Progressive Era

An early 20th century reform movement seeking to return control of the government to the people, restore economic opportunities, and correct injustices in American life is called…

• Imperialism

• Progressivism

• Industrialization

• Reconstruction

People that wrote about the corrupt side of business and public life in newspapers and magazines were called…

• Inside Reporters

• Suffragists

• Muckrakers

• Yellow Journalists

This amendment to the Constitution gave women the right to vote…

• 16th

• 17th

• 18th

• 19th

Progressive reformers sought government regulation of business in order to….

• Control economic cycles of inflation and recession

• Provide money for public services such as schools and libraries

• Prevent companies from moving factories overseas

• Restore competition by breaking up monopolies and trusts

The 1890 Census indicated that there was no longer a frontier line in the West. Early in the 20th century, President Roosevelt pushed for the conservation of the nation’s natural resources. This signaled a change in how people perceived:

• Farmland

• Urban Areas

• Industry Centers

• Wilderness

What happened at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory on March 25, 1911 that signaled a need for safety regulations in factories?

• Workers got sick from a by product being produced there

• The building collapsed because of poorly constructed steel beams

• A fire started on an upper floor of the building killing 146 people

• A worker fell into a machine and suffered fatal injuries

The 17th Amendment allowed people to directly elect their:

• Senators

• Representatives

• President

• Governors

These were leaders in the Women’s Suffrage movement

• Susan B. Anthony / Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• Betsy Ross / Abigail Adams

• Booker T. Washington / W.E.B Dubois

• Florence Kelly / Jane Addams

Term used to describe how Theodore Roosevelt used the presidency to influence the news media and shape legislation (laws)

• Reformer

• Initiative

• Bully Pulpit

• Referendum

In The Jungle, Upton Sinclair exposed:

• Dangers faced by coal miners

• Corrupt business practices of the Standard Oil Company

• Unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry

• Illegal deals between special interest and the government