The 19th amendment was the last progressive amendment passed, ironically those who fueled the progressive movement ended up waiting the longest for reform.
What is women's suffrage?
100
This group believed that government should correct social and economic problems of society.
Who are the progressives?
100
This was the one major group that was mostly ignored by Progressives even though they faced many of the same problems.
Who are African Americans?
100
This organization was set up by the National Housing Act of 1934 in order to assist low income families ability to own homes.
What is Federal Housing Administration (FHA)?
100
This women was instrumental in helping the poor during the Progressive Era and the New Deal Era.
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
200
The 18th amendment led to the rise of speakeasies and gangs.
What is prohibition?
200
The philosophy of Franklin D. Roosevelt was that the Great Depression needed to be addressed by the 3 R's.
What are relief, recovery, and reform?
200
This group was the major movement responsible for the eventual banning of alcohol.
What is the Women's Christian Temperance Movement?
200
This was a work relief program that operated from 1933 to 1942 for men to work various efforts especially in the area of protecting natural resources.
What is Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)?
200
This man meant to shed light of the woes of the workers, not the quality of food in the meat packing industry.
Who is Upton Sinclair?
300
In another irony, the Republican party was responsible for the 16th amendment.
What is income tax?
300
The name of this idea include three basic ideas which were that there needed to be a balance between business, workers, with the government in control meaning that it was fair for all.
What is the Square Deal?
300
The majority of Progressive legislation was passed at this level of government.
What is state and local?
300
This agency was set up as part of the Banking Act of 1933 in order to provide deposit insurance to guarantee the safety of accounts up to a certain amount.
What is the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)?
300
This governor of Wisconsin and later Senator was responsible for many state government reforms.
Who is Robert LaFollette?
400
The 17th amendment made sure that voting resided with individual citizens and not state legislatures.
What is the direct election of senators?
400
This was the name of a series of domestic programs enacted to address the problems of the Great Depression.
What is the New Deal?
400
This group of writers purposely went to expose the corruption and poor conditions in various government agencies and industries.
Who are the muckrakers?
400
This agency was actually created by Hebert Hoover to given loans to states to provide relief programs for its citizens.
What is the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)?
400
This many wrote "How the Other Half Lives" to shed light on poor urban living conditions.
Who is Jacob Riis?
500
These two women spearhead the movement and actually drafted the amendment for women to vote in the 1870's.
Who are Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony?
500
This theory of economics emphasized deficit spending in order to handle recessions and economic distress.
What is Keynesian economics?
500
This women founded the Hull House with the idea of assisting immigrants in settling in the United States.
Who is Jane Addams?
500
This was part of the New Deal in 1933 which was headed by Harold Ickes to build large scale public works such as dams, bridges, hospitals, and schools.
What is Public Works Adminstration (WPA)?
500
The National Labor Relations Act which is the foundation of U.S. labor law also is called this after the senator that sponsored it.