insisted that blacks should seek a liberal arts education so that the African American community would have well-educated leaders

writer who exposes wrongdoing

the right to vote; a major goal of women reformers

money one had to pay in order to vote

winner of the 1912 Presidential election

procedure by which citizens can propose a law

National banking system begun in 1913

President Theodore Roosevelt's program of progressive reforms designed to protect the common people against big business

Organization founded in 1909 to promote full racial equality

Book that exposed the meatpacking industry's flaws

President Wilson's effort to make existing anti-trust laws even stricter