Progressive Era and Reforms

What did the 18th amendment start?

• Prohibition (banned alcohol)

• Right to vote for women

• Right to vote for men

What did the 19th amendment give women the right to do?

• Attend College

• Vote

• Work in factories

• Own property

What was the Progressive Era focused on?

• Military reforms

• Social, political, and economic reforms

• Technological advancements

What was the concern about the economy during the progressive era?

• Monopolies and trusts

• Taxation policies

• International trade

Who revealed the living conditions of tenement buildings in New York through the book How the Other Half Lives?

• Jacob Riis

• Upton Sinclair

• Thomas Nast

• Ida Tarbell

What did the Sherman Antitrust Act prohibit?

• Immigration

• Monopolies

• Labor unions

• Environmental pollution

Who was known for raiding saloons (bars) in order to smash alcohol containers with her hatchet?

• Jane Addams

• Carrie Nation

• Ida Tarbell

• Upton Sinclair

What did Upton Sinclair's novel The Jungle expose?

• Corruption in politics

• Meatpacking industry's conditions

• Labor exploitation

• Environmental degradation

What did muckrakers do?

• Investigated labor unions

• Exposed corruption and social problems

• Promoted monopolies

What does suffrage mean?

• Right to work

• Right to vote

• Right to own property

• Right to education