Progressive Era

Question 1

What is the main goal of a progressive?

Answer 1

See a problem in society and try and fix it, a lot of times using the power of government to fix it

Question 2

What name was given to investigative reporters who exposed the corruption and problems connected to growth of industry and cities?

Answer 2

Muckrakers

Question 3

What was the name of the book that exposed the issues of the meat packing and food industries in the United States?

Answer 3

“The Jungle”

Question 4

Who wrote “The Jungle” and was considered a prominent muckraker?

Answer 4

Upton Sinclair

Question 5

What is one change that happened as a result of Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire tragedy?

Answer 5

Workers Rights Improved, Required Fire Exits and Escapes, Workman’s compensation, etc.

Question 6

Which Amendment to the US constitution granted women the right to vote?

Answer 6

19th Amendment

Question 7

Which progressive opened the Settlement House (place to help immigrants join American society) called the Hull house in Chicago?

Answer 7

Jane Addams

Question 8

This progressive political change allows American citizens to vote directly on a law proposed by the government?

Answer 8

Referendum

Question 9

Which progressive political reform allows American citizens to directly propose a law or legislation to be passed?

Answer 9

Initiative

Question 10

Which progressive political reform allowed American citizens to directly vote out and remove any politician from office?

Answer 10

Recall

Question 11

What progressive reform set aside natural and untouched land so it could not be industrialized?

Answer 11

National Parks or National Park Act

Question 12

Which US president prioritized and created National Park system to preserve America’s natural lands for the enjoyment of future generations?

Answer 12

Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt

Question 13

Which progressive law required that all food, medicine, and drinks have to have a label which lists every ingredient within that product?

Answer 13

Pure Food and Drug Act

Question 14

What is a direct primary election?

Answer 14

When the people who belong to a political party get to directly vote and choose who will be the candidate from that party for a government position

Question 15

Which Amendment to the US constitution allowed American citizens to directly elect their US Senators?

Answer 15

17th Amendment

Question 16

Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were important members of which progressive movement?

Answer 16

Women’s Rights or Women’s Suffrage Movement

Question 17

What does the word “Suffrage” mean?

Answer 17

The right to vote

Question 18

What was the name given to Teddy Roosevelt’s progressive programs?

Answer 18

Square Deal

Question 19

Which progressive muckraker/reformer worked to end the practice of lynching in the US?

Answer 19

Ida B. Wells

Question 20

What name was given to Woodrow Wilson’s progressive programs?

Answer 20

New Freedom

Question 21

What was the goal of the Temperance movement in the US?

Answer 21

To Ban Alcohol

Question 22

Which Amendment to the US constitution bans the sale and manufacture of Alcohol?

Answer 22

18th Amendment

Question 23

Which progressive law protected Americans from buying or consuming spoiled or rotten meat?

Answer 23

Meat Inspection Act

Question 24

What progressive law gave the government the power to investigate as well as break up any company that was a monopoly or trust?

Answer 24

Sherman Antitrust Act