Progressive Presidents
This 25th U.S. president was assassinated on September 6, 1901 at a Pan-American Expo in Buffalo New York.
William McKinley
Upton Sinclair’s novel, The Jungle, exposed the horrors of what industry?
The meatpacking industry
This amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted women the right to vote?
The 19th Amendment
The name for journalists that Theodore Roosevelt coined, who exposed corruption and social issues during the Progressive Era?
Muckrakers
The term for allowing citizens to vote directly on proposed laws, bypassing state legislatures?
A Referendum
This U.S. President was famous for his phrase "Speak softly and carry a big stick."?
Theodore Roosevelt
This 1911 disaster led to major reforms in workplace safety and labor laws?
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
She was the leader of the National Woman’s Party and a key figure in the fight for women's suffrage?
Alice Paul
This was the main goal of labor unions during the Progressive Era?
To improve working conditions, wages, and hours for workers
This was the name of the corrupt political organization in New York City, led by Boss Tweed, that Progressives sought to dismantle?
Tammany Hall
The political party that Theodore Roosevelt created in 1912 when he ran for president after breaking away from the Republicans?
The Bull Moose Party (Progressive Party)
This law, passed in 1906, required accurate labeling of food and medicine and banned harmful ingredients?
The Pure Food and Drug Act
This organization, founded by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, fought for women’s voting rights?
The National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA)
This labor union, led by Samuel Gompers, was one of the most powerful during the Progressive Era?
The American Federation of Labor (AFL)
This political reform allows voters to remove an elected official from office before their term ends?
A Recall
A major infrastructure project that Theodore Roosevelt supported and oversaw, which drastically improved global trade routes?
The Panama Canal
She was the most famous leader of the settlement house movement and founded Hull House in Chicago?
Jane Addams
The name of the 1848 convention that marked the beginning of the organized women's rights movement in the United States?
The Seneca Falls Convention
This was a violent labor dispute between the Carnegie Steel Company and its workers in 1892
The Homestead Strike
This law, passed in 1883, aimed to end the spoils system by requiring government jobs to be awarded based on merit rather than political connections?
The Pendleton Civil Service Act
William Howard Taft was criticized for not being as progressive as Roosevelt. What law did he sign that disappointed many Progressives?
The Payne-Aldrich Tariff
This organization, founded in 1909, worked to combat racial discrimination and fight for civil rights through legal challenges and advocacy?
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
This document, written at the Seneca Falls Convention, outlined women's grievances and demands, modeling itself after the Declaration of Independence?
The Declaration of Sentiments
This Supreme Court case upheld an Oregon law limiting women's work hours, setting a precedent for future labor laws?
Muller v. Oregon (1908)
This voting reform was introduced during the Progressive Era to prevent voter intimidation and ensure privacy at the ballot box?
The Secret Ballot (Australian Ballot)
This antitrust law, passed under President Wilson in 1914, strengthened earlier laws and protected labor unions from being prosecuted as monopolies?
The Clayton Antitrust Act
This Supreme Court case in 1896 upheld racial segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine, leading to further civil rights struggles during the Progressive Era?
Plessy v. Ferguson
She was the first female elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Montana in 1916. Three years before she would have the right to vote.
Jeannette Rankin
This investigative journalist wrote "The History of the Standard Oil Company", exposing John D. Rockefeller’s monopoly practices?
Ida Tarbell
He was a leading governor and senator from Wisconsin known for Progressive reforms such as regulating railroads and introducing direct primaries?
Robert La Follette