Chapter 9 TestTHE PROGRESSIVE ERA

Reform movement that sought to return control of the government to the people

Progressivism

President of the United States who was a former president of Princeton University and Governor of New Jersey

Woodrow Wilson

An advocate for improving the lives of women and children

Florence Kelly

Muckraking journalist who exposed the terrible conditions of the meatpacking industry

Upton Sinclair

The movement to protect America’s natural resources

Conservation

The term used to describe the progressive reforms of President Theodore Roosevelt

Square Deal

Watchdog agency given the power to stop unfair business practices

Federal Trade Commission

President whose actions split the Republican party after he angered both progressives and conservationists

William H. Taft

A plan that reformed how American banks were organized

Federal Reserve System

A leader of the woman suffrage movement

Susan B. Anthony

What are three goals of Progressivism?

•Protecting social welfare•Creating economic reform

•Fostering efficiency in the workplace

What were muckrakers?

Journalists

What is an initiative?

A bill that originates from the people rather than legislators

In the mid-1800s, the majority of women who held jobs worked as…

servants

Name three famous suffragettes.

•Elizabeth Cady Stanton

•Susan B. Anthony•Carrie Chapman Catt

Who wrote The Jungle, and what did it expose?

•Upton Sinclair•It exposed the unsanitary conditions in the meat-packing industry

Who was the first person to use the presidency as a “bully pulpit”?

Theodore Roosevelt

What law required truthful labels?

Pure Food and Drug Act

What was the primary goal of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)?

Equality among the races

Who were the reform candidates in the election of 1912?

•Eugene V. Debs•Theodore Roosevelt•Woodrow Wilson

Essay

Which groups benefited from the reforms in the Progressive Era? Which groups did not benefit? Explain

•Average citizens •Women•Children•African Americans

Essay

What kind of lives do you think the boys in the photograph have? Explain.

Essay

What are some of the abuses and problems at the turn of the 20th century that progressive reformers sought to address? What techniques did reformers use to influence public opinion?

•End the use or abuse of alcohol

•Hunger among poor people•Child labor•Improving lives of working families