Module 22- Sections 1 and 2

A major goal of the Progressive movement was to

• stimulate the economy
• encourage immigration
• correct the economic and social abuses of industrial society

The goals of muckraking journalists were to

• describe and illustrate the problems within American society.
• advertise the economic benefits of industrialization.
• attract rural residents to move into the urban centers.

During the Progressive Era, new amendments were added to the U.S. Constitution. Which amendment number allowed citizens to directly elect senators?

• 15th
• 16th
• 17th

Another name to describe the time period between 1890-1920 where America was rapidly progressing in industrial production as well as in social and political reforms.

• Progressive Era
• Industrial Revolution
• Monopoly

This event was one major factor leading to the need for building codes and government regulation of businesses

• Haymarket Riot
• Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
• founding of the Tuskegee Institute

What did Upton Sinclair's book 'The Jungle' expose?

• Horrid conditions at meatpacking plants
• Corruption in city government
• Living conditions of immigrants

A company owned by a private owner

• Capitalism
• Socialism

Services and companies owned by the government

• Capitalism
• Socialism

was a founding member and leader of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW),

• Theodore Roosevelt
• William "Big Bill" Haywood
• Robert LaFollette

Why did people want to reform child labor?

• Children often worked long hours in dangerous factory conditions for very little money.
• Children needed to stay at home and help take care of the household.
• Children were getting sick at work and spreading it in the community.