Progressive Movement and Reform Era Worksheet

The primary aim of the Progressive Movement, which flourished from 1890 to World War I, was to

• return the nation to an agrarian, rather than industrial, economy.

• establish a new political party primarily for farmers in the South and West.

• remedy political and economic injustices that resulted from America's rapid industrialization.

• promote the principles of laissez-faire economics and eliminate all government regulation.

Which statement accurately contrasts the Progressive Movement with the earlier Populist Movement?

• Populism was largely urban and middle-class, while Progressivism was mostly rural.

• Populists generally acted in times of prosperity, while Progressives protested worsening economic conditions.

• Populism was mostly confined to the South and West, while Progressivism was urban, middle-class, and nationwide.

• Progressives focused on monetary policy like silver coinage, while Populists focused on social reforms.

What term was used to describe journalists who exposed the abuses and corruption of industrial society in the late 19th and early 20th centuries?

• Yellow Journalists

• Suffragists

• Muckrakers

• Copperheads

Ida Tarbell’s investigative journalism for McClure's Magazine, which later became the book History of the Standard Oil Company, focused on exposing which of the following?

• The brutal working conditions of immigrants in Chicago meatpacking plants.

• The widespread corruption within city governments across the United States.

• John D. Rockefeller’s ruthless business practices that established a monopoly.

• The racial inequalities experienced by African Americans in the South and North.

Upton Sinclair’s novel, The Jungle, led to a public outcry that directly contributed to which government action?

• The breakup of the Standard Oil trust.

• The passage of laws regulating conditions in urban housing.

• The government regulation of food and drugs, such as the Meat Inspection Act.

• The establishment of settlement houses to aid new immigrants.

Jane Addams established Hull House in Chicago for what purpose?

• To campaign for women's suffrage and the direct election of U.S. Senators.

• To create an organization to fight against anti-democratic and anti-immigrant policies.

• To run a settlement house that provided social services, classes, and assistance to immigrants and the urban poor.

• To lead the Social Gospel movement by organizing Protestant ministers to reform society.

The Social Gospel movement, an important root of Progressivism, was based on the belief that

• Christians should help the poor and work to eliminate social evils out of a sense of moral responsibility.

• all social problems were caused by alcohol and should be solved through prohibition.

• government should take over basic industries, a concept often called "Christian Socialism".

• a strict laissez-faire economy was the ideal expression of God's will.

Which political reform, first suggested by the Populists, allows voters to approve or reject a law that has already been passed by the state legislature?

• Initiative

• Referendum

• Recall

• Direct Primary

The Progressive Era reform of electing U.S. Senators by popular vote, rather than by state legislatures, was achieved through the ratification of which constitutional amendment?

• 16th Amendment

• 17th Amendment

• 18th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

What new forms of municipal government did Progressive reformers introduce to discourage corruption and replace the rule of political bosses?

• Presidential cabinet system and patronage.

• City commission or city manager.

• Electoral college and indirect voting.

• Judicial review and Supreme Court oversight.