* Progressive Era Test

Jacob Riis during the Progressive Era called attention to the lives of…

I helped to create the Hull House, a place where the poor could go to get healthcare/education

Define: gaining the right to vote and run for office.

the ban of the sale of alcohol due to the rise of crime and poverty in cities.

What was the purpose of Jane Addams Hull House?

What is “suffrage”?

The expression “Square Deal,” as used by Theodore Roosevelt, meant that the government would

What law banned immigration?

I wrote a book called The Jungle about the horrible conditions in the meat packing plants.

Immigrants from China worked on the railways and were treated poorly during Progressive Era.

a large business that controls the industry and does not let other businesses do business.

What caused the "spark" to the Progressive Era reforms in shops?

I wrote a book: How the Other Half Lived. I uncovered the unsanitary conditions of immigrants

Which part of Roosevelt’s Square Deal was most influenced by Upton Sinclair’s work The Jungle?

I supported the creation of Child Labor laws.

During the Progressive Era, the role of the government in people’s lives decreased.

The battle for women’s suffrage ended with

What did the Progressive Era do to the SIZE (role) of the government?

How did World War 1 affect the cause of women’s suffrage?

What coast did the Chinese settle when they immigrated to the US?

Most Progressives agreed that the government should

President Roosevelt supported what other Progressive Era reform?

Define: Buildings were immigrants lived; often over crowded and filled with disease.

cities during the Progressive Era were facing all of the following issues EXCEPT...

Chinese immigrants during this time came to America to…

term used to describe journalists who liked to expose wrongdoings in American society.

The Progressive movement focused mostly on

Thanks to The Jungle, the conditions in sweatshops improved and child labor was outlawed.

World War I did not have any impact on the suffrage movement.

What did Teddy Roosevelt say was the "vehicle for change" during the Progressive Era?

I was a conservationist. I also disliked monopolies and “busted trusts.” I was also President

Immigrants from Eastern Europe and Italy greatly increased during the Progressive Era.

preservation, protection, or restoration of the environment, vegetation, and wildlife.

Chinese immigrants were faced which of the following conditions when they immigrated to the US

policies created by Theodore Roosevelt designed to treat all businesses and people fairly.