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The Progressive Era Review Sheet

Terms

initiative, referendum, recall, temperance, prohibition, suffrage, arbitration, trustbuster, New Nationalism, New Freedom, FTC

Questions

Give background information for each of the following questions and explain their significance using details and specific examples from multiple sources. No wikis.

  1. What years did the progressive movement encompass?
  2. List the order in which these Progressive Era Presidents served and their political party: McKinley, Taft, Roosevelt, Wilson
  3. When was the commissioner form of government first used and why?
  4. What were muckrakers and what impact did they have on the Progressive Movement?
  5. How did political parties choose their candidates before the Progressive Movement? Who influenced a change in this policy? Explain the change.
  6. Explain the government’s role in regulating food and drugs before and after the Progressive Movement. (Include any federal acts or outside influences)
  7. What did Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott do in Senaca Falls, New York?
  8. What role did social progressives play in the Progressive Movement?
  9. What was the WCTU and what does it stand for?
  10. Explain the difference between socialism and capitalism.
  11. What was Eugene Debs’ role in the election of 1912?
  12. List the 3 major candidates in the 1912 election.
  13. What were the credentials of Teddy Roosevelt?
  14. What were the credentials of William Howard Taft?
  15. What were the credentials of Woodrow Wilson?
  16. What was Roosevelt’s view and approach to the environment? What did he do to support this view?
  17. What was the first national park established by Roosevelt?
  18. When was arbitration used during the Progressive Era?
  19. Who wrote The Jungle?
  20. What was the topic of the The Jungle?
  21. How did The Jungle affect the meatpacking industry? (include acts of Congress)
  22. Explain and describe the Pure Food and Drug Act
  23. How did Roosevelt approach the Northern Securities Holding Company and what was the result?
  24. Was Roosevelt a trustbuster?
  25. Was Taft a trustbuster?
  26. Who passed the Underwood Tariff and what was its purpose?
  27. What is the Federal Reserve?
  28. Why was the Federal Reserve established?