Progressive leaders put their faith in experts and scientific principles to..

Make society and the workplace more efficient

What did Socialists focus on?

The uneven balance among business under capitalism

Morality reformers wanted Immigrants and poor city people to uplift themsevles by

Improving their personal behavior

Journalist and writers

Exposed unsafe working conditions by factory workers

Limited women factory and laundry workers to a 10 hour work day

Illinois Factory Act of 1893

Prohibited child labor and limited women working hours

Political reformers struggled with

Making government more responsive to people

Muckracker, Ida Tarbell, wrote a book titled..

History of the Standard Oil Industry

Started the spread of prohibition - entered bars and urged them to stop selling alcohol

Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)

Intellectuals questioned...

The dominant role of big business in society

The banning of alcoholic beverages

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Section I - Progressivism

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1
Social Welfare reformers worked to soften some of the harsh conditions of
White-collar workforce
Bus systems
Agriculture work
Industrialization
2
Progressive leaders put their faith in experts and scientific principles to..
Make society and the workplace more safe
Make society and the workplace more friendly
Make society and the workplace more efficient
Make society and the workplace more creative
3
What did Socialists focus on?
The uneven balance among business under capitalism
How people could be more social with each other
People being more social with one another
The uneven balance among business under communism
4
Morality reformers wanted Immigrants and poor city people to uplift themsevles by
Improving their prison institutions
Improving their financial literacy
Improving their personal behavior
Improving their transportation services
5
Who destroyed saloons with their hatchet?
Carry Nation
Florence Kelly
Karry Nation
Mary Nation
6
Journalist and writers
Wrote incredible novels that tarnished society
Exposed unsafe working conditions by factory workers
Were restrcited from making criticizing statements
Prasied the role of large cooperations in society
7
Oregon Law
Limited women factory and laundry workers to a 10 hour work day
made women factory and laundry workers work overtime if the compny allowed
Limtied women factory and laundry workers to a $5 pay
Limited women facotry and laundry workers to a 3 day work week
8
Illinois Factory Act of 1893
Prohibited child labor and limited women working hours
Created community centers, churches, and social services
Created a new economic reform program
Taught poor immigrants the values of hard work and temperance
9
Most progressivists joined the socialist movement
True
False
10
What was the slogan of WCTU?
All is Possible!
Anything and Everything!
Everything and Anything!
Do Everything!
11
Who organized the American Socialists Party?
Eugene V. Debs
Henry Ford
Joseph Stalin
Nikita Khruschev
12
Sent investigators to gather evidence of children working in harsh conditions
Taylorism
National Child Labor Committee
National Child Labor Organization
National Child Labor Institution
13
Journalists who wrote about the corrupt side of business and public life became known as..
Taylorists
Big Writers
Muckrakers
Nutcrackers
14
Henry Ford reduced the workday to 8 hours and paid workers four dollars a day
False
True
15
Political reformers struggled with
Getting big business to work with politicians to improve their campaigns
Making government work more with big businesses
Making government less responsive to people
Making government more responsive to people
16
Muckracker, Ida Tarbell, wrote a book titled..
History of the Standard Business Industry
History of the Standard Oil Industry
History of the Standard Railroad Industry
History of the Standard Steel Company
17
Who helped win the passage of the Illinois Factory Act of 1893
Florence Kelley
Carry Nation
Ida Tarbell
Eugene V. Debs
18
Started the spread of prohibition - entered bars and urged them to stop selling alcohol
Women's Temperance Christian Union (WTCU)
Women's Christain Prohibition Movement (WCPM)
Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)
Women's Temperance Christian Movement (WTCM)
19
WCTU was the 3rd largest women group in the nation's history
False
True
20
Who helped the poor by providing community centers, churches, and social services?
Federally executed acts
Local Government
Social Gospel Movement
Civil Rights Movement
21
Who came into conflict with the WCTU?
Factory Workers
Industrialization leaders
Other moral Imporvement groups
Immigrant groups
22
A social welfare program that opened libraries, held sponsored classes, and built swimming pools and handball courts
YMAC
YAMC
Salvation Army
YMCA
23
A Social Welfare Program that fed poor people in soup kitchens, cared for kids in nurseries, and instructed immigrants
YWCA
Salvation Army
YMCA
Illinois Factory Kitchen
24
Big business used economic power to limit competition
False
True
25
Workers on the assembly lines suffered injuries due to fatique
False
True
26
Intellectuals questioned...
The dominant role of science in society
The dominant role of big business in society
The dominant role of journalists and writers in society
The increasing rate at which reformers were making reforms
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Prohibition
The banning of tobacoo
The banning of over-working employees
The banning of alcoholic beverages
The banning of Immigrants

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