Words and Terms
A writer who publishes articles revealing political corruption were known as a
MUCKRAKER
President Wilson tried to create this group of countries to stop wars in the future.
League of Nations
Jacob Riis wrote the book, How the Other Half Lives, documenting what urban problem
Overcrowding of cities and poverty of immigrants
The Progressive movement supported the idea that the federal government should regulate which group of people in society
BIG BUSINESS LEADERS OR ROBBER BARONS
During the Progressive Era, democratic initiatives such as the 17th amendment to elect senators directly was adopted to get rid of what?
Corruption in government
A goal set at the Seneca Falls Convention (1848) was achieved during the Progressive Era by the
Passing the women's suffrage amendment (right to vote)
Name the law that resulted from the publication of Upton Sinclair's novel, The Jungle?
THE MEAT INSPECTION ACT
These newspaper writers exaggerated the explosion on the USS Maine in 1898 that sent us to war with Spain.
Yellow Journalists
Which country did Teddy Roosevelt front a revolution so he could build one of the biggest engineering marvels in the history of the world?
PANAMA
Which United States foreign policy was most directly related to the rise of big business in the late 1800's? (Why did they want to go outside the country to get natural resources)
IMPERIALISM
Name one political goal of the Progressive movement
Equality in voting
Recall
Referendum
Initiative
Direct elections
Why did the US Senate vote down Wilson's League of Nations?
Name one economic goal of the Progressive movement:
pass laws to help solve economic problems such as:
-break up monopolies
-support labor unions
-new child labor laws
-create a income tax
Give 1 reason why Wilson got the US into World War 1
Unrestrictive submarine warfare
To help Britain and France win the war
Choose 1 job by The Federal Reserve System, that was created in 1913, to do for the American economy
1. Regulate the money supply
2. Regulate interest rates