Progressive Era
Quiz Review Answers
1.______________ worked to end
child labor in American factories
and mines.
Mother Jones
2.______________ worked to
reform politics by establishing
primary elections.
Robert La Follette
3.______________ were (are)
people that work for
improvements in politics and
society.
Progressives
4. A ______________ is someone
that favors extreme actions and
changes.
Radical
5.______________ were writers
that told about problems in
society.
Muckrakers
6. The country’s first __________
was established by John D.
Rockefeller when his company
controlled 90% of North
America’s oil supply.
Monopoly
7.______________ means making
changes to make conditions
better.
Reform
8.______________ work to
protect the environment from
the pollution and harm caused
by big industry.
John Muir
9.______________ is a dishonest
action that usually involves
money, such as in bribery.
Corruption
10.______________ refers to the
people that work for wages.
Labor
11. Andrew Carnegie made his
fortune producing
______________.
Steel
12 .______________ work to
break up big companies that
were taking advantage of
customers.
Theodore Roosevelt
13. ______________ work to get
women the right to vote
(Suffrage).
Alice Paul
14. ______________ work to
bring an end to AfricanAmerican segregation and
lynching.
W.E.B. DuBois
15. ______________ wanted to
protect customers by fighting for
food and drug safety laws.
Upton Sinclair
16. A ______________ is when
people in each political party get
to vote for candidates who will
run in the general election.
Primary or
Primary Election
17. The National Grange was a
movement made up of ________
to promote their political and
economic interests against
railroads, banks, and merchants.
Farmers
18. ______________ was the
name of John D. Rockefeller’s oil
company.
Standard Oil
19. ______________ was Andrew
Carnegie’s ruthless assistance.
Henry Frick
20. The __________ Amendment
gave women the right to vote.
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Compare and Contrast
Name of Progressive Identify
Movements (list 2)
similarities
Answers will vary
(list at least
one)
1.
1.
Identify differences
(list at least two)
2.
2.
Wanted
Reform
1.
Quiz Time in
5 Minutes
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