Progressive Era 1
What is muckraking?
Exposure journalism
What U.S. state became a leader in labor and industry reform?
Wisconsin
What amendment started Prohibition?
18th Amendment
What U.S. city introduced the commission form of government?
Galveston, Texas
Who won the election of 1912?
Woodrow Wilson
What drained energy out of progressive reform movement?
World War One
What was the main mission of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)?
Prohibition
What progressive served as governor and as a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin?
Robert M. La Follette
What was the Progressive Era “Wisconsin Idea”?
Using faculty experts from universities to help research and write bills
Name 2 things Theodore Roosevelt did as president?
Broke up monopolies, Help workers achieve better pay and working conditions, Advocated for the creation of the national parks, Built the Panama Canal
What were 3 main reasons immigrants traveled to the U.S. during the progressive era?
Job opportunities, Social Environment, and Economic Status
What was 1 progressive response to growing commercial entertainment for kids?
Playgrounds
What was the name of the book that portrayed NY city’s poor?
How the Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis
What is a recall?
Power to remove elected officials
Who organized the first woman's rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
What was the largest challenge to the Progressive Era?
Immigrants
What is Social Darwinism?
evolution theory applied to human affairs, "Survival of the richest"
What did military leaders call all anti-imperialists (critics of empire)?
Traitors
What is a referendum?
Popular vote on proposed laws
Who founded a new field of industrial relations at UW-Madison during the Progressive Era?
John R. Commons
What is women's suffrage?
Women fighting for the right to vote
Why did most people support U.S. economic expansion?
They wanted free trade rather than political domination
What 2 distinguished figures voice opposition to U.S. expansion?
Mark Twain and Andrew Carnegie
What 3 political reforms came from the Progressive Era?
Initiative, Referendum, Recall
What article exposed the terrible working conditions in the American meatpacking industry? Who was the Author?
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair