The Progressive Era
Mr. Farina
Politics, a
Dirty
Business
Raking
Muck
Presidents
for
Progress
Women
and
Reform
Justice
for All
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Politics, a Dirty Business 100
The practice of rewarding political
supporters with jobs, this system
was begun by Andrew Jackson in
the1830s
Answer: the
spoils system
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Politics, a Dirty Business 200
Which group watched over the
railroad industry – the Civil
Service Commission, the
Interstate Commerce
Commission, or the Federal
Reserve?
Answer: Interstate commerce
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Politics, a Dirty Business 300
After reform, how were civil service
(government) jobs given out?
Answer: there was a test OR by
“merit”
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Politics, a Dirty Business 400
What did the Sherman Anti-Trust
Act try to do?
Answer: Stop trusts from limiting
competition
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Politics, a Dirty Business 500
Name one President who tried to
limit or do away with the spoils
system?
Answer: Chester Arthur, Benjamin
Harrison, James Garfield
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Raking Muck 100
What industry was exposed by
Upton Sinclair’s book The
Jungle?
Answer: The Meat Packing Industry
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Raking Muck 200
Which New York City political boss
was attacked in this cartoon by
Thomas Nast?
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Raking Muck 200
Answer:
Boss
Tweed
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Raking Muck 300
What social “problem” did Jacob
Riis attack through his book How
the Other Half Lives?
Answer: Poverty, overcrowding and
poor housing
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Raking Muck 400
This Wisconsin Governor attacked
railroads for unfair pricing and
had many reforms in his state?
John Dewey, Ida Tarbell, Rob
Lafollette
Answer: LaFollette
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Raking Muck 500
What new political device gave
voters the power to remove bad
officials from office: referendum,
recall, or initiative?
Answer: Recall
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Presidents for Progress 100
Which President was very popular
and helped put aside 1,000s of
acres of government land for
National Parks?
Answer: Theodore “Teddy”
Roosevelt
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Presidents for Progress 200
Of the following, Which Presidents
fought against trusts?
Roosevelt Taft
Wilson
Answer: All three
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Presidents for Progress 300
How did TR’s “Bull Moose” Party
win the election for Woodrow
Wilson?
Answer: He split the vote among
Republicans
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Presidents for Progress 400
How did Taft anger many
Progressives?
Answer: by Raising tariffs and by
selling some government land to
private business
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Presidents for Progress 500
To increase competition, Wilson lowered
tariffs and created the Federal Trade
Commission – His plan was called
a) Square Deal
b) New Society
c) New Freedom
d) Fair Deal
Answer: The New Freedom
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Women and Reform? 100
What did the National Women’s
Suffrage Association try to
accomplish?
Answer: Wanted to get a
Constitutional Amendment giving
women the right to vote
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Women and Reform? 200
What did the 18th Amendment to
the Constitution say?
Answer: It is illegal to
distribute alcohol
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Women and Reform 300
Why did women lead the fight for
temperance and prohibition?
Answer: It broke up families and
led to physical abuse of women
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Women and Reform 400
What aggressive methods did Alice
Paul use to get attention for the
women’s movement
Answer: Hunger Strikes, picketing
the White House
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Women and Reform 500
List a new opportunity women had
in the late 1800s that was
discussed in this chapter
Answer: Joined social clubs, went
to college, became political
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Justice for All 100
What was lynching, and which
group (s) suffered because of it?
Answer: Hanging by a mob, without
a trial. African Americans and
Chinese Americans
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Justice for All 200
Who were “mutualistas”, and what purpose
did they serve?
Answer: Mexican-Americans who
tried to help others by pooling
funds to buy insurance and pay for
legal advice
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Justice for All 300
How did the Dawes Act hurt Native
Americans in the late 1800s?
Answer: It gave them poor land to
farm, which they then sold for low
prices.
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Justice for All 400
Explain how the Gentlemen’s
Agreement made Nativists
happy?
Answer: It stopped new
immigration from Japan
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Justice for All 500
Explain the difference between the
attitudes of WEB DuBois and
Booker T. Washington on the
advancement of their race
Answer: DuBois wanted full equality NOW,
including higher ed. Washington wanted job
training and was more patient in the fight for
equality
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