Checkpoint 6: Reform Movements of the Progressive Era

Which vocabulary term is defined as:

favoring or advocating for change and political improvements?

• intrusive

• prohibitive

• conservative

• progressive

Choose the correct definition of repeal.

• to fight for something, often a law.

• to redo or fix something, often a law.

• to cancel or undo something, often a law.

• to pass something, often a law.

Which vocabulary term is defined as:

moderation or restraint, especially with regard to alcoholic drinks.

• bootlegging

• temperance

• smuggling

• ratification

Complete the definition:

Minimum Wage - the _____ hourly amount an employer may legally pay an employee.

• lowest

• highest

• original

• replacement

Complete the definition:

Suffrage: the right to _____.

• educational opportunities

• free speech

• vote

• own property

Which vocabulary term is defined as:

to formally forbid a person or group from doing something.

• petition

• ratify

• prohibit

• encourage

Choose the correct definition of reform.

• to make something better by changing it, often in such a way as to right past wrongs.

• to make something worse by changing it, often in such a way as to cause wrongs.

• to get rid of something, often because it cannot be fixed.

• to start something new, often as a way of separating from something else.

Which phrase correctly defines "suffrage"?

• the right to vote

• the right to own property

• the right to education

• the right to work

A secondary goal of the suffrage movement was to improve women's rights. Which right did suffragists work to help gain and protect for women?

• the right to drive cars

• the right to own property

A secondary goal of the suffrage movement was to improve women's rights. Which right did suffragists work to help gain and protect for women?

• the right to own enslaved people

• the right to get an education