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American History II Unit 2 The Progressive Movement

This unit examines the economic, political, and social reforms of the Progressive era.

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Which event drew attention to the issue of unsafe working conditions in sweatshops during the early 1900s?Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
What were the journalists who supported progressive causes called?muckrakers
What was exposed by Jacob Riis's photographs and stories in "How the Other Half Lives"?urban poverty (in NYC tenements)
What issue did Upton Sinclair draw attention to in "The Jungle"?meatpacking industry/sanitation
Which progressive movement emphasized providing charity to the poor?Social Gospel
The establishment of Hull House is an example of the Social Gospel movement promoted by which individual?Jane Addams
Which amendment established the federal income tax?Sixteenth Amendment
Which amendment resulted in the direct election of U.S. Senators?Seventeenth Amendment
Which amendment resulted in women's suffrageNineteenth Amendment
Which case is an example of Theodore Roosevelt's "trust-busting"?Northern Securities v. U.S.; American Tobacco v. U.S.
What policy did President Roosevelt use to protect the environment?conservation
What acts were part of Roosevelt' "Square Deal"?Meat Inspection Act, Pure Food and Drug Act, railroad regulation
What progressive reforms was Wisconsin's Robert M. LaFollette known for?primary elections and railroad regulation
What progressive reforms were used to reduce the power of political machines?primary elections, direct election of U.S. Senators, secret ballot
What party was formed to support President Roosevelt's campaign for president in 1912?Progressive/Bull Moose party
Who won the presidential election of 1912?Woodrow Wilson (Dem.)
What was the name of the labor union leader who ran as the Socialist party candidate for president in 1912?Eugene V. Debs
What act was passed under Woodrow Wilson to regulate the nation's banking and financial system?Federal Reserve Act
What act was passed under President Woodrow Wilson to strengthen the government's ability to stop trusts from forming monopolies?Clayton Antitrust Act
Which new forms of city government were developed during the progressive movement of the early 1900s?council-manager and commission forms
Which leader supported vocational education to improve African-American society?Booker T. Washington
Which African-American leader demanded immediate social and political equality?W.E.B. Dubois
Which organization was formed to fight for the civil rights of African-Americans?NAACP
What methods were used in Southern states to disenfranchise African-Americans?poll taxes, literacy tests, grandfather clauses
What laws were passed in Southern states to discriminate against African-Americans?Jim Crow
Give an example of a tactic used to terrorize and control African-Americans in the late-1800s and early-1900slynching
This word means "to limit or take away one's right to vote"disenfranchise
What practice was supported by the Supreme Court's ruling in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson?segregation
List an economic reform supported by the Progressive movementregulating big business, lower tariffs, anti-trust laws ("trustbusting")
Which progressive cause became the law under the Eighteenth Amendment was ratified?prohibition of alcohol (temperance)
What political party was formed by farmers' alliances?the Populist party
List the economic reforms supported by the Populists.government regulation of the railroads, bimetallism
What money policy was supported by big business and urban interests?Gold standard
What money policy was supported by the Populists?bimetallism
Which legislation was passed to regulate the railroads?Interstate Commerce Act
Which presidential candidate supported increased business regulation and bimetallism in the elections of 1896 and 1900?William Jennings Bryan (Dem)
Which political party supported the gold standard that was favored by business and urban interests?Republican party
Who won the presidential election of 1896?William McKinley (Rep.)
Which political party adopted the ideas of the Populists?Democratic party
Which act was passed to restrict the forming of monopolies?Sherman Anti-trust Act



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