Study Guide for Chapter 17
Key Content Questions
Hull House
• Was a settlement house established by Jane
Adams to help those new to urban live adjust
to their new environment.
Social Gospel
• Is the idea of having Christian attitudes affect
public policy.
National Child labor Committee
• Fought for the rights of children and the
passage of labor laws to prevent the abuse of
youth.
NAWSA
• Was established to fight for the passage of
women’s suffrage legislation.
Tuskegee Institute
• Was a vocational college directed by Booker T.
Washington that provided blacks with an
education and skills in order to lead to a more
gradual racial equality.
NAACP
• Is an organization which fights for racial
equality through challenging unjust laws in
court cases.
• 1. Progressives were activists committed to
improving
• Americans’ lives through social and political
reform.
• They were largely white, college educated, and
members
• of the urban middle class. Many were women.
• Progressives believed that government should
bring
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2. Social Darwinists believed it was natural for wealth
to concentrate in the hands of business owners and
monopolies. Followers of the Social Gospel believed
that the single-minded pursuit of wealth hurt
workersand led to social and economic problems. They
• believed that government should play a role in
• defending citizens against big business.
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3. The five election reforms were the secret ballot
(voters’ choices are kept confidential), direct primary
(voters choose candidates for general election), recall
(voters remove an official), initiative (citizens propose
and vote on a law), and referendum (citizens
vote on a law passed by the legislature). Students
choose one and support their choice with facts and
reasoning.
• 4. La Follette and Johnson probably believed
that
• railroads used their vast wealth and power to
crowd
• out competition, then charge high prices,
which
• hurt the economy, and also to corrupt
government
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5. White women could not vote, and they saw
suffrage rights as the key to all other rights. Black
men in the South could legally vote, but devices such
as literacy tests and poll taxes worked to deny them
that right. Blacks throughout the country also suffered
as a result of racism and segregation. Women: Seneca
Falls Convention and arguments by Elizabeth Cady
Stanton; NAWSA; agitation. African Americans:
NAACP; court cases.
• 6. Washington favored gradual economic
advancement
• through hard work and urged blacks to adapt
• themselves to the limits imposed by white
society.
• Du Bois favored political activism and agitation
and
• urged blacks to fight for the civil rights set forth in
• the Declaration of Independence.