u.s. History unit 4

Bought Alaska from the Russians.

Wrote the poem that graces the base of Liberty.

Fire here killed 146 people in 1911.

Wrote the Jungle which described unclean conditions in factories that processed means.

Helped to found the NAACP

Set aside nearly 200 mil acres of land aside for conservation of the president.

Muckraker who found corruption in city government.

Founded the Hull house, which provided services for poor people of the neighborhood.

Where most European immigrants checked into the states.

T/F: Most poor immigrants lived in places called tenements.

T/F: The goal of the WCTU was to make literacy tests for immigrants mandatory.

T/F: The first wave of immigrants was from Western Europe.

T/F: Plessy v. Ferguson was a landmark case that resulted in desegragation.

T/F: Wisconsin was the first state to require a direct primary for an election.

T/F: Theodore Roosevelt was the first president to set aside land for conservation.

T/F: Controlling elections by giving gifts and favors was one kind of government corruption in cities.

T/F: Lincoln Steffens was a scalawag.

T/F: The Panama Canal opened in 1898.

Sale and transport of alcohol within the U.S. is illegal ratified in 1919.

Reformed the U.S. banking system.

The policy of staying out of the affairs of other countries.

This allows any nation to trade.

Governmental commission charged with making and enforcing regulations.

A large open area beneath a ships deck.

An unhealthy workplace where people are overworked.

A person who believes in social progress through reforms.