Progressive Era – Americans Pass Laws to Improve Society

Question 1

Populist arty Platform –

Answer 1

Coinage of silver, graduated

income tax, regulation of railroad shipping charges

Question 2

Upton Sinclair

Answer 2

– Wrote “The Jungle”, resulting in the

government regulating the safety of food products, FDA

Question 3

Jane Addams

Answer 3

Established Settlement House movement to

help assimilate immigrants

Question 4

W. E. B. DuBois

Answer 4

– Helped found NAACP, a civil rights group

that fought for the legal rights of African Americans

Question 5

State Reforms

Answer 5

Initiate, Referendum, Recall; increased

participation in democracy, made elected officials accountable

Question 6

Pure Food and Drug Act

Answer 6

– Government policies protecting

consumers, resulted from Muckrakers like Upton Sinclair

Question 7

National Park Service

Answer 7

Roosevelt, conserve land

Question 8

19th Amendment

Answer 8

allowed women’s suffrage, right to vote

Question 9

Prohibition

Answer 9

desire to decrease crime and health problems,

resulted in increased crime & speakeasies, women supported