Study Exercise- Agarian Revolt and Progressive Era

1. This municipal reform placed a trained businessman or engineer in charge of the day-to-day affairs of the city. City Manager Plan

2. A group of socially conscientious journalists who exposed society's ills during the Progressive Era. Muckrakers

3. This book exposed unsanitary conditions in the meat packing industry. The Jungle

4. Independent republicans and democrats fighting the spoils system. Mugwumps

5. This state level reformer was the governor of New Jersey. Woodrow Wilson

6. He was the most progressive of all state level reformers. Robert Lafollette

7. A significant leader of the Woman Suffrage movement, her meeting with Elizabeth Cady Stanton gave the movement needed momentum in the mid-19th century. Lucretia Mott

8. He was said to have been the first muckraker. Henry Demarest Lloyd

9. Site of the Woman Suffrage National Convention listing demands that provoked sarcasm and ridicule from the press. Seneca Falls., NY

10. Which Constitutional Amendment was constructed on the back of the Volstead Act? 18th Amendment

11. This muckraker exposed municipal corruption in Shame of the Cities. Lincoln Steffens

12. This state was considered to be a "laboratory of progressivism." Wisconsin

13. A suffragist, she founded Hull House. Jane Addams

14. The state level progressive measure that allowed voters to circumvent unresponsive legislatures. Initiative

15. This national progressive leader proposed a square deal for Americans, one that would focus on conservation, regulation and consumer protection. Theodore Roosevelt

16. The state level progressive measure that allowed voters to recall unjust laws. Referendum

17. She exposed the cutthroat tactics of John D. Rockefeller in a History of Standard Oil. Ida Tarbell

18. This state level reformer was the governor of California. Hiram Johnson

19. This state was known as the "Mother of all Trusts," and Woodrow Wilson was its reform minded Governor. New Jersey

20. It was the largest single crusade of the Progressive Movement. Women's Suffrage

21. This magazine was a chief outlet for muckrakers to publish their findings. McClure’s

22. This socialist was a candidate for President in 1919 while serving time in a federal penitentiary. Eugene V. Debs

23. This federal legislation helped weaken trusts, becoming the precedent for more comprehensive antitrust reform. Sherman Anti-Trust Act

24. Municipal level reform was prompted in this city because of the tragic effects of a hurricane in 1900. Galveston, TX

25. In How the Other Half Lives, this muckraker exposed conditions in Manhattan's lower east side. Jacob Riis

26. These three robber barons formed the Northern Securities firm, a railroad conglomerate that was ultimately broken up by the Federal government. James J. Hill, J. P. Morgan, and Ed Harriman

27. She wrote the Ninth Resolution at the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848. Elizabeth Cady Stanton

28. The New York Herald journalist who in reprinting the Declaration of Sentiments to criticize it, actually brought positive attention to it. James Gordon Bennett

29. This process of discrimination became the Agrarian Revolt's principal negative effect. Jim Crow Legislation

30. This "Agrarian Rebel" was on the People's Party National ticket in 1896 with W. J. Bryan.

Tom Watson

31. This South Carolina politician and Farmer's Alliance member never left the Democratic Party. Pitchfork Ben Tillman

32. The Boy Orator of the Platte, he delivered the famous "Cross of Gold" speech in 1896. W. J. Bryan

33. This economist was leader and founder of the National Farmer's Alliance. C. W. Macune

34. An Alabama democrat and farmer's alliance member, he became famous for his gem of a watermelon. Reuben

Kolb

35. This farmer-based organization initiated pro-farmer legislation in the Midwest. The Grange

36. Originally from Carrabelle, FL, he was founder of the Patrons of Husbandry. Oliver H. Kelly

37. This plank in the Ocala platform called for the Federal government to construct warehouses in communities producing more than $250,000 worth of agriculture annually. Sub-Treasury Plan

38. The southern town was chosen to host a National Farmer's Alliance convention because it was, at that time, a non-segregated community. Ocala, FL

39. This issue was to be the principal plank in the "People's Party" campaign in 1896, but was usurped by the Democrats first, taking the wind out of the Populists sails. Free Silver

40. Name some positive effects of the Agrarian Revolt. Farmers learned to use collective clout; Pro farmer legislation or Granger laws; The coming together of black and white farmers; Coop exemptions...