The Progressive Era 1. What were a few of the issues covered by the Progressives? 2. Who influenced the Progressives? 3. What was eventually impacted by The Progressive movement? 4. What were the four goals of the reformers? 5. Was industrialization regulated and did the employers feel very responsible for their workers? 6. What things were set up to serve the community? 7. What did some reformer feel that the answer to society s problems was? 8. Which groups wished to ban alcohol (prohibition)? 9. What did the panic of 1893 promote some Americans to question? 10. What did some workers embrace and who organized the American Socialist Party in 1901? 11. Who were the Muckrakers 12. What did Ida Tarbell expose? 13. What did Lincoln Steffens write about and photograph in the late 1800s and early 1900s? 1
14. What increased the impact muckrakers had on society? 15. What did many Progressive leaders put their faith in? 16. What did Fredrick Taylor do? 17. Why did Taylorism become an industrial fad? 18. What did their efforts to reform government stem from? 19. Who did they want to limits influence in local governments? 20. What did the Republican leader, Robert La Follette from Wisconsin led the way in doing? 21. As the number of child workers rose, what did reformers work to do? 22. What were children laborers more prone to? 23. What had happened by in nearly every state by 1918 to child labor? 24. What happened to women s hours of work? 25. What did the Progressives succeed in winning for workers? 26. What are political machines? 27. How did the political machines control of large numbers of immigrant voters? 28. What was the purpose of the election reforms? 2
29. What things were the Progressives successful in getting? 30. What does recall mean? 31. What else could citizens do? 32. What would direct primaries allow voters to do? 33. What did the 17 th Amendment do? 34. Before the Civil War what were American women expected to do? 35. How did women without formal education before the turn-of-the-century contribute to the economic welfare of their families? 36. By 1870 what percent of women employed were servants? 37. By 1900 what percent of women worked? 38. Where did women work? 39. What things could be said of women Progressive reformers? 40. What three approaches did the suffragists use to try to win the vote? 41. How did Roosevelt grab national attention? 42. How did the Rough Riders win public acclaim? 43. After returning from the war as a war hero, what was he elected as? 3
44. What happened to McKinley 6 month into his second term? 45. How old was Roosevelt when he became president? 46. What was the Square Deal? 47. By 1900 what percent of companies were controlled by trusts? 48. How many antitrust suits were filed by Roosevelt under the Sherman Anti-Trust Act? 49. What two new acts regulated the railroads? 50. In 1902 what did the coal miners in Pennsylvania strike for? 51. Did the mine owners go along with these demands? 52. What did Roosevelt call on both sides to do? 53. After that when a strike threatened public welfare, what was the federal government expected to do? 54. What did Upton Sinclair highlight in his book The Jungle? 55. What did the Meat Inspection Act of 1906 mandate? 56. Why was the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 passed? 57. What things did the act do? 4
58. What was created by the act? 59. What did Roosevelt make the primary concern of his administration? 60. How much land did Roosevelt set aside for forest reserves? 61. How many acres were put aside for water power sites? 62. How many wildlife sanctuaries and national parks were established? 63. What did Roosevelt fail to support? 64. Who did he support? 65. What happened in 1909 66. What was the goal of the NAACP and how did they mean to achieve this? 67. How many trust did Taft bust? 68. Was Taft popular? 69. Between whom were the Republican split? 70. Who became the candidate for the Bull Moose Party (Progressive Party)? 71. Who was the candidate for the Democrat Party? 72. What was Wilson s program called? 73. What was the triple wall of privilege? 74. What did the Clayton Anti-Trust Act strengthen? 5
75. What did the act do? 76. Why was the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) formed in 1914? 77. What was the result of Wilson lowering the tariff? 78. What did the 16 th Amendment do? 79. What did the Federal Reserve Act do? 80. When did women finally realize their dream and gain voting rights? 81. What did the 18 th Amendment ratified in 1919 do? 82. What group did the Progressive reforms fail to make gains for? 83. What effectively brought an end to the Progressive Era? 6