Adopted in 1919, this amendment made the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages an illegal act.

1. Adopted in 1919, this amendment made the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages an illegal act. 18th Amendment

2. The constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to vote regardless of sex; this right cannot be denied by any state or federal government. 19th Amendment

3. Founder of Hull House, in Chicago, a social settlement house for immigrants. She also supported women’s right to vote and won a Nobel Prize Peace Prize in 1931. Jane Addams

4. Late 19th-century movement which supported hiring of government employees based on merit rather than on political patronage. Civil service reform

5. The preservation of natural resources. Conservation

6. Book by Upton Sinclair which exposed the abuses of the meat packing industry. The Jungle

7. Governor of Wisconsin who was a progressive reformer. During his administration, the state of Wisconsin passed laws to regulate railroads, lobbying and banking. Robert LaFollette

8. A law passed in 1906, after Congress’ reaction to Upton Sinclair’s vivid description of the meat packing industry in Chicago with his novel, The Jungle. The act authorized the Secretary of Agriculture to inspect all meat products shipped in interstate commerce. Meat Inspection Act

9. Journalists who tried to improve society through their investigative reporting and photography by exposing health conditions that were hazardous in workplaces, corruption in government, and social problems of overcrowding in urban centers. muckrakers

10. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; an organization whose goal is to gain equal rights for African Americans. NAACP

11. A political cartoonist who satirical caricatures of the Tammany Hall political machine that controlled New York City in the 1800’s helped to bring about the downfall of William (Boss) Tweed, its corrupt leader. Thomas Nast

12. Head of the US Forest Service during the Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt, he exemplified TR’s direction in conservation by supporting scientific management of the forests and the environment, a balance between protecting the land and using it wisely. Gifford Pinchot

13. Reform effort, generally centered in urban areas and begun in the early 1900’s, whose aims included returning control of the government to the people, restoring economic opportunities, and correcting injustices in American life. Progressive movement

14. A term meaning to not allow; used in relationship to the prevention of the manufacture or sale of alcoholic beverages in the United States after the passage of the 18th Amendment in 1919. Prohibition

15. Approved in 1906, it was an act forbidding the manufacture and sale of dishonestly labeled products. Pure Food and Drug Act

16. An immigrant who became a muckraker photographer and journalist exposing the poor conditions found in slums and tenements. He wrote How the Other Half Lives, and was committed to eliminating slums in New York City. Jacob Riis

17. Building in a poor and/or ethnic neighborhood offering social services and educational and recreational activities. An example is Hull House in Chicago, established in 1889 by Jane Addams. Settlement House

18. Approved in 1890, this act prohibited monopolies by declaring illegal combinations of business that were “in restraint of trade or commerce.” Sherman Antitrust Act

19. As a muckraker and progressive he wrote The Jungle, exposing the unsanitary conditions in the Chicago meat packing industry around 1906. His book led to the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act. Upton Sinclair

20. Individuals who protest the human condition or the rights of individuals in society. A primary example would be the work of Jane Addams. Social activists

21. A muckraker who wrote the History of the Standard Oil Company (1903), which exposed the ruthless practices of Standard Oil. Ida Tarbell