Progressive Era
Progressives believed in the importance of:
What is the Public Interest and reform.
What is a Muckracker?
What is journalist that wanted to expose corruption and abuses in industry and goverment
This reform allowed voters to remove an elected official from office
What is Recall
The Progressive Movement was primarily a response to problems created by
What is Industrialization and the Gilded Age.
I was known as The Progressive President
What is Teddy Roosevelt
Reformers who want to improve America Life.
What is a Progressive
Who wrote the Jungle?
Who is Upton Sinclair
Before the General Election how do voters choose their party's candidates?
What is Primary Election
In response to large numbers of vacant federal jobs and corruption this Commission was created?
What is The Civil Service Commission
What was Ida Wells mostly concerned about in her writing?
The practice of lynching.
If I believe that Alcoholic beverages are bad what movement am I a part of?
What is The Temperance Movement and Prohibition.
I am best known for my photographs of people living in New York Cities poorest slums. Who am I
Who is Jacob Riis
What gave women the right to vote?
The 19th amendment
What is the purpose of the 16th Amendment?
What is to create a national income tax (to make up for lost revenue from tariffs)
What is this Quote Referring too? "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
Daily Double!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What does the 16th, 17th,18th, and 19th Amendment define! Define All Four to answer correctly!!!!!!
I love to express my opinion using Political Cartoons! William Tweed was a favorite target of mine! Who am I?
Who is Thomas Nast
What was the Overall Goal of the Progressive Era
What is To give more power to the people by making change through reforms.
Outrage over the Jungle led to the passage of what legislation?
What is The Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act.
The first US President to side with Labor Unions over big business was?
Who is Teddy Roosevelt
The Progressive Era was preceded by what era.
What is The Gilded Age
Ida Tarbell was not afraid to fight the right and powerful John D. Rockefeller. How did she express her opinion and what did she conclude?
What is writing a series of articles. She concluded that he was always an unfair competitor. She was a muckraker.
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 An Initiative gave voters the right to put a bill before a State Legislator
What was the cause of the Conservation movement during the Progressive Era?
What is the destruction of natural resources/protecting our natural resources
Whose boys brought horses upstairs in the White House?
Teddy Roosevelt.