Progressive Era

Why would people go on strike?

• To demand better working conditions

• To demand for more money

• To demand to work less hours

• All of these are correct

What do we call it when people walk out of their job and refuse to work?

• Boycott

• Strike

• Strikebreakers

• Walk out

Writers that helped spread Progressive's ideas. Wrote about muck that was going on.

• Rakers of muck

• muckrakers

• raking up the muck writers

• journalist

What did the 17th Amendment do?

• Allowed the government to tax their income

• Allowed people to vote

• Allowed citizens the right to vote for their senators

• Allowed citizens to vote for their governors

Who founded the American Federation of Labor? (AFL)

• George Washington

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Andrew Carnegie

• Samuel Gompers

How much were children paid a week?

• $2.00

• $7.00

• $10.00

• $200,000,000

Which law broke up big business trusts into small companies?

• Sherman Antitrust Act

• Roosevelt Antitrust Act

• Trust Act

• Act of breaking up trusts

What event lead to laws being passed about fire exits?

• GAP Factory fire

• Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire

• Circle Shirtwaist Factory fire

• The great fire of NYC

Why was The Jungle an important book?

• It wasn't a book

• It showed the poor condition of factories

• It showed poor conditions of meat factories

• It showed the poor condition of tenements

What is a monopoly?

• When the government owns everything.

• When the people of the United States own everything.

• When one person or one company owns an entire industry.

• When a multitude of business owners own an entire industry.