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  • What was the Chinese Exclusion Act?
    It was a law that banned Chinese laborers from entering the United States
  • What was Ida B. Wells famous for?
    She was a journalist who fought against lynching
  • Which constitutional amendment finally granted women the right to vote?
    The 19th Amendment
  • What were the four main goals of the Progressive Movement?
    Protect social welfare, promote moral improvement, create economic reform, and foster efficiency
  • What was the "Wisconsin Idea"?
    It was using university experts to help write better state laws
  • Before the 1900s, what happened to a married woman's wages under the law?
    Her wages legally belonged to her husband
  • Who were the "muckrakers" and what did they do?
    They were journalists who exposed corruption in business and government
  • What methods did Southern states use to prevent African Americans from voting?
    They used literacy tests, poll taxes, and the grandfather clause
  • What is the difference between de jure and de facto segregation?
    De jure is segregation by law. De facto is segregation by custom and practice
  • Name one group that worked to "protect social welfare" during the Progressive Era
    The YMCA or the Salvation Army
  • What was the main goal of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)?
    To ban alcoholic beverages (prohibition)
  • What were "birds of passage"?
    Immigrants who planned to work in the U.S. temporarily to earn money and then return home
  • What was the Gentlemen's Agreement?
    A deal where Japan limited emigration to the U.S., and in return, San Francisco stopped segregating Japanese schoolchildren
  • What were Jim Crow laws?
    They were laws that enforced racial segregation in the South
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