Summer School Entrance Questions
This movement wanted all of society to move forward together and improve.
What is Progressive?
Teddy Roosevelt's nickname when it came to taking on monopolies.
What is the Trustbuster?
These were investigative journalist who wrote exposes on corruption.
Who were Muckrakers?
Roosevelt created this cavalry unit that served in the Spanish-American War.
Who were the Rough Riders?
President Taft created this which all your parents and guardians HATE!
What is the Income Tax(IRS)?
Teenage girls in the Progressive Era who wanted to dress and act differently than their mothers.
Who were Flapper Girls?
Roosevelt chose this man to succeed him as a Progressive President.
Who is William Taft?
These were investigative stories written to bring corruption into the light.
What are Expose's?
Roosevelt won this for negotiating a peace during the Russo-Japanese War.
What is the Nobel Peace Prize?
He was a robber baron who monopolized the banking system.
Who was JP Morgan?
If you were a woman fighting for the right to vote you were called a?
What is a Suffragette?
This was the nickname for the 3rd party Roosevelt started to challenge Taft.
What is Bull Moose Party?
This was one of the worst workplace disasters in New York City's history.
What is the Triangle Fire?
He is the only President to also serve on the Supreme Court.
Who is William Taft?
This commission was created by President Wilson to investigate corrupt business practices.
What is the FTC(Federal Trade Commission)?
A Expose book written by Upton Sinclair about the corrupt meat packing industry.
What is the Jungle?
This was Roosevelt's first government position where he took on the Political Machine of a big city.
What is NYC Commissioner?
A person who takes action to right a wrong or challenge corruption.
What is an Activist?
This President was considered the last of the Progressive Age.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
This "Boss" ran a large corrupt political machine.
Who was Boss Tweed?
She was instrumental in the passage of the 19th Amendment.
Who is Carrie Chapman Catt?
Roosevelt is famous for creating these all across America's western frontier.
What are National Parks system?
A photo expose written to show the life of poor people in NYC tenement buildings.
What is "How The Other Half Lives"?
The 18th Amendment outlawed this nation wide.
What is alcohol(Prohibition)?
These were corrupt systems that ran and stole from large cities in America.
What is a Political machine?