The Progressive Era

What caused the Progressive Era?

• The negative effects of industrialization

• The failures of Reconstruction

• The demands of Black leaders

• Robber Barons demanded progress in industry

Progressivism was based on what TWO assumptions?

• Human nature could be improved through gov't regulation

• The gov't should be limited in size and scope

• The gov't could be used to better society

• Human nature is unchanging

What is a muckraker?

• politicians who exposed business corruption

• a journalist who exposed corruption

• industrial workers who cleaned factories

• immigrant workers who worked in factories

What did the prohibition movement seek to accomplish?

• to maintain health and safety codes in the workplace

• to address the societal ills of alcohol consumption

• to give women the right to vote

• to regulate big business

What reforms did the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory inspire?

• Antitrust Action

• Prohibition

• Health and safety codes in the workplace

• Women's Suffrage

What was a major limitation of the Progressive Era?

• Black equality didn't advance

• Businesses were not regulated by the gov't

• Health and safety codes weren't enforced

• Conservation protected natural resources

Why did Theodore Roosevelt oversee conservation efforts?

• He wanted to carefully manage natural resources and protect the environment

• He wanted to end segregation and protect equal rights

• He believed in providing a "square deal" to the public

• He wanted to be able to regulate unfair business practices

What was Theodore Roosevelt's "Square Deal?"

• a public policy to give opposing sides a fair deal

• an economic plan to stay hands off business

• a diplomatic plan to expand American interests in Cuba

• a foreign policy plan to protect American interests abroad

What did Theodore Roosevelt believe about business regulation?

• the gov't had a right to regulate business to better society

• the gov't should always be in favor of business

• the gov't should always be in favor of the worker

• the gov't should be hands off business

Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle" exposed the ills of what industry?

• Automobile Industry

• Meatpacking Industry

• Textile Industry

• Shipbuilding Industry