Progressive Movement
Review Sheet
Vocabulary Terms:
Jacob Riis
Upton Sinclair
Lincoln Steffens
Ida Tarbell
Muckrakers
Progressivism
Pure Food and Drug Act
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Federal Reserve System
Declaration of Rights and
Sentiments
Suffrage
Susan B. Anthony
Meat Inspection Act
16th Amendment
17th Amendment
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
2pt Amendment
Clayton Antitrust Act
Short Answer Questions:
1) What were the pressure (problems)
for reform that led to the Progressive movement?
Some problems that occurred during the Industrial
Progressive movement
machines/Boss
were exploitation
Tweed/Tammany
Revolution
that led to the
of workers, corrupt political system (political
Hall), unsafe working conditions
(Triangle Shirtwaist
Factory), unsafe consumer goods (meat packing factories) and unsanitary
conditions
(tenements).
The formation
of monopolies
living
were also a problem.
2) List three Progressives and what their goals were.
•
Upton Sinclair wrote "The Jungle"- he wanted to reform the meat packing
industry
•
Jacob Riis wrote "How the Other Half Lives"- wanted to reform urban (city) life.
•
Ida Tarbell wrote "History ofthe
Rockfeller's
•
Theodore
Standard Oil Company" - wanted to expose
ruthless business practices and formation
Roosevelt- nicknamed the "trustbuster"
rid of bad monopolies
and increase government
of a monopoly.
because he wanted to get
regulation.
3) How successful were the Progressives in meeting their goals?
•
Upton Sinclair helped
expose problems in meat packing industry. This lead to
the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act.
•
Jacob Riis helped exposed problems in tenements.
Jane Addams also helped
the urban poor by created Hull Houses (homes that provided shelter and
clothing to the poor)
•
Progressive laws were passed to stop monopolies
Clayton Antitrust
1--
Act
(Sherman Antitrust
and
~hich argum nt was used b Progr ssive Era
reformers to suppOli th use of a graduat d
income tax?
(1) Imports should b tax d to make for ign
goods mor
xpensix ethan dom stic good .
in
(2) Taxes on corporations should b r duc d so
lobs can b cr at d.
(3) People who earn more mone should pa)
taxes at hi h r rates.
(4)
citizens should b taxed at the sam rate
to treat all people qually.
private
In th arly 20th century muckrakers were able
to influence American society mainly by
(1) organizing demonstrations
in large cities
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to pr sidential election cam-0
(2) contributing
paigns
(3) lobbyin members of Congress
exposi ng corruption
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usiness
o rnment
Upton Sinclair Frank Norris and Ida Tarbell
made
their
greatest
contributions
to the
Progressiv mov m nt b
an
(1) working to nd political corruption in cities
(2) speaking out for th
qual lights of Hi panic
Americans
(3) suppOlting I gislation to improx t n m nt
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"
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"Conservationists Propose Initiative on National pecf'le..
Parks"
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(4) publishing b oks and articl s to
.irobl ms of sod ty
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Books such as The Octopus by Frank! orris, Hou;
the Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis and The
Jllngle by Upton Sinclair expos d probl ms
associated with
(1) naturalization of immigrants
(2) westward expansion
((3) ;ra£!.d industriaTIza!.!ciii'
(4) en ironm ntal con ei ation
Bas. our answ rs to qu stions ]9 and 20 on th
sp ak rs tatem nts b 10\ and on your knov I dg of
so ic I studi s.
Sp ak r
Qbv
hich
governm
nt action
is mo t closelv
associated with th efforts of muckrak rs?
(1) ratification of th woman's suffra
amendm
nt
(2) appro al of th graduat d inC0111 tax
(3) creation of th
ational Forest S rvice
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co
best \ a to pr
nt corruption in
mrn nt is to allox citiz ns a dir et
rol in th I erislati\· proc ss.
Speaker B: ~r akinc uP, trusts and ~~nopoli
mer as bu 111 ss comp tition.
p aker C:
swill
n important
coal of th
fed ral
govellllll nt should be th prot ction of
our natural I' soure s.
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sp akcr's
stat ment
is most
r lat d to th political concepts
r f r ndum, and I' c. II?
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of initiativ
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(2) suffra
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ocia1 l' form
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most notabl
(1) treat th
wounded in World
ar I
(2) stop the spr ad of diseases in Latin Am rica
(3) C and D
(4) D and A
On
111<lJorgoal of the
was to
and Jacob Rii wer
rs
hich two sp ak rs' vi wpoints r
ct actions N_\
tak n b Th odor
Roos
It \ h n h \ as& Jane A?dams and Jacob
P" sid nt (1901-1909)?
for their fforts to
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as cr at d to
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(1) muckrak
(4) D
(1) \ and B
B anC"Cb
ctlon
\81 all known as
(3) C
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fh
1 contra t 1 man
(2) stimulat tra
WI 1 at 1 r nations
(3) regulr t th stock mark t
(4) fund public \ arks proj cts
Sp aker D: Co ernmcnt will onl impro e when
women are errant d full, uffrag .
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of
mov ment
(3) Ie
4 aid the urban
ontrol
for women
(1) balance the federal budget
by decreasing @primaries,
the secret ballot, and the use of
sp neling
referendum and recall were efforts mad during
(2) prQ\ ide unemplo ment insurance to work rs
the Progressiv
Era to
(3 limit direct citiz n control over gQ\ ernment
4) p<1 S <1\\SOl
)robl ms
P
so ve
mic and socia
nt supported
nt should
th
id
(1) preserv
th power of political machines
(2) provi~e eglH~1 political rivhts for
ative
Amencan Indians
. 1tS a ainst federal pow r
increas citiz 11 palticipation in gO\! mme
initiative,
state an