Progressivism

Question 1

Urban Housing Conditions

Answer 1

Poor sanitation, few public services, fire hazards, crowded, dirty apartments

Question 2

Spoil System

Answer 2

Practice of a political policy giving jobs/appointments to its supporters, rather than people based on their qualifications

Question 3

Pendleton Civil Service Act

Answer 3

Created civil service exam. Some government employees must pass test to get hired

Question 4

Tariff

Answer 4

Tax on imported goods

Question 5

Populism

Answer 5

Political group, largely made up of farmers, to advocate for economic reforms

Question 6

Segregation

Answer 6

The separation of people because of their race

Question 7

Discrimination

Answer 7

The unjust or prejudicial treatment of people based on race or color

Question 8

Jim Crow Laws

Answer 8

Segregation laws enacted in the south after reconstruction

Question 9

Plessy vs. Ferguson

Answer 9

1896 Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine

Question 10

NAACP

Answer 10

Organization founded to abolish segregation and discrimination and to achieve political and civil rights for African Americans

Question 11

Progressivism

Answer 11

Movement to fix problems created by industrialization through social, political and economic reform

Question 12

Four Goals of Progressivism

Answer 12

Social Welfare
Moral Improvement
Economic Reform
Efficiency

Question 13

Settlement houses

Answer 13

Community centers organized around 1900 to provide social services to urban poor