Name: U.S. History I

Date: Mr. Melhorn

Period:

Chapter 19 Progressivism Review

  1. Name the three of the biggest muckrakers of the Progressivism time period.
  1. What is a muckraker?
  2. What was the new design for tenements created for the purpose of improving quality immigrants’ lives?
  1. What organization was created in order to promote the rights of African Americans?
  2. What group was created in order to fight the prejudice against Jewish people?
  3. How long of a workday did females achieve in Oregon and Utah that started the movement towards shorter hours?
  1. What was the average workday for workers during the Gilded Age?
  2. Whose side did politicians take during worker strikes in the Gilded Age?
  3. What did we finally see in the worker strikes that took place during the Progressive Era?
  4. What is the name of the fabric factory that had a devastating fire in 1911?
  5. Due to the direct primaries passed in the Progressive Era, who gets to choose nominees for different political positions?
  1. What political change during the Progressive Era allows the government to place questions upon a voting ballot in order to get the opinion of voters upon issues?
  1. What is the process established during the Progressive Era that allows state officials to be removed from office?
  1. What was the cause that women got behind which succeeded to the point where an amendment was created in 1919 to usher in this time period?
  1. What year did women receive the right to vote?
  2. What age was Teddy Roosevelt when he took over as president?
  3. Who did Teddy take over as president after?
  4. What did Teddy Roosevelt threaten to do in order to make the railroad bosses bargain with the workers during the Coal Strike of 1902?
  1. How many lawsuits did Teddylaunch against monopolistic businesses and trusts?
  2. What organization was created during Teddy’s presidency to clean up the food industry?
  3. How many areas did Teddy Roosevelt set aside for national parks?
  4. How many lawsuits did Taft launch against monopolistic businesses and trusts?
  5. Who selected Taft to be the next president?
  6. Who did William Howard Taft fire that led Teddy to dislike Taft?
  7. In the Election of 1912, what party did Teddy Roosevelt run under?
  8. What were two progressivist policies that Woodrow Wilson passed during his presidency?