Progressive Era

Between 1848 and 1920, suffragists protested for women to have the right to vote.

Which amendment guaranteed women this right in the United States?

• 16th

• 17th

• 18th

• 19th

The Jungle exposed unsanitary and unsafe practices in the meatpacking industry.

Which muckraker is responsible for exposing the conditions?

• Jacob Riis

• Lewis Hines

• Ida Tarbell

• Upton Sinclair

Founder of the NAACP

Pushed for the "Talented Tenth"

Attended Harvard University

• Ida B Wells

• Booker T Washington

• W E B DuBois

• Martin Luther King Jr.

Key Reforms of the Progressive Era

· Initiative

· Referendum

· Recall

· Direct Primary

· 17^th Amendment

How did the reforms listed above impact the US?

• A system of separate schools for new immigrants

• They gave citizens a greater voice in the democratic process of government

• More sources of revenue and taxes in state governments.

• They successfully brought economic relief to the urban working class

Prohibition banned the making, selling, buying, or drinking of alcohol. Which amendment made this possible?

• 17th Amendment

• 18th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• 21st Amendment

Reporters, journalists, photographers, and authors who used the media to raise concerns about the negative effects of industrialization were known as

• muckrakers

• suffragists

• immigrants

• abolitionists

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A period of time when social, economic and political problems caused by rapid industrialization were exposed and in some cases reformed.

What is the most likely title for this?

• Industrialization

• Progressive Era

• Reconstruction

• Prohibition

Suffragists included

• Alice Paul

• Susan B Anthony

• Anne Dallas Dudley

• All of the above

The purpose of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act was to

• break up monopolies

• give equal rights to women

• help people living in poverty

• end racism

The idea that the government will tax at different rates based on how much money you make.

• Tax Invasion

• Salary Tax

• Sales Tax

• Graduated Income Tax