Ch 15.1 Roots of Progressivism

What was the main goal of Progressivism?

• Expand overseas territories

• Fix social and political problems caused by industrialization

• Limit government involvement in business

• Support laissez-faire policies

Progressivism was a reaction against what economic idea?

• Socialism

• Mercantilism

• Laissez-faire capitalism

• Keynesian economics

What type of people made up most of the Progressives?

• Rural farmers

• Urban, educated, middle-class Americans

• Factory laborers

• Wealthy business owners

Journalists who exposed corruption and social problems were called:

• Yellow journalists

• Reformers

• Muckrakers

• Progressives

Who wrote How the Other Half Lives?

• Lewis Hine

• Upton Sinclair

• Jacob Riis

• Ida Tarbell

Ida Tarbell is best known for exposing:

• Child labor in factories

• The Standard Oil Company’s abuses

• Corruption in city governments

• The meatpacking industry

Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle led to which reform?

• Nineteenth Amendment

• Sherman Antitrust Act

• Federal Meat Inspection Act

• Seventeenth Amendment

Lewis Hine is best remembered for:

• His photos of urban poverty and child labor

• Leading the women’s suffrage movement

• Writing The Bitter Cry of the Children

• Founding the NAWSA

The Commission Plan and Council-Manager System were designed to:

• Increase business profits

• Make city government more efficient

• Expand voting rights

• Limit workers’ unions

Robert M. La Follette’s reforms in Wisconsin earned it what nickname?

• The Birthplace of Reform

• The Workshop of Industry

• The Laboratory of Democracy

• The People’s State