Progressives Era

Question 1

16th Amendment

Answer 1

graduated income tax

Question 2

17th Amendment

Answer 2

Election process by popular vote electing senators

Question 3

18th Amendment

Answer 3

Prohibition

Question 4

19th Amendment

Answer 4

Women’s Suffrage - Gives women the right to vote

Question 5

Florence Kelly
Problem and Method:

Answer 5

child labor and testimony

Question 6

Nellie Bly
Problem and Method:

Answer 6

Mistreatment of the mentally ill in institutions, undercover journalism

Question 7

Upton Sinclair
Problem and Method:

Answer 7

unsafe products in the meat industry, novel

Question 8

Thomas Nast
Problem and Method:

Answer 8

political corruption, political cartoons

Question 9

Jacob Riis
Problem and Method:

Answer 9

Urban slums and poverty in new york city, photojurnalism

Question 10

Ida B. Wells
Problem and Method:

Answer 10

racial violence (lynchings) and discrimination, newspaper and pamphlets

Question 11

recall

Answer 11

the reform that allowed people to remove most elected officials from office before the end of their term

Question 12

referendum

Answer 12

a direct vote by the electorate on a proposal, law, or political issue

Question 13

Teddy Roosevelt

Answer 13

worked to dispurst wealth, against monopolies

Question 13

initiative

Answer 13

A petition to propose amendments to the constitution

Question 13

Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act

Answer 13

enforced a test to be a government official

Question 13

conservation vs preservation

Answer 13

Conservation protects the environment through the responsible use of natural resources
Preservation protects the environment from harmful human activities

Question 13

trust busting

Answer 13

a government tool to break up monopolies when they control too much of the market share and prevent competition

Question 13

Fightin’ Bob Lafollette

Answer 13

reformed political corruption, supported primary elections and referendums

Question 14

nepitism

Answer 14

giving people favorable treatment due to who they are, not what they knw

Question 15

NAWSA

Answer 15

Carrie Chapman Catt, conservative, non political, focused on STATES voting

Question 16

NWP

Answer 16

Alice Paul and Lucy Burns, British tactics, radical, targeted democrats, wanted an amendment, food strikes, protests at the whitehouse

Question 17

the first state to give women the right to vote

Answer 17

wyoming