FCHS HONOR CODE PLEDGE: __________________________________ BLOCK: _____ DATE: __________
NOTES ON THE PROGRESSIVE ERA REFORMERS AND PRESIDENCIES
Fill in all of the information below from the PowerPoint Activity we review in class.
1. What are the six major themes of the Progressive Movement? Provide at least one example of each
theme in the chart below.
Progressive Era Theme, 1880s – 1920s
Examples:
1. Reforms encouraging greater Democratic
Participation.
2.
Goals of Labor Unions
The 16th Amendment – Progressive Income Tax
3. Greater Political Participation and Equality for
Women.
4. The Temperance Crusade.
5.
The Sherman Anti-Trust Act
6. Conservation of the Environment
2. What was the “Gilded Age?” ___________________________________________________________
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3. Whose assassination ended the Spoils System? What law was passed in order to reform the Civil
Service System?
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4. What was the purpose of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act when it was passed in 1890? What companies
might it have targeted then in order to protect consumers?
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5. How did political bosses steal money from the citizens of major cities like New York, Philadelphia, or
Boston? Why did so many people continue to elect these very corrupt men to office?
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6. Who was the artist who created this political cartoon? Who was he criticizing in the picture?
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7. List and define five (5) major parts of the so-called “Wisconsin System” of “Fightin’ Bob” La Follette:
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8. The 16th Amendment to the Constitution - ________________________________________________
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9. The 17th Amendment to the Constitution - ________________________________________________
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10. The 18th Amendment to the Constitution - _______________________________________________
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11. The 19th Amendment to the Constitution - _______________________________________________
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12. Identify the contributions of each of the “muckrakers” below.
12A. What is a muckraker? ______________________________________________________________
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12B. Ida Tarbell - ______________________________________________________________________
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12C. Jacob Riis - _______________________________________________________________________
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12D. Upton Sinclair - ___________________________________________________________________
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13. What were the four (4) main goals of Progressive President Theodore Roosevelt?
The Goals of President Theodore Roosevelt’s Presidency – Progressive Reforms:
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14. What companies did TR sue as a “trustbuster”?
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15. Who did Roosevelt side with during the Anthracite Coal Strike of 1902?
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16. How did Theodore Roosevelt encourage the conservation of the nation’s natural resources and
lands?
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17. Which two laws were passed by Congress after Theodore Roosevelt read the novel The Jungle and
was outraged by the horrors of the meatpacking industry?
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