This president was the first to known as a "trust buster"
Who is Theodore Roosevelt
100
This author aimed for the stomach with his expose The Jungle.
Who is Upton Sinclair
100
This legislation set up standards to ensure quality foods and medicines.
What is the Pure Food and Drug Act.
100
This person was the founder of Hull House.
Who is Jane Addams
100
This person was the Democratic Candidate in the 1912 election.
Who is Woodrow Wilson.
200
This president busted more trusts than the "trust buster", established the Bureau of Mines and other progressive reforms, but later became associated with the more conservative wing of the Republican party.
Who is William Howard Taft
200
Her History of the Standard Oil Company shed light on questionable business practices of the age.
Who is Ida Tarbell
200
This act, inspired by the Jungle, mandated regulation of the meat packing industry.
What is the Meat Inspection Act.
200
This person was known as one of the pioneers in the preservation of the environment. He was instrumental in preserving Yosemite National Park and was a founding member of the Sierra Club.
Who is John Muir.
200
This person won the Republican nomination for the 1912 presidential election.
Who is William Howard Taft.
300
Although considered a progressive in his time, this progressive president worked to segregate Washington D.C. and gave an endorsement for the film The Birth of a Nation.
Who is Woodrow Wilson
300
This is the name of Lincoln Stephens book about the corrupt political machine of Philadelphia.
What is The Shame of the Cities
300
Progressives believed in more democracy to cure society's ills. This idea allows the people to vote a proposal up or down.
What is a referendum.
300
This man led efforts for scientific management of the nation's natural resources. He was a committed conservationist and the first head of the National Forest Service.
Who is Gifford Pinchot.
300
This person was the Progressive or Bull Moose candidate for the 1912 Presidential election.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt.
400
This state elected a progressive governor, who later became a progressive U.S. Senator, and Presidential candidate. This state also promoted the use of data and experts from the university system to help fix social problems.
What is Wisconsin
400
This Jacob Riis book, complete with photos, detailed the lives of the immigrant poor.
What is How the Other Half Lives
400
This progressive idea allows the public to hold a special election to remove unresponsive elected officials.
What is a recall election.
400
DAILY DOUBLE....Progressive Presidents prioritized workers in this industry in helping them reach better working conditions.
What is the coal mining industry.
400
This person was the Socialist candidate for the 1912 presidential election.
Who is Eugene V. Debs.
500
He was the Progressive candidate for President in 1924.
Who is Robert LaFollette
500
Theodore Roosevelt helped coin the term "muckrakers" after comparing these scandal writers to characters who raked up the muck in this book.
What is Pilgrim's Progress.
500
The progressive idea allows average citizens to introduce legislation directly.
What is the initiative.
500
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500
DAILY DOUBLE...While campaigning, Theodore Roosevelt was shot by a deranged anti-third term fanatic in this city.