The Progressive Era

A period of time when social, economic and political problems caused by rapid industrialization were exposed and in some cases reformed

• Industrialization

• Reconstruction

• Progressive Era

• Prohibition

Reporters, journalists, photographers, and authors who used the media to raise concerns about the negative effects of industrialization were known as

• muckrakers

• immigrants

• suffragists

• abolitionists

This muckraker photographed conditions of the urban poor in “How the Other Half Lives.” He also examined the conditions of the poor in America’s cities.

• Upton Sinclair

• Lincoln Steffens

• Jacob Riis

• Frank Norris

Which of the following was NOT a problem of the progressive era?

• Corrupt City Bosses

• Work Hours and Conditions

• City Populations and Conditions

• Overseas expansion

Civil Rights and equality, the Women’s Suffrage Movement, and outlawing child labor were reform movements that took place during this era-

• Gilded Age

• Progressive Era

• Imperialism

• Roaring 20's

Poorly built overcrowded apartment buildings were

• settlement houses

• tenements

• skyscrapers

• benevolent societies

A group of reform movements of the late 1800s that focused on urban problems, such as the plight of workers, sanitation workers, and corrupt political machines.

• Progressivism

• Prohibition

• Muckrakers

• Square Deal

What is a Muckraker?

• Journalists who expose corrupt leaders and businesses

• People who rake dirt for a living

• Journalists who will do anything for a good story

• Reporters who lie or exaggerate to sell magazines

Journalists who exposed corruption and problems in society are called--

• Gump Mushers

• Scalawags

• Muckrakers

• Dirt Diggers

This muckraker took photographs in the tenements of New York City, showing the terrible conditions.

• Upton Sinclair

• Jacob Riis

• Ida Tarbell

• Lewis Hine