The Progressive Era study guide

Advocated

To support an interest or a cause.

Conservation

Preservation and protection of a natural resource to prevent overuse, destruction, or neglect.

dictate

to control or order how something should be done.

National Grange

An agricultural organization formed in 1867 and committed to the economic and political interests of farmers.

Platform

A statement of the policies favored by a political party or candidate.

Populist party

A political party, organized in 1892 by leaders of the Farmers’ Alliances, that supported such reform as an eight-hour workday and government-owned railroads.

Progressive movement

A social and political movement in the early 1900s that focused on improving conditions in American life.

Radical

Relating to or supporting extreme change.

Regulation

The enforcement of laws that control conduct or practices.

Social darwinism

The theory that people and societies compete for survival, with the fit becoming wealthy and successful while the weak struggle to survive.

Suffrage

The right to vote.

Vague

Not clearly defined.

Which industry was helped by the National Grange?

Farming and Agriculture.

Which of these was a particular target of the National Grange?

National Grange pressured states to pass a law limiting shipping rates and storage.

Which of these was included on the platform of the Populist Party?

An eight-hour workday and government ownership of the railroad.

Identify the benefits of big business?

• The growth of big business made progress possible

• Large enterprises can deliver quality goods at affordable prices

What idea did John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie share in their later years (when they were old)?

They use all of their wealth to donate to help the people.

What were the goals of “trust-busting?”

• He stated he wanted to make corporations serve the public good

• Roosevelt believed in government regulation as a solution to prevent bad business practices

Describe Theodore Roosevelt’s opinion of big business.

Theodore Roosevelt’s opinion of big business is he believed big businesses could often be more efficient than small ones.

Summarize Robert La Follette’s beliefs about government, as well as identify the government changes made during the Progressive Era.

La Follette reported the Library to the newspaper, showing his integrity. The Bosses used bribes and ballot box stuffing to ensure their candidates won.

Identify Mother Jones and explain her efforts advocating for several groups in the Progressive Era.

In 1903, she supported a strike by 75,000 textile workers in Pennsylvania, including 10,000 children.

Why was the Triangle Shirwaist Factory fire a turning point?

Because all of the women die because all of the doors are locked.

John Muir and Theodore Roosevelt worked together on which reform movement?

The Reform they used is the National Parks.

What was the main difference between Muir and some other conservationists?

Muir wanted to preserve the wonders like Yosemite in their natural state. The conservationists worried most about dwindling natural resources and advocate carful devleopments of the wilderness.

Identify W.E.B DuBois, explain his overall belief towards civil rights, and explain the focus of the NAACP.

Born after slavery, he believed that capitalism was the reason why people of color were held down around the globe.

Summarizes the efforts and impact of muckrakers like Upton Sinclair.

Muckrakers were reform-minded a merican journalist, and they typically worked to expose social ills.

Summarize the status of women’s rights in the United States before, during, and after the work of Alice Paul, as well as the influence her methods had on future protest movements.

In United States, the women sufferage, then Alice Paul pushed for a constitutional amendment for women’s voting rights. Instead of state by state, the National Women’s Party held these outside the white house to support women’s suffrage.