WorksheetsProgressives Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Jane Addams, Jacob Riis, and Ida Tarbell had headlines that tried to help with what?
Support monopolies
Correct abuses of the Industrial Revolution
Improved depressed urban areas
Solve the issues of American farmers
The populist and progressive movements were similar in their approach to reform because they both
Supported the return of power to the state government
promoted the use of violent strikes and protests against big businesses
Opposed strict laissez-faire attitudes of the federal government
lobbied for immediate social and economic equality for Af.Americans.
What is the purpose of Populism?
To encourage the government to take control of the inventions of the industrial revolution
To stop immigrants from Europe from taking over factory jobs
To force Robber barons to give up their riches so that workers could benefit
To represent the interests of rural farmers and connect then to the rest of society
What was the significance of the Seneca Falls Convention?
Teddy Roosevelt gave a speech in support of Women’s Suffrage
It was the first large gathering in the Women’s Suffrage movement
Women planned the first march in front of the White House
Women prepared letters to ask for the end of the sale of Alcohol
What was the Progressive Movement?
A period with a shift from making things by hand to making things with machines
A period of large scale immigration to the US
A period of economic decline & agriculture hardships
A period of social and political reform in the US
In 1909, who helped found the NAACP?
Booker T Washington
Alexander Graham Bell
WEB DuBois
Ida B. Wells
A modern day muckraker would be a:
farmer
politician
farmer
reporter/journalist
The Populist Party was made up of mostly
farmers
muckrakers
rich entreprenuers
factory workers
