US History Chapter 21 : The Progressive Spirit of Reform

During the Gilded Age, American reformers called for an end to ____,

Statement best describes the result of workplace laws passed during the Progressive movement

Roosevelt signed a bill requiring manufacturers to limit the use of fossil fuels.

Workers compensation laws prohibited companies from paying wages to employee injured on the job

City and county politics in the late 1800s were influenced by organizations called

Progressive reforms improved education for medical professionals

_________'s reforms angered Progressives because they did not destroy trusts completely

brought attention to racial inequality by using the courts to fight grandfather clauses

founded the National Woman’s Party (NWP).

Politicians best confronted corruption in Washington during the Gilded Age by

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire and other accidents led to laws improving factory safety

Journalists who wrote about problems in society during the Progressive age were known as

Child labor continued even after the reforms of the early 1900s because

What was the main reason for the rise in Mexican immigration between 1901 and 1930?

Ida B. Wells drew attention to the lynching of African Americans.

Who encouraged African Americans to improve their economic and educational opportunities

Roosevelt’s idea for balancing the interests of consumers, laborers, and businesspeople was

William Howard Taft’s main criticism of President Theodore Roosevelt was that he

Amendment helped expand voting rights by allowing voters, and not state legislatures

Which of these reforms allowed voters to overrule a law that government had proposed or passed?

A procedure called an initiative allows voters to propose new laws by using petitions

A union member might have claimed that _______ was unfair because its emphasis on competition

aim of the Society of American Indians was to preserve Native Americans’ traditional culture

Business leaders opposed granting women the right to vote mainly because they thought