U.S. Top. 4.1 & 4.2 Progressive Era

Which of the following characterized the progressive era?

• Persistance of social problems
• Increase in production
• Urban (city) growth
• All of the above

What is a muckraker?

• City workers who cleaned the streets in order to make more sanitary cities
• Writers who exposed political and business corruption in the Progressive Era
• Corrupt politicians and businessmen
• Immigrants who took jobs from individuals who were striking

Immigrants, workers, and poor people of the city lived in low-cost apartments, called __________________, designed to house as many people as possible

• Tenements

• Skyscrapers

• Subdivisions

• Duplexes

Who was the founder for the Populist Party?

• William Taft

• Teddy Roosevelt

• Woodrow Wilson

• William Jennings Bryan

In his book, How the Other Half Lives, he discusses the horrific conditions the poor live in and the lack of sanitation they have.

• Thomas Nast

• Jacob Riis

• Upton Sinclair

• WEB DuBois

What did Upton Sinclair hope to illustrate in his book, "The Jungle?"

• The plight of workers in the dangerous Chicago Stockyards and Meatpacking Plant

• The dangers of Standard Oil being a monopoly and abusing employees and consumers

• The corrupt government officials who took bribes to help get special projects done

• The extreme poverty, horrible living conditions, and disease of urban poor.

This woman was arrested in 1872 after illegally attempting to vote. She went on to lead the National American Women's Suffrage Association.

• Susan B. Anthony

• Ida B. Wells

• Jane Adams

• Ida Turnbell

The right to vote.

• Suffrage

• Referendum

• Representation

• Ballot

All of the following happened to Suffragettes as a result of their protesting for the right to vote EXCEPT

• They were arrested and put in jail

• They were put into mental institutions

• They were force fed when they refused to eat while in custody

• They were listened to by political representatives who fought alongside them.

Ratified in 1920, this Amendment finally granted women the right to vote.

• 16

• 17

• 18

• 19