Progressive Era

The Progressive Movement is the name for a wide variety of efforts by many Americans who wanted to

• add new states and territories to the United States.

• pass new laws and make reforms to improve American life.

  
  

• build new railroads across America.

  
  

• make scientific advances for creating new technology.

Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Alice Paul, and Lucy Burns were all most involved with the effort to:

• expand railroads and highways in the U.S.

  
  

• improve tenement housing in cities.

• guarantee women the right to vote.

  
  

• stop corruption in big city politics.

  
  

People involved in the temperance movement were mainly interested in

• helping mine workers.

• better conditions in the meatpacking industry.

  
  

•  stopping or reducing the consumption of alcohol.

  
  

• ending racial segregation.

  
  

The women’s suffrage movement was aimed at

• making divorce easier.

  
  

• guaranteeing women the right to vote.

  
  

• protecting women from suffering in dangerous jobs.

• stopping or reducing the sale of alcohol.

  
  

Labor unions like the American Federation of Labor wanted all of these EXCEPT:

•  more work hours.

  
  

• safer work conditions

  
  

•  an end to child labor

  
  

• higher pay for workers.

  
  

When members of a labor union all refuse to work, in order to try to win higher pay from a company, it is called a

• strike.

  
  

• lockout.

  
  

•  breaker.

  
  

•  scab.

  
  

 What is a monopoly?

• A business that controls the supply of a product or service.

  
  

• An elected official who keeps winning elections over and over again.

  
  

•  A tall building with a steel framework inside to support it.

  
  

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   A type of railroad that uses only a single overhead track.

  
  

The Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire in New York City in 1911 was shocking to Americans because

• over 140 people died, mostly young women.

  
  

•  some of the exits from the factory floor were locked shut.

  
  

•  some victims jumped to their deaths to escape the flames.

  
  

•   all of the above.

  
  

Which Amendment guaranteed women’s voting rights nationwide in 1920?

•  14th

• 15th

• 18th

• 19th

  
  

The Eighteenth Amendment, which also took effect in 1920, is important because it

•  gave women the right to vote.

•  made the making or sale of alcohol illegal.

  
  

•  created an income tax on the rich.

  
  

• made elections more honest.