Progressive Era - US History

Progressive Era - US History (1890s-1920)

By Caleb Pahl

Open Ended

How would you define the word: "Progressive"

Multiple Choice

Who were the Progressives?

• Farmers who were advocating for political reforms

• Urban Middle class managers and professionals

• Only the super wealthy were part of the Progressives

• Poor workers and immigrants who worked in factories

Multiple Choice

TRUE or FALSE: The Progressives sought to use the government to help make positive changes in society

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

What is a "muckraker"?

• A journalist who only wrote stories that were supportive of big business

• A journalist who exposed social problems and the abuses of big businesses and corporations

• A worker who had a dirty job

• An immigrant who was homeless

Multiple Choice

What did the 17th amendment accomplish?

• Alcohol was banned in the US

• Women were given the right to vote

• Americans were forced to pay income tax

• Senators were elected directly by voters

Multiple Choice

What is it called when voters can overrule a law?

• Initiative

• Direct Primaries

• Referendum

• Recall

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT an example of a workplace reform that Progressives tried to get

• Child labor laws

• Minimum wage laws

• 8 hour work day

• To put an end to all labor unions

Multiple Choice

What was the goal of the temperance movement?

• To ban the production and consumption of alcohol

• To stop child labor

• To allow for more participation in government

• To give women the right to vote

Multiple Choice

Who was a famous Socialist from this period?

• Eugene Debs

• Woodrow Wilson

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Franklin D Roosevelt

Multiple Choice

Why was Theodore Roosevelt called the "accidental President"?

• Because he became the president when McKinley was assassinated

• He had no political ambitions

• He was a person who did not want political power

• He was a military man who wanted the US to increase the power of its Navy

• Controlling Corporations

• ​Consumer Protection

• Conservation​

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3 C's of Roosevelt's Square Deal

Roosevelt attacked trusts that he saw as "bad trusts" like the Northern Securities Company and the Standard Oil Company

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Controlling Corportations

Multiple Choice

What is an example of a trust that Roosevelt tried to dismantle?

• US Steel

• The Standard Oil Company

• Marshall Fields

• Macys

Multiple Choice

What book was influential in helping Roosevelt pass the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906?

• The Jungle Book

• The Jungle

• Around the World in 80 Days

• Heidi

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was NOT part of Roosevelt's Square Deal?

• Controlling Corporations

• Not interfering in the affairs other nations

• Consumer Protection

• Conservation of Natural Resources

Multiple Choice

What was the name of the political party started by Theodore Roosevelt as he ran for president in 1912?

• The Socialist party

• The American Party

• The Progressive Party

• The Democratic Republicans

Multiple Choice

What did Wilson do to try to fight trusts and big businesses?

• Passed Sherman Antitrust Act

• Passed Clayton Anti Trust Act

• Nothing

• Passed Clayton Bulware treaty