Name ________________________________________________________________________ Period _______
Chapter 6 Reading Guide – The Progressive Movement (1890-1920)
Lesson 1, pp. 202-210 The Roots of Progressivism
Directions:
Define or identify the following:
1.
muckraker
2.
direct primary
3.
initiative
4.
referendum
5.
recall
6.
suffrage
7.
prohibition
Directions:
Refer to your textbook to answer the following questions:
I.
The Rise of Progressivism
A.
Who were the progressives?
__________________________________________________________________________________________
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B.
How did progressives feel they could improve society?
__________________________________________________________________________________________
II.
Reforming Government
A.
How did progressives think cities should be governed?
__________________________________________________________________________________________
B.
What did many progressives believe was the key to improving government?
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
C.
How did the Seventeenth Amendment change the way senators are elected?
__________________________________________________________________________________________
II.
Woman Suffrage
A.
What was the goal of the woman suffrage movement?
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B.
How did the separate suffrage organizations achieve their goal?
1.
The NWSA 2.
The AWSA –
C.
IV.
A.
Which amendment gave women the right to vote? ______________
Reforming Society
What limits were placed on child labor?
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B.
What is socialism?
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Directions:
Summarize the main ideas of this lesson by answering the following question:
What government and social reforms did progressives achieve in the late nineteenth and early twentieth
centuries?
a.
city government –
b.
voters –
c.
suffrage –
d.
labor laws –
e.
Prohibition -
Lesson 2, pp. 212-218 Roosevelt and Taft
Directions:
Define or identify the following:
1.
Social Darwinism
2.
arbitration
3.
insubordination
Directions:
Read each main idea below and refer to your textbook to write the details that support or
explain each one:
A.
Main Idea:
Theodore Roosevelt increased the government’s power to limit big business and
protect natural resources.
Details:
1.
Roosevelt believed in the efficiency of trusts unless they created ______________________________.
2.
Roosevelt intervened in the ____________________ of 1902 to protect the country from a shortage
that would have closed factories and left homes unheated.
3.
Roosevelt and Congress create the ____________________ to inform the public about abuses of
power by big business.
4.
Two laws, the ____________________________________________ and the
__________________________________________, were passed in 1906 to protect consumers.
B.
Main Idea:
To protect our natural resources, Roosevelt urged Americans to conserve them.
Details:
1.
The West’s landscape changed when the Newlands Reclamation Act allowed federal money to pay for
____________________ and ____________________.
2.
Roosevelt felt that the best way to protect forests was to ____________________________________.
3.
Roosevelt greatly increased the power of the __________________branch of the federal government.
C.
Main Idea:
Although Roosevelt felt Taft was ideal to continue his policies as the next president,
many Americans were disappointed.
Details:
1.
Taft angered many progressives by signing the _________________________________________,
which raised tariffs on some goods.
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2.
A serious controversy arose between the former secretary of the interior, _______________________,
and the new secretary, ____________________________, over concern about the nation’s forest and
mineral reserves.
3.
Two of Taft’s achievements were the creation of the ____________________, which investigated child
labor, and the ____________________, which monitored mining companies, expanded national
forests, and protected waterpower sites from private development.
Directions:
Summarize the main ideas of this lesson by completing the following chart:
How did Presidents Roosevelt and Taft work to limit big business as well as protect natural resources?
Roosevelt
Taft
Big Business
Natural
Resources
Lesson 3, pp. 220-225 The Wilson Years
Directions:
Define or identify the following:
1.
direct tax
2.
indirect tax
3.
income tax
4.
unfair trade practices
Directions:
Refer to the textbook to complete the outline below:
I.
The Election of 1912
A. Theodore Roosevelt formed the ___________________ Party when ____________________ won the
Republican nomination. Both men ran against the Democratic candidate _______________________.
B. Roosevelt’s program to increase regulations of trusts and protect women and children was called
____________________.
C. Wilson’s program to destroy monopolies and limit government power was called ________________.
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D.
II.
A.
B.
C.
III.
A.
B.
C.
Because Republican voters were divided between two candidates, ____________________ became
the new president.
Wilson’s Reforms
Wilson signed the ________________________ in 1913 that reduced tariffs and provided for levying
an ____________________ on the earnings of individuals.
Wilson supported the ______________________________, allowing the government to supervise the
banking system and indirectly _____________________________________ for the entire nation.
Wilson asked Congress to create the ____________________________________ to monitor business.
Progressives in Congress passed the ________________________________, which outlawed practices
that restricted competition.
Progressivism’s Legacy and Limits
Examples of progressivism within the federal government include laws passed to
____________________ and _____________________
Progressivism failed to address two types of discrimination: ______________ and ______________.
To reduce discrimination, two organizations were founded: the ____________________ and the
_____________________________________.
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