The Progressive Movement

A "muckraker" is

• A journalist who exposed living conditions in the tenements and factories
• Someone who took bribes 
• someone who fought for women's rights
• a gardener

Founder of "Hull House"

• Susan B. Anthony
• Boss Tweed
• Jacob Riis
• Jane Addams

What Progressive reform allows a voter to remove an elected official from office?

• Referendum

• Recall

• initiative

• Homestead Act

The Progressives fought for political reforms. One example of political reforms passed by the progressives was the 17^th Amendment. What did this U.S. amendment state?

• women were granted suffrage rights

• blacks were granted suffrage rights

• Senators were elected by the people by popular vote

• House of Representatives were elected by popular vote

Who exposed bad business practices in the OIL industry?

• Jacob Riis

• Ida Tarbell

• Susan B., Anthony

• Upton Sinclair

A goal of the Progressive movement from 1890 to 1920 was to

• promote free enterprise and capitalism.

• address the problems caused by industrialization.

• promote settlement of land west of the Mississippi River.

• encourage immigration from southern and eastern Europe.

In 1906, the publication of Upton Sinclair's book The Jungle led Congress to

• support the national conservation movement.
• create the Meat Inspection Act.
• pass stronger prohibition laws.
• legalize strikes and boycotts by labor unions.

These reforms made the government directly accountable to the citizens.

• Referendum, recall, initiative, and 17th amendment

• 19th and 22nd Amendments

• Pendleton Act & Homestead Act

• 16th and 18th Amendments

What right do citizens exercise when they use the initiative?

• the right to nominate candidates for an election
• the right to vote
•  the right to introduce legislation
• the right to remove elected officials

Which of these was not in the urban middle class?

• doctors

• lawyers

• miners

• store owners