The Progressive Era - Political Reforms 2019-2020

_____________________ is the thought that the government should regulate, not control, corrupt businesses.

• Socialism

• Progressive

• Reformism

• Civil Service

Theodore Roosevelt passed the _______ to protect the right of consumers. 

• Pork Inspection Act
• Beef Inspection Act
• Meat Inspection Act
• Food Inspection Act

Which of the following is an initiative?

• People have the right to remove a politician from office
• People have the right to choose who will run for President
• People have the right to propose a new law
• People have the right to veto or accept a law passed by the government

This person helped to found the NAACP

• Ida B Wells
• Booker T Washington
• W E B DuBois
• Martin Luther King Jr.

17th Amendment-

• Banned sale, distribution and manufacture of alcohol
• required direct election of US Senators
• established the Income Tax
• Gave women suffrage rights

Suffrage refers to:

• Discrimination
• Women’s Rights
• The Right To Vote
• The Denial of Voting

Which idea of Theodore Roosevelt’s led to the creation of National Parks?

• Meat Inspection Act
• Preservation
• Conservation
• Intimidation

Which of the following is a Recall?

• People have the right to choose who will run for President
• People have the right to remove an elected official from office
• People have the right to propose a new law
• People have the right to vote on any law passed by their government for approval/veto

The 17th Amendment gave people the right to vote for their ______ directly.

• President
• Vice President
• Senators
• House Representatives

Key Reforms of the Progressive Era
·  Initiative
·  Referendum
·  Recall
·  Direct Primary
·  17^th Amendment

 How did the reforms listed above impact America?

• 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