Chapter 19: Political Reform and the Progressive Era

Chapter 19: Political

Reform and the

Progressive Era

Test Review

the right to vote

Choices:

-muckraker-civil service

-primary-trustbuster

-conservation-suffrage

-prohibition-anti-semitism

System that

includes most

government jobs

Choices:

-muckraker-civil service

-primary-trustbuster

-conservation-suffrage

-prohibition-anti-semitism

The protectio

n of natural

resources

Choices:

-muckraker-civil service

-primary-trustbuster

-conservation-suffrage

-prohibition-anti-semitism

A crusadin

g journalis

t

Choices:

-muckraker-civil service

-primary-trustbuster

-conservation-suffrage

-prohibition-anti-semitism

Person who worked to

destroy trusts and

monopolies

Choices:

-muckraker-civil service

-primary-trustbuster

-conservation-suffrage

-prohibition-anti-semitism

An election in which voters choose their

party’s candidate

for an election

Choices:

-muckraker-civil service

-primary-trustbuster

-conservation-suffrage

-prohibition-anti-semitism

Prejudice against Jews.

Choices:

-muckraker-civil service

-primary-trustbuster

-conservation-suffrage

-prohibition-anti-semitism

The total ban on the sale and

consumption of

alcohol.

Choices:

-muckraker-civil service

-primary-trustbuster

-conservation-suffrage

-prohibition-anti-semitism

A “trustbuster.

” He also supported

the conservationist cause by

creating new national parks.

Choices:

- Upton Sinclair

- Carrie Chapman Catt

- W.E.B. DuBois

- Booker T. Washington

- Teddy Roosevelt

- William Howard Taft

- Woodrow Wilson

Educator and founder of

the Tuskegee Institute,

and African American college, in

1881.

Choices:

- Upton Sinclair

- Carrie Chapman Catt

- W.E.B. DuBois

- Booker T. Washington

- Teddy Roosevelt

- William Howard Taft

- Woodrow Wilson

Led the nation during World

War I. He hoped to

restore free competition

among American

corporation.

Choices:

- Upton Sinclair

- Carrie Chapman Catt

- W.E.B. DuBois

- Booker T. Washington

- Teddy Roosevelt

- William Howard Taft

- Woodrow Wilson

President of the United States from 1909-1913.

He established reforms and

broke up many

monopolies.

Choices:

- Upton Sinclair

- Carrie Chapman Catt

- W.E.B. DuBois

- Booker T. Washington

- Teddy Roosevelt

- William Howard Taft

- Woodrow Wilson

Women’s rights

leader who helped

bring about the passage of the 19th

Amendment in 1920.

Choices:

- Upton Sinclair

- Carrie Chapman Catt

- W.E.B. DuBois

- Booker T. Washington

- Teddy Roosevelt

- William Howard Taft

- Woodrow Wilson

Helped found the National Association

for the Advancement

of Colored People, which

worked for equal rights for African Americans.

Choices:

- Upton Sinclair

- Carrie Chapman Catt

- W.E.B. DuBois

- Booker T. Washington

- Teddy Roosevelt

- William Howard Taft

- Woodrow Wilson

Muckraking journalist

whose book “The Jungle” exposed the

grisly (horrible)

truth about the meat-packing

industry.

Choices:

- Upton Sinclair

- Carrie Chapman Catt

- W.E.B. DuBois

- Booker T. Washington

- Teddy Roosevelt

- William Howard Taft

- Woodrow Wilson

How did muckrakers stir public opinion?

They published articles, books, and photographs exposing corruption,

poverty, and other problems.

Tell us about the 19th Amendment:

-When was it passed?-What did it do?

-What was the importance of it?

-Was passed in 1920-Allowed women the right to vote in ALL future elections

How did the Primary put power back into the hands

of voters?

It let voters choose who they wanted to run

for a political office

Describe the main idea behind the Square Deal.

Everyone from farmers and consumers to workers and owners should have the

same opportunity to succeed.

Name 3 new opportunities for women

in the early 1900s.

-Ability to vote -Entered graduate schools

-Became lawyers and doctors

Describe the challenges faced by African

Americans.

-Segregation-Discrimination

-Lynchings

Which view displays W.E.B. DuBois view on segregation?

A. He urged blacks to fight discrimination rather than patiently

submit to it.OR

B. He advised African Americans to learn trades and seek to move up

gradually in society.

A

What problems did Jews and Catholics face?

American Jews and Catholics faced discrimination in jobs,

housing, and education.

Why did emigration from Mexico rise after 1910?

-revolution-famine

Which President was a member of the Progressive

party? He also said, “I feel as strong as a bull moose” when he accepted the Progressive

nomination.

A. William Howard TaftB. Woodrow WilsonC. Teddy Roosevelt

C.

Which President was a member of the Republican

party? He broke up more trusts than any other

president.

A. William Howard TaftB. Woodrow WilsonC. Teddy Roosevelt

A.

Which President was a member of the Democratic

party? He served as president of Princeton University and

governor of New Jersey.

A. Teddy Roosevelt B. William Howard Taft

C. Woodrow Wilson

C.

How did Teddy Roosevelt feel about “bad trusts”?

-He felt that bad trusts took advantage of workers, cheated the public, and should be broken up.

By creating national parks and urging loggers

to replant trees, what cause did Roosevelt

support?

-conservation

What did Taft do to “bad trusts”?

-he broke them up(more than Roosevelt!)

Which President restored competition through a

program called the “New Freedom”?

-Woodrow Wilson

How did Woodrow Wilson regulate banking?

-created the Federal Trade Commission that regulated interest rates and

amountof money available

How did Taft help workers?

-He supported an 8 hour work day- Supported new safety rules for miners