Test #5

Question 1

What was the purpose of the Progressive movement?

Answer 1

to end the social ills of society

Question 2

How do Progressives make reforms possible?

Answer 2

expand the scope of local, state, and federal government

Question 3

What is the Progressives’ goal?

Answer 3

elevate public interest over private greed

Question 4

True or False: Most Progressives had deep religious beliefs

Answer 4

True

Question 5

True or False: Progressives wanted moral reforms

Answer 5

True

Question 6

What 2 Things did Progressives want to see done?

Answer 6

• The prohibition (outlaw) of alcohol

- Everything closed on Sunday

Question 7

Quote of the Progressives

Answer 7

Use the government as an agency of human welfare

Question 8

What is a Progressive?

Answer 8

a liberal, usually middle class-wealthy

Question 9

Targets for Improvement by Governments

Answer 9

• Schools
• Roads
• Conservation of Resources
• Health and Welfare
• Disabled
• Farmers

Question 10

Why was there a Problem?

Answer 10

• industrialization had many negatives

Question 11

First Movement

Answer 11

Improve City Life

Question 12

Which party tried to jump with the Progressives and why were they denied?

Answer 12

Socialists; too radical

Question 13

Muckrackers

Answer 13

• name given by T.R.
• investigative journalists
• writers who thrive on exposing corruption and social injustice

Question 14

What was Roosevelt’s belief on Muckrackers?

Answer 14

He thought they needed to learn where to draw the line and when to stop

Question 15

Muckrackers

Answer 15

• Henry Lloyd
• Lincoln Steffens
• Jacob Riis
• Upton Sinclair

Question 16

Henry Lloyd

Answer 16

• wrote “Wealth against Commonwealth”

- studied the Standard Oil Company and other monopolies

Question 17

Lincoln Steffens

Answer 17

• wrote “The Shame of Cities”

- looks at corruption of the city (how officials use and abuse their power)

Question 18

Jacob Riis

Answer 18

• wrote “How the Other Half Lives”

- exposes the slums of the cities

Question 19

Upton Sinclair

Answer 19

• wrote “The Jungle”

- exposes the horrors of the meat packing industry and the conditions of factory workers spaces

Question 20

5 Things the Progressives Needed to Change

Answer 20

1. Direct Primaries
2. Initiative and Referendum
3. Voter Registration
4. Recall
5. Direct Election of Senators

Question 21

Frederick Taylor

Answer 21

• idea of Scientific management
• if you shape a person’s job, shape it, and reduce the waste, the worker will be better

DIDNT WORK

• only works with controlled jobs
• believed raises made ppl work harder

Question 22

Triangle Shirtwaist Company

Answer 22

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