AMH1 (AB Tech), Ch. 20: The Progressive Era

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Take a second to research: what is nativism?

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Why does nativism occur?

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1 minute impression of Emma Lazarus' 'The New Colossus

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Connect an understanding of The New Colossus with the modern United States. Does this poem reflect the reality of the immigrant experience in the United States?

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Which of these problems seems the most significant and why?

Multiple Select

How did reformers publicize the plight of the nation's poor?

• Books

• Political machines

• Mass circulation magazines

• Billboards

Multiple Choice

What name did Teddy Roosevelt bestow on such reformers?

• Reporters

• Correspondents

• "Firecracker" Journalists

• Muckrakers

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In brief, explain the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory debacle. What kind of impact would this go on to have and how?

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Explain the history behind the Temperance movement pushing into the Prohibition era.

Multiple Select

Who opened Hull House in Chicago?

• Jane Addams

• Susan B. Anthony

• Jane Goodall

• Ellen Gates Starr

Multiple Choice

What state first gave women the right to vote?

• California

• New York City

• Georgia

• Wyoming

Multiple Choice

In what year were women granted the right to vote?

• 1917

• 1981

• 1891

• 1918

Multiple Select

Which of the following had to do with trsutbusting?

• Interstate Commerce Act

• Sherman Anti-Trust Act

• Clayton Anti-Trust Act

• Super Trustbusting Anti-Trust Act

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In brief, explain the phenomenon of "trustbusting." What was Roosevelt's role in trustbusting?

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Explain the difference between conservation and preservation

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Take a second to research Booker T. Washington OR W.E.B. DuBois and explain who they were/their impacts in brief