CH 7: The Progressive Era

The Progressive Movement was characterized by

• politically active farmers who were united by a platform to abandon the gold standard for currency.
• constant civil disobedience on the part of activists determined to secure equality for African Americans.
• the belief that the United States should involve itself more actively in foreign affairs and become expansionist.
• efforts to better American society through reform, expanded democracy, science, and government regulation.

Which practice in the photo shows what Progressive leaders were trying to regulate?

• child labor
• indentured servitude
• union organization
• assembly lines

Which term best describes journalists who worked to expose abuses of corporate power, thereby gathering public support for regulation and reform, during the Progressive Era?

• muckrakers
• unionizers
• trustbusters
• suffragists

Which is one of the political reforms that Progressive leaders advocated?

• They wanted the voting age to be 18.
• They wanted to reduce the number of people who were eligible to vote.
• They only wanted wealthy people to become politicians.
• They wanted to end the political corruption that existed in many cities.

Which of the following was also a notable accomplishment of the Progressive Era?

• Truancy laws
• Civil rights
• The New Deal
• Election reform

What was the key component to the Progressive Era?

• Wealthy citizens demanded change and enacted change themselves
• The poor were expected to change their environments on their own
• Ordinary citizens demanded change from the federal government

Who/what were muckrakers?

• replacements workers during strikes
• investigative journalists who exposed societal problems
• farmers who demanded lower railroad prices

Which amendment guaranteed women the right to vote?

• 19th 
• 20th
• 18th

 What was a Muckraker?

• A politician who was corrupt.
• A factory owner who employed child labor.
• An investigative journalist who exposed corruption in society.
• An immigrant who lived in a tenement building.

Was child labor legal?

• Yes
• No