Progressive Era 1
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Progressive Era 3
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Progressive Era 5
100

The growth of cities as result of people living and working in them

Urbanization

100

 the names given to journalists who attempted to expose government corruption 

Muckrakers

100

Overcrowded housing in the cities led many immigrants to live in these.

Tenements

100

This movement prior to the Progressive era served as a stepping stone and was led by William Jennings Bryan



Populist / Populism

100

This event began as a labor union protest and escalated into a riot

Haymarket

200

where most immigrants coming from Europe were processed when coming to America

Ellis island

200

This muckraker wrote extensively about the greed of big business and its exploitation of wage earners.


Lincoln Steffans

200

For what position was Roosevelt chosen in 1900?

Vice President

200

The idea that wealth and financial success is tied to genetic makeup

Social Darwinism

200

This muckraker wrote extensively about the corrupt business practices of Rockefeller 

Ida Tarbell 

300

The name for Teddy Roosevelt's domestic policy

What is the Square Deal

300

This Act increased government regulations on the shipping industry.

Interstate Commerce Act

300

What are 5 ways that citizens gained political rights during the Progressive Era?

Initiative, Referendum, Recall, the Primary System, direct election of senators, and Women's Suffrage.

300

He worked on the railroad from age 14 and eventually became the leader of the U.S. Socialist Party

Eugene Debbs 

300

One of the longest and most bitter conflicts between labor and capital in the south.

Coal Creek War (Saga) 

400

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This amendment repealed the text of the 18th Amendment, ending prohibition

20th Amendment

400

Name of the president who was advised by John Muir on environmental issues...

Teddy Roosevelt
400

These are the Progressive Amendments. Describe each one for extra points

16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th

400

The cartoon depicts

Horizontal integration

400

When citizens can vote on the passage of or changes to a law

Referendum 

500

Muckraker known for his work that led to the passage of the Meat Inspection Act....

Upton Sinclair

500

Photographer that Exposed the truth about People living in City Slums

Jacob Riis

500

This law, named after a Senator from Ohio was the first to combat unfair trade practices and monopolies

What is the Sherman Anti Trust Act of 1890

500

Who did Taft run against in the 1908 presidential election?

William Jennings Bryan

500

Roosevelt's view on trusts were that....

There are good trusts and bad trusts.

600

Which muckraker wrote that, in the south, "five human beings were lynched and no real importance to them was shown."

Ida B. Wells

600

The name of the third party created by Teddy Roosevelt to run in the 1912 presidential election.

Progressive Party (Bull Moose Party)

600

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This woman from Monteagle was the most prominent leader of the anti-suffragist movement in TN

Josephine Pearson

600

The president who held office during the passage of the largest number of progressive laws  

Woodrow Wilson

600

The two most prominent African American Progressives. 

Booker T. Washington & W.E.B. Du Bois