Progressive People
Vocabulary
Beginnings of Progressivism
Who dun it
100

This woman advocated for the lives of women and children

Florence Kelley

100

The banning of alcoholic beverages 

Prohibition

100

What group primarily supported Creating Economic Reform? 

The American Socialist Party 

100

He founded the Niagara Movement 

W.E.B. Du Bois 

200

He revolutionized manufacturing with the production and sale of his automobile 

Henry Ford

200

What allowed the senators to be elected by direct popular vote?

17th Amendment 

200

Who's main goal was fostering efficiency? 

Frederick Winslow Taylor 

200

Wanted African Americans to prove their economic value 

Booker T. Washington

300

This activist believed that racism would end once blacks acquired useful labor skills

Booker T. Washington

300

A vote on the initiative

Referendum 

300

What two groups of people/groups' primary progressive goal was Promoting Moral Improvement? 

The Anti-Saloon League and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union

300

He insisted that African Americans acquire labor skills 

Booker T. Washington

400

The first African American to earn a doctorate from Harvard, who disagreed with Washington

W.E.B. Du Bois

400

A bill originated by the people rather than lawmakers 

Initiative 

400

What two people/groups supported "Protecting Social Welfare"

Florence Kelly and the Salvation Army 

400

He believed that the African American  community needed to have well-educated leaders 

W.E.B. Du Bois

500

She was a muckraker who exposed the ruthlessness of John D. Rockefeller.

Ida B. Tarbell

500

This enables voters to remove public officials from elected positions by forcing them to face another election before the end of their term if enough voters ask for it. 

Recall

500

Name the FOUR goals of the progressive movement

Protecting Social Welfare

Promoting Moral Improvement 

Creating Economic Reform 

Fostering Efficiency

500

He believed that African Americans should seek a Liberal Arts education 

W.E.B. Du Bois 

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