The Progressive Era

Who led The Women's Suffrage Movement?

• Jane Addams

• Susan B. Anthony

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Thomas Jefferson

Who created the Square Deal and was the 26th President of the United States?

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Andrew Jackson

• Jane Addams

• Susan B. Anthony

What was The Square Deal?

• the most common form of business in the United States

• an agreement between partners to manage a corporation

• A fair bargain that promised everyone to be treated equally.

• A treaty on a wooden block

What event led to 146 women dying because of a fire in a factory, where many of them jumped to their death?

• Chicago slaughterhouse

• Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

• Pullman Strike

• The Convention at Seneca Falls

Who was the founder of the NAACP which fought to gain equal treatment for African Americans.

• Booker T. Washington

• W.E.B. DuBois

• Robert La Follette

• Martin Luther King

What was a result of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire?

• fire safety codes in buildings

• improved wages and hours

• health insurance

• no child labor

Which term means: To make changes in something usually to improve a social, political, or economic organization or practice.

• Annex

• Progressive

• Reform

• Prohibition

Which term means: A person who exposes real or alleged corruption, scandal, or something else along these lines, especially in politics.

• Yellow Journalist

• President

• Progressive

• Muckraker

Which of the following lists all of the Muckrakers?

• Upton Sinclair, Jacob Riis, Jane Addams, Ida Tarbell

• Upton Sinclair, Jacob Riis, Ida Tarbell, Theodore Roosevelt

• Theodore Roosevelt, Ida Tarbell, Upton Sinclair, James Madison

• Upton Sinclair, Jacob Riis, Jane Addams, Susan B. Anthony

What was the Progressive Era?

• A time where there was a tremendous amount of wealth in society, but underneath it contained a tremendous amount of poverty.

• An era that was an effort to address the problems of American society stemming from industrial capitalism, urbanization and political corruption.

• A time during the 21st Century, when Progressive Insurance made powerful commercials.