Political reformers struggled with

Making government more responsive to people

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

Improving their personal behavior

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

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

Intellectuals questioned...

The dominant role of big business in society

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

Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)

Illinois Factory Act of 1893

Prohibited child labor and limited women working hours

Journalist and writers

Exposed unsafe working conditions by factory workers

The banning of alcoholic beverages

Muckracker, Ida Tarbell, wrote a book titled..

History of the Standard Oil Industry

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Section I - Progressivism

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

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