Progressive Era Review

How did political bosses get more people to vote for them?

• Adding womens vote

• Making people pay the poll tax

• improving cities infastructure by creating better city codes

• Provididng assistance for former slaves

Who created Settlement Houses to help immigrants?

• Jane Addams

• Jacob Riis

• Upton Sinclair

• Abigail Adams

What did W.E.B. DuBois do to help race relations in the US?

• He led the March on Washington to raise awareness on race issues

• He helped create the NAACP to work to gain equality for all African Americans

• Helped push Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1968

• He pushed African Americans to get better education and job training so that they would be equal

What change in the food industry occured to do the book The Jungle by Upton Sinclair?

• The government took control over the food industry and rationed food to the public

• Tarrifs were passed to regulate the food business

• Fines were given out to any company found in violation of pre exsiting rules on food regulation

• Government regulations requiring the inspection of food products were implemented

Who pushed for Prohibition (making alcohol illegal)?

• Women

• Men

• Children

• Government

What was one cause for the rise in political machines?

• Rise of immigrants and urbanization made it immpossible for cities to keep up with growing demands of the people

• The government ran out of money and had to take money as bribes

• The economy was too tightly regulated to allow urban growth.

• the redistrubition of tax money

What do initiative, referendum, and recall all have in common?

• More sources of revenue for the government

• They give the people a more direct voice in government

• They expanded the federal governments power

• They gave government officials a way to pass Prohibition

What was a goal of state level political reforms during the Progressive Era

• prevent politcal parties from forming in local elections

• increase the influence of business on government

• Promote direct democracy by giving the people more of a voice

• Creating more tarrifs on foriegn goods

Progressives disagreed with Social Darwinism because they didn't agree with the Social Darwinist idea

• poor people could not get out of poverty and become rich

• That Nativist held the true power

• Immigration would ruin the economy

• Poverty could be eradicated by economy

Who helped uncover the truth about the food industry that led to the government passing the Food and Drug Act

• Muckrakers

• Nativists

• Poltical Bosses

• Clergy Members