---Module 6 Flashcards
What is the significance of William McKinley’s assassination? Why was it the end of an era?
Thedore rosavelt comes in and promontes bully pulpit
Most progressives were committed to
using the tools of scientific inquiry to root out and solve human problems.
All of the following amendments were passed during the Progressive Era in America except
15th
Most progressive reformers belonged to the
middle class.
The term “muckrakers” referred to
crusading journalists.
Which of the following Progressive Era Constitutional amendments is NOT matched with its correct description?
17th – 2 year term limits on members of the House of Representatives
Upton Sinclair’s novel, The Jungle, was instrumental in gaining congressional legislation for the regulation of
the production of food and drugs.
Theodore Roosevelt believed that
the president should use the “bully pulpit.”
Theodore Roosevelt is perhaps best known for his
natural resource conservation.
Of the following, who helped establish the NAACP?
W.E.B. DuBois and Ida B. Wells
During the Progressive Era, reformers of city government frequently tried to
hire professionally trained city managers.
What idea did roosavelt usher in
Usherd ins a more progressive society
What were the main platforms for the Progressives?
- Imperial presidancy
- Hands off economics
- European imperialism
Who was John Dewey
founder of the philosophical movement, a pioneer in functional psychology, and a leader of the progressive movement in education in the United States.
What was Upton Sinclair’s book The Jungle about? What was its significance?
reveal the brutal exploitation of labor in the meatpacking industry, and thus to build support for the socialist movement, its major
impact was to lay bare the entire process of industrialized food production.
What were the downsides to Progressivism?
- Prostitution
-Elimination of minority canidits
-Hurt buisness
According to the lecture, what were the three reasons behind the rise of the Progressives?
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Who was Margaret Sanger? What did she do? Explain the significance of her actions.
Founder of birth control movement. Leads challenge to cosmok act, Believed all african americans needed to take birth control
Who was W.E.B Dubois? How did his views on dealing with racism and Jim Crow differ from Booker T. Washington? What organization did he help found?
He was a leader amongst African Americans. He believed in fighting back unlike booker T who wanted to stay silent and abide by there jim crow laws. He helped fund the NAACP. W.E.B fought aginst plessy v. Fuggrgison
What did Theodore Roosevelt do in 1902 that changed the way American presidents dealt with labor disputes?
- He won noble peace prize, and made the bully pulpit
What two labor organizations developed as a result of Roosevelt’s intervention on their behalf?
How did Woodrow Wilson change the presidency?
support for the women’s suffrage amendment, and two years later women’s suffrage became a reality. After the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, women from all walks of life mobilized to vote.the United States was now more industrial than not, increasingly more urban than rural. The activism and activities of these new urban denizens also gave rise to a new American culture.
What is the Imperial Presidency? In what ways did Wilson help implement this idea?
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What were some of the major issues that plagued Wilson’s presidency?
He wasnt a republican and promoted polacies they didnt like.
What was “Birth of a Nation?” What was the main argument of the film? What was Wilson’s opinion on the film? What did that say about Wilson, himself?
The film almost singlehandedly rejuvenated the Ku Klux Klan.
Explain how the 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th Amendments were Progressive Era accomplishments.
Because they gave women rights, and sufferage,prohibited dirtect taxation, prohibited the “manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors.
How were women treated prior to the Women’s suffrage movement?
They had very little rights when it came to voting, property etc.
What happened at the World Anti-Slavery Convention in London
more than five hundred abolitionists, mostly coming from France, England, and the United States. All
met together in England, united by their common goal of ending slavery
in their time.
Who were Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
They fought injustices of slavery. At world anti slavery convention in london
Where was the first women’s suffrage convention organized? What was the Declaration of Sentiments? What is its significance?
Senneca Falls NY. Decleration captured the wide range of issues embraced by the early
women’s rights movement it spread quickly.
Who was Elizabeth Cady Stanton? How did she contribute to the women’s suffrage movement? What organization did she and Susan B. Anthony create?
She led the Seneca Falls convention, New York. She was the great women’s rights and abolition activist, was one of the strongest forces in the universal suffrage movement. Her and susan advocated universal suffrage
What was the 19th Amendment? Why were women able to get the amendment passed?
Women protested silently in front of
the White House for over two years
before passage of the Nineteenth
Amendment. The ammendment allowed women to vote
Explain how the Women’s Suffrage Movement informs us about the Progressive movement as a whole.
Progressive reformers wanted to end political corruption, improve the lives of individuals, and increase government intervention to protect citizens. The suffrage movement was part of this wave of Progressive Era reforms
