Progressive Reformers

What were working conditions like in the early factories?

• High pay

• low wages

• long hours

• child labor

Which muckraker that exposed Standard Oil Company

• Ida Tarbell

• Jane Addams

• Upton Sinclair

• Jacob Riis

16th Amendment

• Women's Suffrage

• Direct Election of Senators

• Federal Income Tax

• Prohibition

What reforms were achieved due to labor unions?

• longer workdays

• benefits

• health insurance

• safety regulations

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

Progressive Era reformers tried to reduce the gap in wealth between the rich and the poor by

• creating the Federal Reserve System

• giving voters the power of referendum and recall

• implementing a graduated income tax

• establishing the Federal Trade Commission

Primaries, the secret ballot, and the use of referendum and recall were efforts made during the Progressive Era to

• preserve the power of political machines

• provide equal political rights for Native American Indians

• protect States rights against federal power

• increase citizen participation in government

These were journalists who wrote book and articles that exposed corruption in business and government:

• Progressives

• Muckrakers

• Sensationalists

• Investigative reporters

Why did the Progressive Era grow in the United States?

• because of the negative impact of industrialization

• because of the negative impact of the civil war

• because industrial tycoons were appalled by the conditions of factories

• because the American people were disillusioned by WWI