Progressive Movement Questions
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What was the name of the 20th century
social and political reform movement,
which occurred on every level of
government in the United States?
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What were 3 causes of the Progressive
Movement?
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What did the Progressives believe
should solve the problems created by
industrialization?
What were 3 main goals of the
Progressives?
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How did the Progressives hope to
guarantee all American economic
opportunity?
What was the Gilded Age?
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Who held almost all the great wealth
created in America during the Gilded
Age?
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What is another name for the Gilded
Age?
Who were the Robber Barons?
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Who were the Muckrakers?
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Who were the 2 most famous
Progressive presidents?
Which Progressive president was known
for offering the American people a
“Square Deal”?
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What Progressive president was known
for the New Freedom?
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What was one Progressive
accomplishment on the state level?
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By what process may citizens vote to
approve or reject a measure passed by a
legislative body?
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What process permits citizens to propose
laws to their state or local governments?
By what process may citizens vote to
remove government officials from office
before they have finished their terms?
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What reform did Progressives use to
protect voters’ privacy?
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What does one call an election in which
voters nominate a political party’s
candidates for office?
At what level of government were child
labor laws an example of a Progressive
reform?
What was the 17th Amendment?
Who elected U.S. senators before
ratification of the 17th Amendment?
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What did the term “trust” mean during
the late 19th and early 20th centuries?
What does the term monopoly mean?
What does anti-trust mean?
What did anti-trust laws try to do?
What was the major weakness in the
Sherman Anti-Trust Act?
What did the Clayton Anti-Trust Act do?
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In what 2 ways did Progressives try to
make local governments less corrupt,
more efficient, and more responsive to
the people?
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What is another word for the right to
vote?
During what war did the women’s
suffrage movement first encourage
American women to enter the labor
force?
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Name a leader of the Women’s Suffrage
Movement.
Which constitutional amendment gave
women the right to vote?
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