Progressive Era

My first presidential platform was the  "Square Deal" 

• Wilson
• Debs
• Taft
• Roosevelt

One of the major goals of the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 was to

• limit the amount of sugar in snack products.
• protect farmers from bankruptcy due to changing food prices.
• control the price put on beverages and food products.
• ensure that products were labeled accurately.

One of the major goals of the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 was to

• limit the amount of sugar in snack products.
• protect farmers from bankruptcy due to changing food prices.
• control the price put on beverages and food products.
• ensure that products were labeled accurately.

Which Constitutional amendment provided for Prohibition (conservative social progressives)?

• 16th
• 17th
• 18th
• 19th

Initiative, referedum, recall were all intended to

• make president more responsive
• reduce influence of media
• give political parties more control
• increase citizen participation in govt. 

Key Reforms of the Progressive Era
·  Initiative
·  Referendum
·  Recall
·  Direct Primary
·  17^th Amendment

 How did the reforms listed above impact America?

• A system of separate schools for new immigrants
• They gave citizens a greater voice in the democratic process of government
• More sources of revenue and taxes in state governments.
• They successfully brought economic relief to the urban working class

What amendment provided suffrage for women (1920)?

• 16th
• 17th
• 18th
• 19th

The Temperance Movement, Women’s Suffrage Movement, and outlawing child labor were reform movements that took place during this era-

• Gilded Age

• Imperialism

• Progressive Era

• Roaring 20's

People like Upton Sinclair were ___________________ because they investigated and exposed abuse and corruption.

• Supporters of Political Machines

• Nativists

• Muckrakers

• Industialists

Which agency did the federal government establish to protect consumer’s safety as a response to Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle?

• Pure Food and Drug Administration

• NAACP

• National Park Service

• Environmental Protection Agency