Progressive Era Review

The event that drew the public's attention to the need for more workplace safety reforms was...

• Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

• Haymarket Riot

• Passage of the 17th Amendment

• Trust-Busting

Reform minded journalists who exposed the problems in society

• Socialists

• Muckrakers

• Political Bosses

• Communists

The Progressive Reform Movement can be best described as...

• political action group focusing on foreign policy

• organization of business people who wanted assembly lines

• group of people dedicated to improving the lives of people

• group of people dedicated to adopting a Communist government

Which was NOT a goal of the Progressives?

• Limiting the power of corporate trusts and monopolies

• Limiting the power of labor unions

• Improving housing for the working class

• Making alcohol illegal

Timer period during which everything looked good on the outside, but the inside was bad

• Gilded Age

• Roaring '20s

• Age of Imperialism

• Industrialization

Florence Kelley helped establish child labor laws which allowed children to ______.

• Work only 10 hours a day

• Be paid below the minimum wage

• Work only in factories

• Go to school

Which was NOT a reason for the formation of labor unions?

• to strike against poor conditions

• Yellow dog contracts

• Earn higher wages

• For collective bargaining

Which of the following inspired many Americans to work for Progressive reforms?

• Theories of Social Darwinism

• Religious Revivals of the Second Great Awakening

• Teachings of the Social Gospel movement

• Speeches of famed educator George Washington Carver

Which happened as a result of child labor laws?

• Kids who lost their jobs protested the laws

• Number of kids living on the streets increased sharply

• Many mothers quit work to take care of their kids

• Number of kids in schools increases dramatically

Which reform gave voters more power to choose candidates for public office?

• Direct Primary

• Political Convention

• Recall Elections

• Secret Ballot