Progressives believed that government should work for the interests of _____________.
people or the public
100
What is a Muckracker?
What is a journalist that wanted to expose corruption and abuses in industry and government called?
100
This reform allowed voters to remove an elected official from office
What is Recall
100
The Progressive Movement was primarily a response to problems created by
What is Industrailization
100
I was known as The Progressive President
What is Teddy Roosevelt
200
Reformers who want to improve American life are called ________________.
Progressives
200
Who wrote How the Other Half Lives?
Jacob Riis
200
How are party candidates chosen to run against other candiates in the general election called?
What is Primary Election
200
In response to large numbers of vacant federal jobs and corruption this commission was created?
What is The Civil Service Commission or Pendleton Act
200
What was the Square Deal?
What is a program proposed by Teddy Roosevelt that conserved natural resources, controlled corporate greed, and protected consumers.
300
If I believe that Alcoholic beverages are bad what movement am I a part of?
The Temperance Movement or Prohibition Movement
300
I am best known for my photographs of people living in New York Cities poorest slums. Who am I?
Jacob Riis
300
In the 1900s, this woman was a leader in the fight for women's rights, in particular the right to vote.
Carrie Chapman Catt
300
What is the purpose of the 16th Amendment?
What is to create a national income tax (to make up for lost revenue from tariffs)
300
What is this Quote Referring to?
"In short, our aim should be , no to destroy, but effectively... to regulate and control in the public interest, the great instrumentalities of modern business....." TD, 1913
What is Trusts/Anti-Trust legislation
400
Daily Double!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What do the 16th, 17th,18th, and 19th Amendments call for?
Define All Four to answer correctly!!!!!!
400
The Jungle led to these TWO pieces of federal legislation.
1. Meat Inspection Act
2. Pure Food and Drug Act
400
What was the Overall Goal of the Progressive Era
What is To give more power to the people
400
Women working in war industries during World War I led to their achieving _______________.
suffrage rights
400
The first US President to side with labor unions over big business was?
Who is Teddy Roosevelt
500
So called Progressives addressed issues in the cities. while ___________ addressed issues of concern in rural areas, particularly issues that were a matter of concern to farmers.
Populists or Grangers
500
Lincoln Steffens, like Jacob Riis, wrote about urban issues in his work _______________________.
The Shame of the Cities
500
What is the difference between a Referendum and Initiative?
A referendum allowed voters to put a bill on the ballot and vote it into law and an initiative gives voters power over their state legislatures.
500
What was the cause of the conservation movement during the Progressive Era and who was a major leader in this cause?
What is the destruction of natural resources and John Muir/T. Roosevelt
500
What was the general approach that Theodore Roosevelt had to governing:
What is blending several different political ideas to satisfy the people, "bully pulpit," "speak softly and carry a big stick."