What problems did the Progressive era try to address? Name two.
Industrialization (Big business, labor issues)
Urbanization (Slums, political machines, corruption)
Immigration (Ethnic diversity)
Inequality and Social Justice (Women & Racism)
How did Teddy Roosevelt try to conserve the environment? (Hint: Longest lasting impact on his presidency)
Create national parks; intelligent use of resources
This muckraker cleaned up society by exposing Rockefeller and the standard Oil company
Ida Tarbell
Women right for the right to ____ during the Progressive movement
Vote
Mickey Mouse
The "accidental president" that promised America a Square Deal based on the 3Cs of Controlling Corporations, Protecting Consumer Goods, and Conserving Natural Resources was called____.
Teddy Roosevelt
This president came after Teddy and got rid of all trusts! (Hint: Heaviest president ever at 350 pounds)
William Taft
This muckraker cleaned up city sanitation, sewage system, access to running water
Colonel George Warring
Women later achieve their suffrage in the_____ Amendment.
19th Amendment
Winnie the Pooh
Teddy didn't think all trusts were_____, but we needed to keep the good ones and regulate the____ ones.
Bad/Corrupt
Teddy and Taft lost in the next election to ______ because they split the Republican vote
President Woodrow Wilson
Jane Addams created the________ to help as a community center for the poor and needy
Settlement houses
Booker T. Washington
Donald Duck
Teddy decided to pass laws to protect consumers against the food industry after reading the___.
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
Bonus question: After reading this, this is why we have this on the back of package food today.
What were two things Wilson did as part of his New Freedom plan during the Progressive Era
Lower Tariffs, 16th Amendment (Direct election of senators); 17th Amendment (Gradual Income Tax); Created the Federal Reserve, Clayton Anti-Trust Act (Get rid of all bad trusts; manage good ones)
There was also a move for the_________ movement, or the limiting or ban on alcohol
Temperance
This man was known for creating the NAACP to fight for civil rights, the first organization of it's kind during the Progressive Era
W.E.B. Du Bois
Sheriff Woody (Toy Story)
What were the names of at least two laws that Teddy passed to protect consumers aganist corruption in the food industry?
Meat Inspection Act; Pure Food and Drug Act, Food and Drug Administration;
This name wrote a book called How the Other Half Lives, documenting the working and living conditions of the poor in NY
Jacob Riis
The banning on the consumption, sale, production and distribution of alcohol is called________, or the 18th Amendment.
Prohibiton
The Progressives were known as the progressives because they fixed the problems of the_____.
Gilded Age
Elsa (Frozen)