Progressive Era Review

Question 1

In this case, the Supreme court decided that liberty of contract didn't apply to women.

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Muller v Oregon (1908)

Question 2

In this Court case, the Supreme Court decided that Liberty of Contract didn't apply to women

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Muller v Oregon (1908)

Question 3

The election of 1912 was a four way election in which Teddy Roosvelt was running with the

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Progressive Party

Question 4

Middle class college educated women lived in settlement houses, where they...

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Worked to improve lives and living conditions of the poor.

Question 5

This Amendment gave Americans the ability to elect senators directly:

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The 17th

Question 6

In this case, the Supreme Court declared that "seperate but equal" was constitutional.

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Plessy v Ferguson (1896)

Question 7

The primary goal of the Women's Christian Temperance Union was to

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End consumption of alcohol

Question 8

This fearless journalist exposed John Rockefeller's shady tactics in "History of Standard Oil".

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Ida Tarbell

Question 9

The belief that the govt should own and run "the means of production" (factories, mines, RR's)

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Socialism

Question 10

This Progressive Reformer founded Hull House and led the fight to modernize city services

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Jane Addams

Question 11

The Triangle Fire was important because it caused...

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the public to demand new workplace protections for workers.

Question 12

This garment worker led the garment workers on strike in 1909, "the uprising of the 20000."

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Clara Lemlich

Question 13

The color that is associated with Socialists/Communists is:

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Red

Question 14

The Progressive Era is generally considered to have been around....

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1900-1918

Question 15

This Progressive Reformer led the fight to legalize birth control and was jailed repeatedly.

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Margaret Sanger

Question 16

The Progressive Era was characterized by

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Social, political and economic reforms

Question 17

Cities at the end of the Gilded Era / beginning of the Progressive had all the problems EXCEPT:

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Political Machines only responding to the middle class.

Question 18

These journalists exposed the problems of the Gilded Age and advocated for govt regulation...

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Muckrakers

Question 19

In the Civil Rights Cases of 1893, the Supreme Court established the principle that....

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Private businesses could discriminate against by race.

Question 20

This magazine was a publisher of muckraking articles exposing the problems of govt & business.

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McClure's Magazine

Question 21

This muckraker said he "meant to hit America in the heart but instead hit it in the stomach."

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Upton Sinclair

Question 22

In this book, Upton Sinclair exposed the poor working and sanitary conditions of meatpacking.

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The Jungle

Question 23

The Lawrence strike of textile workers led by the IWW is also known as....

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The Bread and Roses strike

Question 24

The Socialist Party, founded during the Progressive Era, was led by

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Eugene Debs

Question 25

This reformer, the first black PhD from Harvard, fought segregation and founded the NAACP.

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WEB DuBois

Question 26

The meeting of black Progressive leaders out of which came the NAACP is known as....

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Niagara Movement

Question 27

The IWW, the radical labor union formed in the Progressive Era, wanted organize:

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All Workers

Question 28

Settlement Houses were called "Spearheads of Reform" because...

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Settlehouse workers became leaders in Progressive movements

Question 29

Reforms of the Progressive Era that expanded democracy included:

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The 17th Amendment

Progressive Era Review

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Progressive Era Review

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