Progressive Era

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

• Progressives

• Muckrakers

• Sensationalists

• Investigative reporters

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

What goal are you trying to achieve if you're looking to make urban reforms?

• getting rid of a capitalistic economy

• eliminating political machines/bosses

• conservation of natural resources

• ending racial discrimination

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

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

• Racism

• Women's suffrage

• Child Labor

• Prohibition

What was Jacob Riis reveal to the public through his book, How The Other Half Lives?

• living conditions of the tenement buildings in New York

• working conditions of a textile mill

• food production of a meatpacking plant

• medical care of soldiers in WWI

Which of the following is an example of a federal reform made during the Progressive Era?

• taking over city utilities

• establishing national parks

• creating settlement houses in poor communities

• providing jobs for young, single men

Match the following Progressive Era

• Jane Addams

  (Hull House)

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• W.E.B Dubois

  (NAACP)

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• Susan B. Anthony

  (Women Suffrage)

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• Sinclair

  (Drug & Food Act)

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• IDA B. Wells

  (Stop Lynching)

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