Progressivism

Question 1

Reform

Answer 1

To change for the better

Example: Passing the “meat inspection act”

Question 2

Tenements

Answer 2

• Slum apartments in cities
• Example: the apartment they live in
in The Jungle

Question 3

Graft

Answer 3

Political corruption to gain money

Example: taking bribes

Question 4

Populism

Answer 4

• More power to ordinary people
• Example: 17th amendment allows
for the direct election of senators

Question 5

Progressivism

Answer 5

• Fixing society with government change
• Example: passing the prohibition of
alcohol (18th amendment)

Question 6

Americanization

Answer 6

• Immigrants learning to be

“American”

Question 7

Public Education

Answer 7

• Government run schools

* Example: Lancaster City Schools

Question 8

Environmental regulations

Answer 8

• Laws about how environment’s
treated
• Example: It’s illegal to dump waste
from your factory into rivers

Question 9

Conservation

Answer 9

• Protecting and preserving the
environment
• Example: President Teddy
Roosevelt established many
national parks and protected
wilderness areas

Question 10

Suffrage

Answer 10

• The right to vote

Question 11

Susan B. Anthony

Answer 11

Fought for women’s rights

especially voting

Question 12

19th Amendment

Answer 12

• Granted women the right to vote

Question 13

Sherman Antitrust Act

Answer 13

• Anti-monopoly law from 1890

Question 14

Clayton Antitrust Act

Answer 14

• Stopped Monopolies merging &

helped labor unions

Question 15

Muckrakers

Answer 15

• Journalists who exposed wrongdoing
• Example: Upton Sinclair (wrote The
Jungle)

Question 16

Theodore Roosevelt

Answer 16

• Progressive President: fought for

conservation

Question 17

Federal Reserve System

Answer 17

• Central Bank created to protect

banks from failing

Question 18

Sixteenth Amendment

Answer 18

• Allowed income tax