WESTWARD EXPANSION AND PROGRESSIVE ERA

These were journalists who wrote book and articles that exposed corruption in business and government:

• Progressives

• Muckrakers

• Sensationalists

• Investigative reporters

 Which best describes Social Darwinism vs. Social Gospel?  

• Lion vs Lamb

• evolution vs. creationism 

• DuBois vs Washington

• survival of the fittest vs. the fight for social justice

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

• Civil War Era

• Industrialization Era

• Progressive Era

• Reconstruction Era

This U.S. president made significant contributions to breaking up big business during the Progressive Era:

• Howard Taft

• Woodrow Wilson

• William McKinley

• Theodore Roosevelt

People who were trying to get the 19th Amendment passed were supporting what?

• Right to vote for 18 year olds

• Right to vote for African Americans

• Right to vote for women

• Right to vote for those in prison

Those who wanted to make economic reform may have been concerned about which issue?

• the influence of monopolies and trusts

• eliminating political machines/bosses

• conservation of natural resources

• ending racial discrimination

Someone who uses their position as an elected official to engage in fraudulent activities could be accused of:

• being corrupt

• being ambitious

• being controlling

• being monopolistic

People like W.E.B. du Bois participated in the movement against what?

• Racism

• Women's suffrage

• Child Labor

• Prohibition

What does the power of referendum give voters the right to do?

• select a candidate to run in the general election

• to propose a law by getting signatures on a petition

• remove elected officials from public office

• to approve or reject a law (especially one that imposes taxes)

A coalition is ______.

• another name for a political party
•  several groups working together
• a group that works for the right to vote
• a group that works for women's rights