Final Exam - - Progressive Movement

Question 1

What was the political party of American farmers - it nominated James Weaver for president in 1892?

Answer 1

Populist Party

Question 2

What are the names of the three presidents who considered themselves progressives?

Answer 2

Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson

Question 3

What organization was started by Florence Kelly, which pushed for more comparable worker’s rights and wages for women - as well as for stricter child labor laws?

Answer 3

National Consumers League

Question 4

What is the farm organization that started as a social club to combat social isolation and the lack of educational opportunity?

Answer 4

The Grange

Question 5

What is the name of the third political party - that was started by Roosevelt - when he did not win the Republican nomination in 1912?

Answer 5

Progressive Party or the Bull Moose Party

Question 6

What reputation did Roosevelt receive as a result of breaking up 44 trust companies?

Answer 6

Trustbuster

Question 7

What is another name for the secret ballot?

Answer 7

Australian Ballot

Question 8

What type of democratic reform - - is where voters vote in a nominating election?

Answer 8

Primary

Question 9

What name did Theodore Roosevelt give to people who believed it was their duty to expose the corruption and abuses of society, big business and government?

Answer 9

Muckrakers

Question 10

What organization campaigned against the sale - manufacturing and the consumption of alcoholic beverages?

Answer 10

Women’s Christian Temperance Movement