Roosevelt/Progressive Era

Who was president during the progressive era?

• William McKinley

• Abraham Lincoln

• Theodore Roosevelt

• John F. Kennedy

Why did children work in factories and dangerous jobs during the progressive era?

• to have enough money to buy things they wanted

• to survive

• because school didn't exist and they wanted something to do

What does this picture represent?

• Child Labor

• Women's Suffrage

• Prohibition

A major goal of the Progressive movement was to

• stimulate the economy.

• support government control of factory production.

• encourage immigration from southern and eastern Europe.

• correct the economic and social abuses of industrial society.

The goals of muckraking journalists were to

• advertise the economic benefits of industrialization.

• describe and illustrate the problems within American society.

• encourage European immigration through advertising in European newspapers.

• attract rural residents to move into the urban centers.

President Theodore Roosevelt was called a trustbuster because he

• directed the building of the Panama Canal
• encouraged conservation of natural resources
• supported legal action against business monopolies
• resigned from the Republican Party

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

Reforming means

• Changing something for the better

• Controlling something

• Buying something

• Approving Something

When immigrants came to the United States, why did they often choose to settle in cities, even if conditions were below standard?

• They were forced by the US government to live in certain places.

• They all came from cities so they did not know any different.

• They could easily find land on which they could farm.

• They could find work more easily because of the number of factories.