Name _____________________________________
Progressive Era Reformers Speed Dating
Name
Jane Addams
Louis Brandeis
William Jennings Bryan
Eugene Debs
W.E.B. Du Bois
Lewis Hine
Period of Activity
Main Philosophy/Outlook
Main Accomplishment(s)
Is this person a match for me?
Why or why not?
Name _____________________________________
Name
Samuel Gompers
Mary Harris “Mother”
Jones
Florence Kelley
Robert LaFollette
Terence Powderly
Theodore Roosevelt
Period of Activity
Main Philosophy/Outlook
Main Accomplishment(s)
Is this person a match for me?
Why or why not?
Name _____________________________________
Name
Margaret Sanger
Upton Sinclair
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Booker T. Washington
Ida Wells-Barnett
Frances Willard
Period of Activity
Main Philosophy/Outlook
Main Accomplishment(s)
Is this person a match for me?
Why or why not?
Name _____________________________________
1. Which other reformer was most compatible with your
reformer? (choose one) Use evidence from your notes,
primary source, textbook, etc. to explain why you feel they
are compatible.
2. Did the Progressive reformers mark a change from the
reformers of the Gilded Age? Use specific details and
examples to explain your response.
3. In general what problems did the Progressive reformers
attempt to solve? Which of these issues were also addressed
during the Gilded Age?
4. How did the Progressive reformers meet their individual goals
for change? How did their methods/beliefs differ than those
of reformers from the Gilded Age? How were they the same?