Progressive Era

This time period focused on social, political, and economic reforms in the United States in the early 1900s:

• Civil War Era

• Industrialization Era

• Progressive Era

• Reconstruction Era

Why did the Progressive Era happen in the United States?

• because of the negative impact of industrialization and growth of cities

• because of the negative impact of the civil war

• because of the poor treatment of minorities

• because the American people were so discouraged by WWI

Someone who uses their position of power as an elected official/business leader to engage dishonest/illegal activities could be accused of:

• being corrupt

• being ambitious

• being controlling

• being monopolistic

Women like Alice Paul participated in which movement?

• African American suffrage

• Immigrant rights

• Women's suffrage

• 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

Gave women the right to vote.

• 17th Amendment

• 18th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• 21st Amendment

Creator of the settlement house movement to assist immigrants and other poor people living in cities.

• W.E.B. Dubios

• Elizabeth Canton

• Jane Addams

• Ida B. Wells

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

Who was the American cartoonist who was best known for his take down of the political machine of William Tweed in New York City in the 1870s?

• Jacob Riis

• Thomas Nast

• Sam McClure

• Alice Paul