Category 1: Progressive Goals & Reformers
Who were the journalists that investigated and exposed corruption in business and government?
Muckrakers
Which law required meat to be inspected?
Meat Inspection Act
Who was president after William McKinley’s assassination?
Theodore Roosevelt
What group started to enter public life and work during the Progressive Era?
Women
What amendment established an income tax?
16th Amendment
Which two organizations helped protect social welfare by aiding the poor?
Social Gospel and Settlement Houses
What law required truthful labeling on food and medicine?
Pure Food and Drug Act
What was Roosevelt’s plan of progressive reforms called?
The Square Deal
Who was a leading advocate for women’s suffrage?
Susan B. Anthony
What event ended the Gilded Age and began the Progressive Era?
Panic of 1893
Who exposed the unfair practices of Standard Oil?
Ida Tarbell
What act built dams and irrigation systems in the West?
Newlands Reclamation Act
What did Roosevelt do during the 1902 Coal Strike?
Invited both sides to the White House and helped negotiate better pay and shorter hours
What was the first strategy used to gain women’s suffrage?
Convince state legislatures to give women the right to vote
What was the purpose of Prohibition?
To ban alcohol and promote moral improvement
What was the overall focus of the Progressive Movement?
Restore economic opportunity and correct injustices
What law created the Federal Trade Commission to monitor unfair business practices?
Federal Trade Act
What was Taft’s approach to progressive reform?
Consolidate reforms rather than expand them
What was the second strategy women used to gain the right to vote?
Challenge voting laws through court cases based on the 14th Amendment
How did Roosevelt view conservation?
Some wilderness areas should be preserved, while others developed for the common good
What were the four main goals of the Progressive Movement?
Social welfare, moral improvement, economic reform, and efficiency
What established a national banking system divided into 12 regional banks?
Federal Reserve Act
Which political party did Roosevelt form to run for president again and did he win?
The Bull Moose Party. He did not, Woodrow Wilson did.
What was the third and final strategy to gain women’s suffrage and did the third strategy work?
Push for a national constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to vote. Yes, it did work
What was “trust busting” and how was it enforced?
Breaking up monopolies using the Sherman Antitrust Act to file lawsuits