Movements
Big Business and Government
Reformers
Presidents
Problem Solvers
100
This is the name for people who do not believe in any form of national government. They believe people can govern themselves.
Anarchists
100
Those who admired business leaders like Rockefeller and Carnegie dubbed them "captains of industry". What derogatory term was used by critics to refer to these business leaders?
Robber Barons
100
The Progressive Era tried to solve the problem of what previous era, named for something that is shiny and golden on the outside, but worthless on the inside?
The Gilded Age
100
Theodore Roosevelt was known as a 'trustbuster', because he strengthened the Sherman Antitrust Act, and tried to break up _____.
Monopolies
100
These people were the investigative journalists of their day. They would expose a problem in society to raise awareness and would push for legislation to fix it.
Muckrakers
200
The Progressive Era saw the first rise of this belief in the U.S. It is the belief that everyone in society should be equal, and there should not be private businesses that would allow some to become wealthier than others.
Communism/Socialism
200
The secret ballot, the city manager system, the initiative, the referendum, the recall and the direct primary were all ways that Progressives tried to give power to the people to fight what?
Corruption/Big Business/Political machines
200
This organization, co-founded by W.E.B. DuBois, has done much for the black civil rights movement. Many of their achievements have been winning Supreme Court cases that overturn racist policies.
The NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
200
This president, who was in office throughout World War I, was seen as a very Progressive president along with Theodore Roosevelt.
Woodrow Wilson
200
Ida Tarbell's book The History of the Standard Oil Company exposed the ruthless business tactics of who?
John D. Rockefeller
300
Susan B. Anthony, Flornece Kelley, Carrie Chapman Catt, and Alice Paul all fought for what, which was finally achieved with the passage of the 19th amendment?
Women's suffrage, or women's right to vote.
300
Tammany Hall in NY was led by "Boss" Tweed. His organization would pocket city money and stay in power by giving immigrants services they needed in exchange for votes. This type of corrupt organization was called what?
A political machine
300
The 17th amendment gave U.S. citizens the right to directly elect their...?
Senators
300
The purpose of this act, passed in 1913, was to regulate banks and create a more elastic currency to help solve America's banking problems. It is essentially a "bank to the banks". It was passed under President Wilson
The Federal Reserve Act/System
300
This law was passed after much awareness was raised by Upton Sinclair's The Jungle. It was designed to protect consumers and ensure the safety of the products they purchased. [There are two answers I will accept.]
The Pure Food and Drug Act
The Meat Inspection Act
400
The movement to prohibit or limit the use of alcohol was called the __________ movement.
The Temperance Movement
400
The 16th Amendment created this kind of tax, that allowed the government to gain revenue just from the money that people made annually. This new source of revenue would make prohibition plausible and would allow for less reliance on tariffs.
Income tax
400
Which 1911 event, which caused the deaths of 146 female workers, led to new state laws that provided safety codes for factories?
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire.
400
Theodore Roosevelt promised Americans a "_____ _____", which was the name of his policies where he pushed for conservation of natural resources, control of corporations, and the protection of consumers.
"Square Deal"
400
What did Thomas Nast do that raised awareness about the corruption in NY's Tammany Hall that eventually led to Boss Tweed's incarceration?
Drew political cartoons
500
This movement followed the belief that taking care of the poor and the needy was the Christian thing to do. They wanted to improve working conditions, end child labor, and improve public schools.
The "Social Gospel" movemment
500
This law was passed in 1890. It attempted to regulate monopolies, but legal loopholes made it so that it only affected horizontally integrated businesses, not vertical. It was not very effective.
The Sherman Anti-Trust Act
500
Jane Addams opened the Hull House in Chicago, which aimed to provide social services for the poor, especially women and children. The Hull House was the most famous of all ___________ houses.
Settlement
500
Which president, that came after Teddy Roosevelt and before Woodrow Wilson, once got stuck in the White House bathtub because he was so fat? Also, he was not nearly as progressive as the aforementioned presidents.
William Taft
500
One muckraker published a book with photographs, such as this one, to help expose the filthy living conditions of the urban poor. Name the author, or the name of the book. Double points for naming both.
How the Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis