Progressive Era Review

What does the vocabulary word "reform" mean?

• to change or improve

• to provide information

• to give someone the right to discriminate

• to break something down

What does the vocabulary word "suffrage" mean?

• to change or improve

• the ability to win

• to make free

• the right to vote

What was the name of the first women's rights convention?

• Constitutional Convention

• Seneca Falls Convention

• Women Rule Convention

• Convention of Women's Rights

Which amendment finally gave women the right the vote?

• 17th Amendment

• 18th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• 20th Amendment

The Teddy bear is named after Theodore Roosevelt. 

• true
• false

Photographed conditions of the urban poor in “How the Other Half Lives.” Examined the conditions of the poor in America’s cities. 

• Upton Sinclair 
• Lincoln Steffens 
• Jacob Riis 
• Frank Norris 

A "muckraker" is

• A journalist who exposed living conditions in the tenements and factories
• Someone who took bribes 
• someone who fought for women's rights
• a gardener

What industry was "The Jungle" about ?

• Meatpacking

• Toy factory

The growth of cities is called ________.

• Suburbanization

• Industrialization

• Urbanization

This U.S. president made significant contributions to breaking up big business during the Progressive Era:

• Howard Taft

• Woodrow Wilson

• William McKinley

• Theodore Roosevelt