Unit 3: The Progressive Movement Review (1890-1920)

Which best describes the progressive movement politically?

Made government more democratic (citizens have more say)

Which amendment led to the direct election of US Senators?

17th amendment

What was the significance of the muckrakers?

Journalist who exposed social, political, and economic problems

What was Ida Tarbell known for?

Helped to breakup standard oil monopoly

What was Jacob Riis known for?

Exposed poverty in the tenements

What did the book the jungle expose?

Unsanitary conditions of meat packing

What movement did the Women’s Christian Temperance union (WCTU) support?

Prohibition (ban alcohol)

What was most known for exposing corporate greed and monopolies?

Muckrakers

Which amendment supported Prohibition?

18th amendment

The process of proposing a law through petition is known as?

Initiative

To approve or reject a law put forth on the ballot by the state legislature is known as?

Referendum

What movement are Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Carrie Chapman Catt, and Alice Walker associated?

Women suffrage

Which amendment achieved women’s suffrage?

19th amendment

What did the Women’s suffrage movement want to achieve?

Voting for women

Which progressive president was famous for his conservation efforts?

Roosevelt

What did trust-busting and anti-trust acts attempt to abolish?

Monopolies

What act was enacted to ensure safe meat for consumers?

Meat inspection act

Who were the Progressive Presidents?

Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson

Identify three things the Progressive Presidents accomplished or tried to reform?

1) Break up monopolies

2) Protect consumers

3) End child labor

What were the basic goals of the Progressive Movement?

1) Make government more democratic

2) Get rid of corruption

3) End child labor

What movement is Ida B. Wells associated with?

Anti-lynchings

Who were literacy test and poll taxes intended to restrict from voting?

African Americans

Which organization formed to improve the lives of African Americans during the Progressive movement?

NAACP

Which African American leader believed in separatism and encourage African Americans to move back to Africa?

Marcus Garvey

What was the difference in beliefs between Booker T. Washington and W.E.B DuBois?

Booker T. Washington believed in Vocational education and some economic increase while W.E.B DuBois believed in total equality and higher education.