Progressive Era Review

The Progressive movement was mainly a response to the:

• Industrialization and urbanization of the United States.

• Rebuilding the South after the Civil War.

• Need to improve racial inequality in the United States.

• Build industry in the South after the Civil War.

Why did the arrival of industry spur rapid urbanization in America?

• City residents wanted to move to rural areas.

• Advertising depicted industrial jobs as easy.

• Industrial jobs brought rural residents to cities.

• Rural life was more labor intensive.

Who did corrupt politicians often favor in the early 19th century?

• Immgrants

• Average citizen

• Rural citizens

• Big business

Journalists that exposed America's social, political and environmental problems were known as:

• Party bosses

• Political machines

• Muckrakers

• Immigrants

Corrupt government officials were often called:

• Party bosses

• Immigrants

• Muckrakers

• Extractors

Which term describes an organization that strived to get the to get the money and influence that came with possessing political power?

• Muckraker

• Progressive

• Conservative

• Political machine

Who exposed the unsanitary conditions in meat packing plants in "The Jungle?"

• Upton Sinclair

• Ida Tarbell

• Jacob Riis

• Lincoln Steffans

Why did many children in the 1900s not attend school?

• Schools were too expensive.

• Teachers were abusive.

• Children often had to work.

• There were no schools in the U.S.

Who created the first settlement house, known as Hull House, to help the poor and immigrants with basic health and educational needs?

• Jane Addams

• Upton Sinclair

• Ida Tarbell

• Susan B. Anthony

Which organization was founded by W.E.B. Dubois to try to gain equal rights for African Americans?

• IWW

• NAWSA

• AFL

• NAACP