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The Progressive Era

(Pgs. 330-359)

1. List four main goals of the progressive movement.

a.

b.

c.

d.

2. Explain how the U.S. Supreme Court hampered the efforts of the progressives to eliminate child labor and shorten the working hours of women.

 

 

 

3. Describe the scandalous practices Upton Sinclair exposed in his novel The Jungle

 

 

 

4. What specific actions did President Roosevelt take after reading the book ?

 

 

 

5. List four examples of how Teddy Roosevelt used the power of the federal government.(pgs.342-344)

a.

b.

c.

d.

6. Describe three specific actions taken by "TR" regarding:

a. health

 

b. pure food and drugs

 

c. conservation

 

7. List eight specific goals of TR's Progressive (Bull Moose) Party.

a.

b.

c.

d.

e.

f.

g.

h.

8. Why was Woodrow Wilson able to win the presidential election of 1912 ?

 

 

9. Cite two examples illustrating how Woodrow Wilson betrayed his Black supporters and seriously damaged the cause of civil rights.

a.

 

b.

 

For each item below, write a sentence explaining its connection to the progressive movement.

YMCA

 

Salvation Army

 

the prohibition movement

 

WCTU

 

Carrie Nation

 

muckrakers

 

scientific management

 

Robert LaFollette

 

initiative

 

referendum

 

recall

 

Australian Ballot

 

17th Amendment

 

suffrage movement

 

Susan B. Anthony

 

the Square Deal

 

John Muir (pg.346)

 

conservation

 

NAACP

 

William Howard Taft

 

FTC

 

Federal Reserve System

 

19th Amendment