The Progressive Movement - SS.912.A.3.8, 3.12

The Progressive Movement

SS.912.A.3.8 - Examine the importance of social change and reform in the late 19^th and early 20^th centuries. 

SS.912.A.3.12 - Compare how different nongovernmental organizations and progressives worked to shape public policy, restore economic opportunities, and correct injustices in American life.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was NOT a problem during the Gilded Age?

• Government corruption

• Dangerous living and working conditions

• Violent anti-war protests

• Powerful and corrupt monopolies

Multiple Choice

The Social Gospel Movement strove to

• force the government to help the poor

• improve society using biblical ideals of charity and justice

• force immigrants to convert to Christianity

• promote bible readings at public events

Multiple Choice

These were charitable locations in cities that provided services to the urban poor, especially immigrants adjust to their new lives in America.

• political machines

• tenements

• ghettos

• settlement houses

Multiple Select

How did reformers try to improve the lives of poor workers and children? Select all that apply.

• Creating settlement houses

• Setting up gyms and libraries

• Advocating for child labor laws and shorter work days

• Establishing soup kitchens and nurseries

Fill in the Blank

The ____________ Movement sought to ban alcohol consumption in the United States.

Multiple Choice

Which Amendment to the Constitution prohibited alcohol?

• 13th

• 15th

• 18th

• 19th

Fill in the Blank

_________ were journalists who investigated and exposed the problems caused by industrialization.

Multiple Choice

Who wrote "How the Other Half Lives," exposing conditions in the slums?

• Susan B. Anthony

• Boss Tweed

• Jacob Riis

• Jane Addams

Multiple Choice

In The Jungle, Upton Sinclair exposed

• Dangers faced by coal miners

• Corrupt business practices of the Standard Oil Company

• Unsanitary conditions in the meat-packing industry

• Illegal deals between special interests and the government

Multiple Choice

In The Jungle, Upton Sinclair exposed

• Dangers faced by coal miners

• Corrupt business practices of the Standard Oil Company

• Unsanitary conditions in the meat-packing industry

• Illegal deals between special interests and the government

Exit Ticket

Multiple Choice

During the early 1900's the term "muckrakers" was used to describe -

• people who demonstrated against the war

• writers who exposed the evils in American society

• newspaper columnists who reported on celebrities

• politicians who criticized Progressive Era Presidents

Multiple Choice

Books such as the The Octopus by Frank Norris, How the Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis, and The Jungle by Upton Sinclair exposed problems that resulted from-

• the naturalization of immigrants

• environmental conservation

• westward expansion

• rapid industrialization

Multiple Choice

What was the campaign to prohibit alcohol in an effort to prevent the problems it could often cause?

• Women Suffrage

• Temperance Movement

• Alcoholics Anonymous

• Fair Weather Fan

Multiple Choice

Which of the following muckrakers is correctly paired with his or her work?

• Upton Sinclair - "The Jungle"

• Jacob Riis - "The History of the Standard Oil Company"

• Ida Tarbell - "How the Other Half Lives"

Multiple Choice

Which of the following BEST defines the Progressive Movement?

• An concentrated effort by a few Americans to improve the country.

• A period of time when social, economic and political problems caused by rapid industrialization were exposed and in some cases reformed.

• An era when politicians and business owners worked together to improve the economy.

• A decade of isolation and laissez-faire economics that led to expanded prosperity.