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

Why did the Progressive Era grow in the United States?

• because of the negative impact of industrialization

• because of the negative impact of the civil war

• because industrial tycoons were appalled by the conditions of factories

• because the American people were disillusioned by WWI

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

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

This act prohibited railroads from charging more for short hauls than for long hauls over the same route.

• Interstate Highway Act

• Interstate Commerce Act

• Homestead Act

• Sherman Anti Trust Act

creator of settlement houses to assist immigrants moving to the United States

• W.E.B. Dubios

• Elizabeth Canton

• Jane Addams

• Ida B. Wells

one of the founders of the NAACP

• MLK

• W.E.B. Dubois

• Booker T. Washington

• Jane Addams

gave women the right to suffrage

• 17th Amendment

• 18th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• 21st Amendment