Progressivism

Question 1

Reform

Answer 1

to change for the better

Question 2

progressivism

Answer 2

fixing society with government change

Question 3

tenements

Answer 3

slum apartments in citie

Question 4

political corruption

Answer 4

using a position of power to benefit yourself or your friends

Question 5

americanization

Answer 5

immigrants learning to be American

Question 6

public education

Answer 6

government run schools

Question 7

environmental regulations

Answer 7

laws about how environment treaded

Question 8

conservation

Answer 8

protecting and preserving the environment

Question 9

suffrage

Answer 9

the right to vote

Question 10

16th amendment

Answer 10

the federal government can collect income tax

Question 11

17th amendment

Answer 11

senators are directly elected by the people of their state, rather than being appointed by the state government.

Question 12

18th amendment

Answer 12

prohibition

Question 13

19th amendment

Answer 13

gave women the right to vote

Question 14

muckrakers

Answer 14

journalists who exposed wrongdoing

Question 15

theodore Roosevelt

Answer 15

progressive president fought for

Question 16

federal reserve system

Answer 16

central bank created to protect banks from failing