Progressive Era Review

Regulate means -

• to buy

• To accept

• To control

• to change

A consumer is

• a person or organization that provides something needed such as a product or service.

• a person who purchases goods and services

• a person employed to select and purchase stock or materials

• a person who sells something.

Which 2 people helped the poor during the Progressive Era?

• Henry Bessemer

• Jacob Riis

• Thomas Edison

• Jane Addams

During what Era could Muckrakers be found?

• The Progressive Era

• The Gilded Age

During what Era was rapid Industrialization happening?

• The Gilded Age

• The Progressive Era

During what Era did the government follow a

laissez-faire policy towards the Economy?

• The Progressive Era

• The Gilded Age

Conservation is-

• when a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit

• using vigorous campaigning to bring about political or social change

• protection of natural resources

• the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people

Suffrage is -

• the right to vote

• the right to suffer

• the right to live

• the right to speak

The 16th amendment -

• allows the government to collect income tax

• allows direct election of senators by the voters in each state

• established prohibition of alcohol

• granted women the right to vote in elections

The 15th amendment -

• made the practice of slavery illegal in the United States

• says if you were born in the United States, you are a citizen of the United States with equal protection of the law

• allowed African American men the right to vote in elections

• allowed the practice of segregation