Progressive Era

Another name to describe the time period between 1890-1920 where America was rapidly progressing in industrial production as well as in social and political reforms.

• Progressive Era

• Assembly line

• Industrial Revolution

• Monopoly

The rapid growth of cities flooded by immigrants and people moving from the rural communities.

• urbanization

• Settlement house

• Muckraker

• Tenement

An apartment house, often in cities, in which living conditions are deplorable.

• urbanization

• Settlement house

• Muckraker

• Tenement

An investigative reporter who published allegations of business and government leaders as corrupt.

• urbanization

• Settlement house

• Muckraker

• Tenement

A law passed in 1890 that prohibited businesses to become monopolies and therefore encourage competition.

• Compromise of 1877

• Child Labor Act

• Trust

• Sherman Anti-Trust Act

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

What did the 16th amendment tax?

• Land

• Water

• Goods and Services

• Income

Who said "speak softly and carry a big stick"?

• Woodrow Wilson

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Eugene Debs

• William H. Taft

During the Progressive Era, new amendments were added to the U.S. Constitution. Which amendment number allowed citizens to directly elect senators?

• 14th

• 15th

• 16th

• 17th

Which factor contributed most to the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882?

• Lack of mining jobs

• Economic war in Asia

• Rise of nativism

• Overcrowded neighborhoods