Progressive Movement

What does the word progressive mean?

• To make an insurance claim

• to look forward and promote change

• to be traditional

• to be kind and flexible

What was a common goal of the populist, progressive, and women's suffrage movements?

• to make society more fair

• racial equality

• gender equality

• states' rights

Which reform group focused on advocating for farmers?

• agrarianism

• women's suffrage

• populations

• labor/work place reform

This amendment gave women the right to vote.

• 13th amendment

• 15th amendement

• 18th amendment

• 19th amendment

This amendment banned the consumption and distribution of alcohol.

• 13th amendment

• 14th amendment

• 18th amendment

• 19th amendment

All of the following were goals of the progressives EXCEPT--

• reduce political corruption

• end child labor/improve work conditions

• ending slavery

• limit monopolies

What term was used to describe journalists who used sensational investigative reports to uncover the problems with society?

• carpetbaggers

• nutcrackers

• scalaways

• muckrakers

The movement to ban alcohol was called the ________ movement.

• abolition

• substitution

• prohibition

• constitution

A group of farmers that formed in Texas with the goal of regulating railroads and crop prices.

• Texas A&M University

• The Popuist Party

• The Southern Farmers Alliance

• The Texas Railroad Commission

This group worked together to reduce the influence of big business on the government.

• Southern Farmers Alliance

• Populist Party

• Progressive Movement

• Women's Suffrage