Progressive Era

Reporters, journalists, photographers, and authors who used the media to raise concerns about the negative effects of industrialization were known as

• muckrakers

• suffragists

• immigrants

• abolitionists

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A period of time when social, economic and political problems caused by rapid industrialization were exposed and in some cases reformed.

What is the most likely title for this?

• Industrialization

• Progressive Era

• Reconstruction

• Prohibition

Wrote "How the other half lives" exposing conditions in the slums

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

The Second Industrial Revolution created new economic opportunities, but it also created societal problems.

• True

• False

People who hoped to solve the problems created by industrialization were known as

• muckrakers

• politicians

• progressives

• supporters

The main objectives of the Progressive movement were eliminating problems caused by (check ALL that apply):

• industrialization

• urbanization

• suffrage

• immigration

• political corruption

Identify ALL of the problems reformers hoped to solve during the Progressive Era.

• monopolies

• robber barons

• corruption

• poverty & waste

• discrimination

Progressives often organized marches to raise awareness of their cause.

• True

• False

Many progressives formed organizations that would work to solve a particular problem in society.

• True

• False