Progressive Era Quiz Study Guide

These flashcards cover key concepts and facts related to the Progressive Era, including important amendments, influential figures, and significant events.

Key Problems of Industrialization

Politics, Business, and Society that the Progressives wanted to change.

Steward of the People

Teddy Roosevelt’s theory on Presidential power; the president's legal right to act for the people's needs, unless prohibited by the constitution.

18th Amendment

The amendment that started prohibition.

16th Amendment

The amendment that created the income tax.

17th Amendment

The amendment that provided for the direct election of Senators.

The Jungle

A book by Upton Sinclair that caused the push for food safety, especially in meatpacking.

Muckrakers

Journalists who exposed social and political problems in the USA during the Progressive Era.

Pure Food and Drug Act

Legislation that stopped the sale of contaminated foods and medicines and required truthful labeling.

Woodrow Wilson Criticism

His reemergence of the KKK around 1915 and the resegregation of Washington D.C.

Bull Moose Party

A political party that resulted from a split in the Republican Party.

End of the Progressive Era

World War 1, which is considered the event that ended the Progressive Era.

Bully Pulpit

A term used by Roosevelt to describe the presidency's ability to influence news media and shape legislative agenda.