The Progressive
Movement
What was the name of the
20th century social and
political reform movement,
which occurred on every
level of government in the
United States?
The
Progressive
Movement
What were three causes
of the Progressive
Movement?
1)
Excesses of Gilded Age
2) Poor working
conditions of American
labor (workers)
3) Low standard of living
of American labor
What did the Progressives
believe should solve the
problems created by
industrialization?
The
Government
What were three main
goals of the
Progressives?
Government
controlled by
the people instead of big
business and special
interests
Economic opportunity for
all Americans
Eliminate social injustices
How did the Progressives
hope to guarantee all
Americans economic
opportunity?
Through
government
regulation of business
What was the Gilded Age?
A
period in the late 1800s
characterized by great
wealth, corruption, and
inequality
Who held almost all the
great wealth created in
America during
the Gilded Age?
A
small upper class of
businessmen and industrialists
Define the term
industrialists.
Factory
owners
What is another name of the
Gilded Age?
The
Age of the Robber
Barons
Who were the robber
barons?
Members
of the newly rich
upper class who had
extravagant lifestyles
What did the extravagant
lifestyle of the robber
barons point out?
The
severe difference in
income between the small,
super rich upper class and
the average American
family
Who were the
Muckrakers?
Progressive
writers who
wrote about social and
th
political evils in late 19
and early 20th century
America.
Who were the two most
famous Progressive
presidents?
Theodore
Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Which Progressive
president was known for
offering the American
people a “Square Deal”?
Theodore
Roosevelt
What Progressive
president was known for
the New Freedom?
Woodrow
Wilson
Did both Republicans and
Democrats participate in the
Progressive Movement?
Yes
On what levels of
government were there
Progressive reforms?
Federal
Local
State
What was one Progressive
accomplishment on the
state level?
Passed
child labor laws
Name 5 ways the
Progressives tried to
make government more
democratic at
the state level?
Referendum
Initiative
Recall
Secret
ballot
Primary elections
By what process may
citizens vote to approve or
reject a measure passed by
a legislative body?
Referendum
What process permits
citizens to propose laws
to their state or local
governments?
Initiative
By what process may
citizens vote to remove
government officials from
office before they have
finished their terms?
Recall
election
What reform did
Progressives use to protect
voters’ privacy?
The
secret ballot
What does one call an
election in which voters
nominate a political
party’s candidates for
office?
Primary
election
At what level of
government were child
labor laws an example of a
Progressive reform?
State
government
What type of reforms were
the 17th and 19th
Amendment and the
Clayton Anti-Trust Act?
Progressive
reforms on the
federal or national level.
What was the 17th
Amendment?
Direct
election of United
States senators
Who elected U.S. senators
before ratification of the
17th Amendment?
The
State Legislatures
What did the term “trust”
mean during the late 19th
th
and early 20 centuries?
A
business monopoly
What does the term
monopoly mean?
Absence
of competition
What does anti-trust
mean?
Anti-monopoly
What did anti-trust laws try
to do?
Restore
free competition to
the American economy
What was the major
weakness in the Sherman
Anti-Trust Act?
The
wording was too
vague.
What did the Clayton
Anti-Trust Act do?
1)
Outlawed price fixing
2) Exempted unions from
the Sherman Anti-Trust Act
In what two ways did
Progressives try to make
local governments less
corrupt, more efficient,
and more responsive to
the people?
Commission
form of city
government
Council/manager form
of city government
How does the
council/manager form of
city government work?
Voters
elect a city
council
City council hires a
professional manager to
serve as the city’s
administrator
What did Progressives want
city government to be?
Efficient
Businesslike
What is another word for
the right to vote?
Suffrage
During what war did the
women’s suffrage movement
first encourage American
women to enter the
labor force?
World
War I
Name a leader of the
Women’s Suffrage
Movement.
Susan
B. Anthony
Which constitutional
amendment gave women
the right to vote?
19th
Amendment
What were three Progressive
reforms on the federal or
national level of government?
17th
Amendment
19th Amendment
Clayton Anti-Trust Act