Progressive Terms
What was the name of the journalists who "raked" through the muck of American life, exposing some of the ugliest problems of the new industrial society?
What is a "muckraker"
What is the name of the book written by Upton Sinclair about the plight of immigrants in Chicago and particularly describing the horrible conditions in the city's meat packing plants?
What is "The Jungle"
Who was the woman who fought for women's suffrage and co-founded The National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA)?
Who is Susan B. Anthony
What is it called when voters mark their ballots in private, instead of openly making them less subject to pressure and intimidation?
What is a secret ballot
What is the 18th Amendment?
Prohibition the Volstead Act making alcohol illegal in the United States
What is the name of a person who is born in the United States?
What is a "nativist"
Who wrote the book History of Standard Oil describing the monopolistic methods of Rockefellers Standard Oil?
Who is Ida Tarbell
Who was the women who fought to establish a minimum wage the 8-hour workday and particularly fought against child labor?
Who is Florence Kelley
What is it called where elected officials could be dismissed from office by voters in a special election?
What is a recall
Which of the following is NOT a progressive president.
1. Calvin Cooledge
2. Teddy Roosevelt
3. Woodrow Wilson
4. William Howard Taft
Who is A. Calvin Cooledge
What was the name for the houses that were usually located in slum neighborhoods and provided services to immigrants and the poor such as English classes and childcare?
What is a "settlement house"
Jacob Riis wrote a book using many photographs to describe the horrible conditions of the urban poor. What was the name of that book?
What is "How the Other Half Lives"
Who is the women who founded the settlement house "Hull House" in Chicago?
Who is Jane Adams
What is it called where voters can directly introduce bills into state legislatures?
What is an initiative
What strike did President Roosevelt interfere with so Americans would not freeze to death? This was the first time ever the government interfered with a labor dispute.
What is the 1902 Coal Strike
What is the name for the right to vote?
Hint women were fighting for this right.
What is "suffrage"
What does the NAACP stand for?
What is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Which president was known as the "Trust Buster"?
Who is Teddy Roosevelt
What is it called where voters vote on a law?
What is a referendum
What was the name for the movement that believed that Christain organizations and the government had to work together to provide help for the needy?
What is the "Social Gospel Movement"
What was the name for Jane Adams settlement house in Chicago? Adams won a Noble Peace Prize for her work there.
What is "Hull House"
What two acts were established by Congress as a direct result of Upton Sinclair's book the Jungle?
Must have both answers for the points.
What is the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act
What president went after the "triple wall of privilege" that included trust, tariffs and banking"?
Who is Woodrow Wilson (Democrat)
What is a vote where voters will vote for a member of their party to be put on the ballot for the final election?
What is a direct primary
What two organizations were founded on the principles of the "Social Gospel Movement" that still exist today?
What are the YMCA and Salvation Army