regulate the railroad
industry
The ICC had been ineffective because it
lacked sufficient authority
11. Upton Sinclair
Published The Jungle in 1906
Based on Sinclair’s close observations
of the slaughterhouses of Chicago, the
powerful book featured appalling
descriptions of conditions in the
meatpacking industry
13. Joseph G. Cannon
Speaker of the House
Appointed all committees and decided
which bills they handled
By exercising almost total control over
debate, Cannon could push some bills
through without discussion and see
that others never came to a vote
15. Richard Ballinger
A conservative corporate lawyer
Suspicion of Ballinger grew when he
tried to make nearly a million acres of
public forests and mineral reserves
available for private development
16. Part 4
Progressive Party
New Nationalism
New Freedom
Federal Trade Commission
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
20. Federal Trade Commission
Made in the summer of 1914
Made to monitor American
business
Had the power to investigate
companies and issue “cease
and desist” orders against
companies engaging in unfair
trade practices
21. National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
Made in 1909
Du Bois and other NAACP founders
believed that the vote was essential to
bring about an end to lynching and
racial discrimination
