🏛️ Category 1: Roots of Progressivism
What problems were Progressives trying to fix in American society?
Industrialization, urbanization, and political corruption.
Who was the president known for “trust-busting” and the “Square Deal”?
Theodore Roosevelt.
What tragic factory fire led to major workplace safety reforms?
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.
Who believed African Americans should gain equality through vocational education and self-reliance?
Booker T. Washington.
What years did the Progressive Era roughly last?
1890s–1920s.
What were journalists who exposed corruption and injustice called?
Muckrakers
The 16th Amendment created what major tax reform?
A federal income tax.
Who promoted “learning by doing” as part of education reform?
John Dewey.
Who believed in immediate equality and founded the NAACP?
W.E.B. Du Bois.
What law helped regulate the safety and labeling of food and drugs?
The Pure Food and Drug Act (1906).
Who wrote The Jungle and exposed the meatpacking industry?
Upton Sinclair.
The 17th Amendment gave people what new power?
The direct election of U.S. Senators.
What group led the temperance movement to ban alcohol?
The Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU).
What was the nickname for Washington’s famous 1895 speech promoting gradual progress?
The Atlanta Compromise.
Which Progressive reform gave citizens the power to remove elected officials before their term ended?
Recall
Which photographer revealed the harsh realities of tenement life in How the Other Half Lives?
Jacob Riis.
What Progressive reforms gave citizens more control over government (name two)?
Initiative, referendum, recall, and direct primary.
What amendment prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcohol?
The 18th Amendment.
Which amendment gave women the right to vote?
The 19th Amendment.
Name two long-term effects of the Progressive Era.
Expanded democracy, women’s rights, improved labor laws, increased government regulation.
What was the Social Gospel Movement’s main belief?
Christians had a moral duty to address poverty and social injustice.
What was the main goal of breaking up monopolies and trusts?
To increase fairness, competition, and government regulation of big business.
What reformer founded Hull House to help immigrants and the urban poor?
Jane Addams.
What was one major reason racial equality was often ignored by white Progressive reformers?
They prioritized other social issues and accepted segregation to avoid controversy.
Finish the quote: “You cannot worship God and ignore your neighbor’s ______.”
Suffering