Intro to Progressive Era

1. Which of the following is NOT a cause of the progressive movement?

• a. Poverty, Crime, Sickness, and disease

• b. High Wages for Workers

• c. Child Labor

• d. Unsafe working conditions at factories

The Progressive Era began in the (a)   s

(I'm looking for a decade, for example 1730)

The Progressive Era lasted until the (a)   s

(I'm looking for a decade, for example 1730)

Which of the following is not a goal of the progressive era?

• a. reform how people are able to control the government

• b. reform poor working conditions of laborers

• c. promote laissez-faire policies (laissez faire means government doesn’t control business)

• d. reduce crime, disease, and poverty

The progressive era was a reaction to which era of American History?

• The Civil War

• The Spanish American War

• The American Revolution

• The Gilded Age