831 Progressive Era Quiz

What do we call it when people walk out of their job and refuse to work?

• Boycott

• Strike

• Walk out

Why would people go on strike?

• To demand better working conditions

• To demand for more money

• To demand to work less hours

• All of these are correct

What is a boycott?

• When employees refuse to work.

• When customers refuse to buy a product from a certain company.

• When employers refuse to open their business

People who tried to find solutions to problems

• Muckrakers

• Progressives

• Politicians

Writers that helped spread Progressive's ideas and exposed the problems of society.

• muckrakers

• suffragists

• journalist

This time period focused on social and political reforms in the United States in the early 1900s:

• Industrialization Era

• Progressive Era

• Reconstruction Era

Another word for "reform" is ___________.

a person who advocates for social or political change

• right

• petition

• activist

a belief, goal or organization that people support and work for

• cause

• perseverance

• picket

Activism is...

•  taking action to affect social change
• being against something
• fighting the government