Progressivism

Question 1

Ellis Island, and New York City’s Role in immigration from the 1880s to 1920s

Answer 1

Ellis Island was the place where all immigrants had to go to start the process of becoming American

Question 2

What made the immigrants to the U.S from the 1880s through the 1890s, different from the immigrants who came earlier

Answer 2

Before, immigrants came from the Northern Europe but now they came from Southern and Eastern Europe and Asia, causing many different religions to be used

Question 3

Integration/Assimilation and the difficulties immigrants faced in the U.S

Answer 3

The immigrants had a tough time fitting into the U.S culture and faced strong racism

Question 4

Quotas and the Chinese Exclusion Act

Answer 4

In 1882, Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act which said that no more Chinese Immigrants could come into the U.S

A quota is a limit based on numbers or proportion

Question 5

Nativism

Answer 5

Prejudice against immigrants for no reason; an attitude of resentment toward foreigners

Question 6

Push and pull factors for immigrants coming to the U.S

Answer 6

Push factor- something “pushing” somebody to leave the country (negative factor)

Pull Factor- anything positive about the new country

Question 7

The Melting Pot Idea

Answer 7

A metaphor speaking about all different cultures blended together and becoming one culture

Question 8

Tenemants

Answer 8

Cramped, overcrowded, apartments in big cities for immigrants

Question 9

Urban Political Machines

Answer 9

An urban group that keeps political power by controlling the activities of other political parties

Question 10

The Four Progressive Era Constitutional Amendments

Answer 10

16 - income tax
17- direct election of senators
18- prohibition of alcohol
19- women’s suffrage; right to vote

Question 11

Prohibition

Answer 11

Legal ban on the production and sale of alcoholic beverages

Question 12

Women’s rights/ the Suffrage movement

Answer 12

In 1920, the 19th amendment allowed women to vote

Question 13

Trust-busting

Answer 13

Breaking up monopolies (Teddy Roosevelt)

Question 14

Muckrakers

Answer 14

Journalists who expose problems in America during the Industrial age

Question 15

John Muir

Answer 15

John Muir was a protector of the environment, he thought that conserving nature is important

Question 16

Jacob Riis and the Urban Slums

Answer 16

“How the other half lives” is John Riis book that showed how bad Urban living conditions were.

Question 17

Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle

Answer 17

Upton Sinclair was a Truth Writer/Muckraker
The jungle was a book that Upton Sinclair wrote describing the bad conditions of the meat packing industry

Question 18

Robert La Follete

Answer 18

Robert La Follete was a reforming politician from Wisconsin. He is associated with the Wisconsin Idea and initiative/referendum/recall.

Question 19

Wisconsin Idea

Answer 19

Giving the power back to the people; taking power away from the corrupt government

Question 20

Initiative/Referendum/Recall

Answer 20

Initiative- a process that allows citizens to propose and pass laws directly without state legislative.
Referendum- a process whose votes approve or reject laws passed by legislation.
Recall-a process by which citizens can vote government officials out of office before the term is over.

Question 21

W.E.B DuBois and the NAACP

Answer 21

W.E.B DuBois is a spokesman for equal rights. The NAACP is the National Association for Advancement of Colored People.

Question 22

ESSAY
Name 5 Problems and 5 Solutions to those problems during the Progressive Era

Answer 22

• Farmers couldn’t make a living-populism helped because people would create political movements that would create ways for them to make a living
• Political corruption -Wisconsin idea, initiative, referendum, recall.
• Bad working conditions - labor unions would try to fix ; muckrakers
• Environmental concerns - John Muir and others tried to help.
• Monopolies and robber barons - Teddy Roosevelt would try to split up monopolies and regulate the power by trust busting.

Question 23

Populism

Answer 23

Any political movement that wants government regulations for something; it starts from the people