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Chapter 9 TestTHE PROGRESSIVE ERA
Reform movement that sought to return control of the government to the people
Progressivism
President of the United States who was a former president of Princeton University and Governor of New Jersey
Woodrow Wilson
An advocate for improving the lives of women and children
Florence Kelly
Muckraking journalist who exposed the terrible conditions of the meatpacking industry
Upton Sinclair
The movement to protect America’s natural resources
Conservation
The term used to describe the progressive reforms of President Theodore Roosevelt
Square Deal
Watchdog agency given the power to stop unfair business practices
Federal Trade Commission
President whose actions split the Republican party after he angered both progressives and conservationists
William H. Taft
A plan that reformed how American banks were organized
Federal Reserve System
A leader of the woman suffrage movement
Susan B. Anthony
What are three goals of Progressivism?
•Protecting social welfare
•Creating economic reform
•Fostering efficiency in the workplace
What were muckrakers?
Journalists
What is an initiative?
A bill that originates from the people rather than legislators
In the mid-1800s, the majority of women who held jobs worked as…
servants
Name three famous suffragettes.
•Elizabeth Cady Stanton
•Susan B. Anthony
•Carrie Chapman Catt
Who wrote The Jungle, and what did it expose?
•Upton Sinclair
•It exposed the unsanitary conditions in the meat-packing industry
Who was the first person to use the presidency as a “bully pulpit”?
Theodore Roosevelt
What law required truthful labels?
Pure Food and Drug Act
What was the primary goal of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)?
Equality among the races
Who were the reform candidates in the election of 1912?
•Eugene V. Debs
•Theodore Roosevelt
•Woodrow Wilson
Essay
Which groups benefited from the reforms in the Progressive Era? Which groups did not benefit? Explain
•Average citizens
•Women
•Children
•African Americans
Essay
What kind of lives do you think the boys in the photograph have? Explain.
Essay
What are some of the abuses and problems at the turn of the 20th century that progressive reformers sought to address? What techniques did reformers use to influence public opinion?
•End the use or abuse of alcohol
•Hunger among poor people
•Child labor
•Improving lives of working families
