Vocabulary

Question 1

Progressivism

Answer 1

A social reform movement based on improving society through the power of the government

Question 2

Suffrage

Answer 2

The right to vote

Question 3

Progressives

Answer 3

A group of reformers who worked to solve problems caused by the rapid industrial urban growth of the late 1800s

Question 4

Prohibition

Answer 4

End of the sale, production, and transportation of alcohol

Question 5

Australian Ballot

Answer 5

Secret ballot for voting

Question 6

Progressive Amendments to the Constitution

Answer 6

Amendments added between 1900-1920
16th, 17th, 18, & 19th

Question 7

Trustbuster

Answer 7

Nickname for T. Roosevelt because he ended trusts or monopolies

Question 8

Muckrakers

Answer 8

Journalists who exposed corruption and other problems with businesses in the early 1900s

Question 9

Square Deal

Answer 9

Name for the program T. Roosevelt wanted to implement to help the people of the country

Question 10

Theodore Roosevelt

Answer 10

President known for conservationism, trust-busting, the Square Deal, Panama Canal

Question 11

William Howard Taft

Answer 11

President following T. Roosevelt, cautious reformer

Question 12

Woodrow Wilson

Answer 12

President who created the Federal Reserve, Federal Trade Commission, Clayton Antitrust Act, progressive income tax, lower tariffs, women’s suffrage, extremely active Progressive president