APUSH CH 19/20 DBQ

Question 1

goals of the progressive movement

Answer 1

womens suffrage, race reform, temperance, child labor, government reform, better housing, immigration, anti prostitution, trusts

Question 2

thesis

Answer 2

progressive reformers and the federal government addressed many issues needing reformation with national acts and policies but did fail with advancing race reform and womens suffrage.

Question 3

contextualization

Answer 3

in the decades following the civil war and subsequent reconstruction attempt, national politics were relatively peaceful which was the calm before the storm because of the panic of 1893.

Question 4

the panic of 1893

Answer 4

an economic disaster caused by the over expansion of railroads in the 1880s and that shaped the politics of the years to come. The panic opened the floodgates to all the issues that had been hiding behind the superficial gold glitter of the gilded age.

Question 5

issues

Answer 5

the corrupt government, excessive power of corporate titans and urban bosses through trusts and monopolies,

Question 6

what did the issues lead to

Answer 6

the issues led to the people protesting against them, the movement became known as progressivism