Progressive Era
Progressives believed that government should work for the interests of _____________.
people or the public
What is a Muckracker?
What is a journalist that wanted to expose corruption and abuses in industry and government called?
American law that makes it a crime to adulterate or misbrand meat
What is The Federal Meat Inspection Act of 1906
The Progressive Movement was primarily a response to problems created by
What is Industrailization
I was known as The Progressive President
What is Teddy Roosevelt
Reformers who want to improve American life are called ________________.
Progressives
Who wrote How the Other Half Lives?
Jacob Riis
Gave the women the right to vote
What is The 19th amendment
In response to large numbers of vacant federal jobs and corruption this commission was created?
What is The Civil Service Commission or Pendleton Act
What was the Square Deal?
What is a program proposed by Teddy Roosevelt that conserved natural resources, controlled corporate greed, and protected consumers.
If I believe that Alcoholic beverages are bad what movement am I a part of?
The Temperance Movement or Prohibition Movement
I am best known for my photographs of people living in New York Cities poorest slums. Who am I?
Jacob Riis
In the 1900s, this outlawed of the manufacture, sale and transport of alcohol.
What is the 18th amendment
What is the purpose of the The National Child Labor Committee ?
Remove children from the work place
What is this Quote Referring to? "In short, our aim should be , no to destroy, but effectively... to regulate and control in the public interest, the great instrumentalities of modern business....." TD, 1913
What is Trusts/Anti-Trust legislation
Daily Double!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What do the 16th, 17th,18th, and 19th Amendments call for? Define All Four to answer correctly!!!!!!
The Jungle led to these TWO pieces of federal legislation.
1. Meat Inspection Act
2. Pure Food and Drug Act
What was the Overall Goal of the Progressive Era
What is To give more power to the people
Women working to achieve voting rights
suffrage movement
The first US President to side with labor unions over big business was?
Who is Teddy Roosevelt
So called Progressives addressed issues in the cities. while ___________ addressed issues of concern in rural areas, particularly issues that were a matter of concern to farmers.
Populists or Grangers
Upton Sinclair, like Jacob Riis, wrote about urban issues in his work _______________________.
The Jungle
Group of people who fought for social changes in society
Who are the Muckrakers
The big monopolies of the Gilded Age lead to this
What is the fight for reforms during the Progressive Era
What was the general approach that Theodore Roosevelt had to governing:
What is blending several different political ideas to satisfy the people, "bully pulpit," "speak softly and carry a big stick."