Chapter 7 Test Flashcards
They made people aware of problems in America
journalists
Henry Ford’s car ran on this
gasoline
This president pushed many Progressive ideas
Theodore Roosevelt
They wanted more power returned to ordinary people
farmers
Describes American life in the early 1900s
progress
Some Americans thought these people might not practice the skills needed to get good jobs
the poor
Authorities on American life who study societies
social scientists
Customs, beliefs, arts, and institutions of a group of people
culture
The act in which white and black Americans had to stay separated
segregation
Wrote news stories that focused on bad news and sin
muckrakers
Booker T Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois had different opinions on how to deal with this
segregation
These were some of the most respected leaders in the United States in the 1800s
pastors
New inventions during the 1900s made life _________
easier
Wilbur and Orville Wright built this that could fly on its own power and was directed by a pilot
plane
Farmers wanted this returned to ordinary people
power
The belief that God rules over all and that nothing happens apart from God’s plan or permission
providence
This is who Progressives wanted to run schools
experts
They became much wealthier than anyone else in the country
business leaders
College teachers turned to this as a source of truth
science
Progressives wanted employers to buy this so employers would have money to pay hurt workers
accident insurance
