Velotta
U.S. Studies
Unit 2: Political & Social Reforms in the Gilded Age
Ch. 9: The Age of Reform
Ch. 10: Progressive Politicians
Review Guide
Ch. 9: The Age of Reform
Section One: The Progressive Movement (pp. 274 – 79)
Read to Discover
1. Identify 2 problems that led to the Progressive Movement.
2. Who were the ‘Progressives’?
3. Describe the role that women played in the Progressive Movement
4. Why did U.S. industrial workers have higher accident rates than
those in other industrialized countries & identify 5 reforms
pushed forward by progressives.
5. Describe Progressive reforms in government & education.
6. How did ‘Muckrakers’ get their name?
7. How did writers contribute to the Progressive Movement?
Define
1. Progressivism
2. Muckrakers
Identify
1. Lincoln Steffens
2. Ida Tarbell
3. Theodore Dreiser
4. Herbert Croly
Section Two: Reforming the New Industrial Order (pp. 280 – 85)
Read to Discover
1. Describe the factory conditions for both women & children.
2. Describe the 14th Amendment & how business owners felt about
Progressive reform & the 14th Amendment.
3. Briefly summarize how the Supreme Court ruled in cases of
Progressive reform (w/out summarizing specific cases)
4. How did most union members feel about Progressive reform &
Capitalism?
Define
1. Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
5. Socialism
2. Freedom of Contract
6. ILGWU
3. Muller v. Oregon
7. Open Shop
4. Closed Shop
8. IWW
Identify
1. Florence Kelley
3. Samuel Gompers
2. Louis D. Brandeis
4. William ‘Big Bill’ Haywood
Section Three: Reforming Society (pp. 286 - 93)
Read to Discover
1. What % of Americans lived in urban areas in 1920 & identify 6 public
service areas that city governments struggled to provide?
2. Identify 3 prohibition reforms during the Progressive Era
3. How did Progressives feel about the plight of African Americans &
Native Americans?
4. Describe the contradicting views that Progressives had toward
immigrants.
Define
1. Prohibition
5. National Urban League
2. WCTU
6. Society of American Indians
3. 18th Amendment
7. Americanization
4. NAACP
Identify
1. Daniel Burnham
3. W.E.B. Du Bois
2. Billy Sunday
Ch. 10: Progressive Politicians
Section One: Reforming Government (pp. 298 – 302)
Read to Discover
1. Describe government corruption at all 3 levels during the 1890’s.
2. How did Progressive reformers seek to destroy political bosses?
Define
1. Direct Primary
4. Referendum
th
2. 17 Amendment
5. Recall
3. Initiative
6. The Wisconsin Idea
Identify
1. Samuel M. Jones
2. Tom Johnson
3. Robert M. La Follette