Vocabulary
A group of workers who engage in collective bargaining and collective action
Union
Upton Sinclair's The Jungle revealed what scandal? Choose THREE correct answers.
Meat packing plants were lying about what was in their food.
Meat packing plants were selling diseased and poisoned meat.
What were Theodore Roosevelt's progressive policies called?
The Square Deal
What are the issues facing workers at this time period? Select THREE correct answers.
Long work hours
Dangerous work conditions
Little pay or paid in scrip
What amendment gave women the right to vote?
The 19th Amendment
When a group of workers agree to stop working until a demand is met
Strike
How did political machines like Tammany Hall operate?
They offered help and jobs in return for money or votes.
In what way was William Howard Taft more progressive than Roosevelt?
He broke up more trusts than Roosevelt.
How did the Pullman Strike harm the labor movement? Select TWO correct answers.
The government sent in the military to break up the strike, which hurt the organization.
The public mood soured against the striking workers.
What was the issue and court case at the heart of the Civil Rights movement?
Segregation of White Americans and Black Americans, which was affirmed in Plessy v. Ferguson.
The right to vote
Suffrage
Who was the leader of Tammany Hall?
Boss Tweed
What role do presidents and politicians play in the progressive movement?
These people pass legislation that challenges corrupt businesses and politicians.
What terroristic activity harmed the labor movement?
The Haymarket Square Riot
What were Booker T. Washington's goals for African Americans?
Gradual progress - Seeing African Americans become educated in skills and trades, earning the respect of White Americans.
A political organization centered around a political boss and system of favors
Political Machine
Who exposed the corruption in the Standard Oil Company?
Ida Tarbell
Who helped get the Pure Food and Drug Act passed in reaction to The Jungle?
Theodore Roosevelt
How are strikes a tool that allow workers to make progress and change society?
Workers refuse to work until conditions change for them.
What were W.E.B. Du Bois' goals for African Americans?
Immediate Equality - He believed in educating a small number of Black intellectuals who would push for and achieve legal equality.
The separation of one group from another, usually based on skin color
Segregation
What was the problem with patent medicines?
Their ingredients were secret and often included addictive and poisonous ingredients.
What were Woodrow Wilson's progressive policies called?
What worker's union was more limited and focused its goals on improving its workers' situation?
American Federation of Labor
Was the Progressive Movement successful?
Depends on Answer
Yes, 19th Amendment, advancements in civil rights, laws were passed against trusts, corruption was exposed.
No, Segregation is still legal, some reforms don't go far enough.