NAME _____________________________
THE PROGRESSIVE ERA
MATCHING REVIEW
SECTION ONE. THE PEOPLE OF THE PROGRESSIVE ERA.
A. Upton Sinclair
D. Ida Tarbell
G. Jane Addams
J. Booker T. Washington
B.
E.
H.
K.
Theodore Roosevelt
Thomas Nast
Susan B. Anthony
W.E.B. DuBois
C.
F.
I.
L.
John Rockefeller
Jacob Riis
Plessy V. Ferguson
William H. Taft
_____1. He was a political cartoonist who attempted to expose the corruption in politics
through his art. (p. 556, 646)
_____2. He was the author of How the Other Half Lives, a photoessay describing the poor living
conditions in tenements and slums in New York City. (p. 641, 648, 666, 668, 669)
_____3. She was a muckraking journalist and the author of A History of the Standard Oil
Company, a book which exposed the illegal practices of the Standard Oil Trust. (p. 648, 669)
_____4. This African-American leader was the founder of the Niagara Movement and the
NAACP; he was devoted to immediate social and economic equality for African-Americans. (p.
661)
_____5. This was a Supreme Court case; it was not a person! The Supreme Court ruled that
segregation was legal, as long as the institutes created were “separate but equal.” (p. 562)
_____6. She was the founder of Hull House, a settlement house for the poor in Chicago. (p. 622)
_____7. This “trustbuster” president filed suit against the Standard Oil Trust in 1906; in
addition, he was devoted to conservation of the environment and a “Square Deal” for all. (p.
649-650)
_____8. He was the owner of the Standard Oil Company, and a very wealthy man. (p. 615)
_____9. He was the founder of Tuskegee Institute and a strong believer in vocational education
and job skills for African-Americans. (p. 660-661)
_____10. She was the leader of the National American Woman’s Suffrage Association. (p. 656)
_____11. This Progressive was president when the 16th and 17th Amendments to the
Constitution were passed. He filed anti-trust law suits against more companies than Theodore
Roosevelt did! (p. 652)
_____12. He was the author of The Jungle, a socialist work novel which exposed corruption,
filth, and dangers in the meatpacking industry in Chicago. As a result, two laws were passed –
the Meat Inspection Act of 1905 and the Pure Food and Drug Act. (p. 652)
SECTION TWO. THE PROGRESSIVE AMENDMENTS
A. 16th Amendment
C. 18th Amendment
B. 17th Amendment
D. 19th Amendment
_____1. This amendment to the Constitution forbid the manufacture of, the distribution of, and
the sale of alcoholic beverages – but if you had ‘em, you could drink ‘em! (p. 659)
_____2. This amendment created a graduated income tax system for the United States of
America; today this is the primary source of revenue for our federal government. (p. 647)
_____3. This amendment granted suffrage to women over the age of 21. (The voting age was
lowered by the passage of the 26th Amendment in the 1970s.) (p. 658)
_____4. This amendment allowed for the direct election of Senators. Previously, they had been
elected by state legislatures. (p. 647)
SECTION THREE. Vocabulary
A. conservation
B. recall
C. Clayton Anti-Trust Act
D. “trustbuster”
E. muckraker
F. Sherman Anti-Trust Act
G. suffrage
H. Prohibition
I. Meat Inspection Act
J. racial segregation
K. settlement houses L. NAACP
_____1. Journalists who exposed problems to the nation and sought solutions. (Glossary)
_____2. The law TR used to earn his nickname: “Trustbuster!” (p. 650)
_____3. The right to vote; in this unit, we discussed the right to vote for women. (Glossary)
_____4. This term, when capitalized, refers to the banning of alcoholic beverages. (Glossary)
_____5. This law was passed in response to Upton Sinclair famous novel The Jungle.
_____6. A voter reform which allows citizens to remove an elected official from office.
_____7. Separation of people on the basis of skin color, perceived racial characteristics.
_____8. Organization established in 1909 to confront racism and discrimination in USA.
_____9. The movement to preserve the environment and natural resources under TR.
_____10. Facilities like Hull House, founded to assist immigrants and poor families.
_____11. A law was passed under Woodrow Wilson to control unfair business practices.
_____12. Leaders like TR and William Taft who sued to end unfair businesses in the US.