Key Figures of Progressive Era

Who wrote the book "The Jungle," which exposed the unsafe and unsanitary conditions of the Meatpacking Industry?

• Upton Sinclair

• Jacob Riis

• Ida Tarbell

• Booker T. Washington

Which President of the United States was elected in 1912 after a split in the Republican votes?

• Theodore Roosevelt

• William H. Taft

• Woodrow Wilson

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

Who were the feminist reformers that played a part in the women’s rights movement?

• Ida Tarbell & Carrie Chapman Clatt

• Susan B. Anthony & Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• Susan B. Anthony & Ida Tarbell

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Carrie Chapman Clatt

Which African American leader helped found the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama?

• W.E.B. DuBois

• Booker T. Washington

• Frederick Douglass

• Marcus Garvey

Who took pictures of poor tenement housing in New York City and used them in his book "How the Other Half Lives"?

• Upton Sinclair

• Jacob Riis

• Ida Tarbell

• Lewis Hine

Which President formed the Progressive Party, also known as the Bull Moose Party, after losing the candidate race in 1912?

• William H. Taft

• Woodrow Wilson

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

Who was a more modern feminist reformer that took leadership over fighting for the right to vote for women?

• Susan B. Anthony

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• Carrie Chapman Clatt

• Ida Tarbell

Which muckraker fought against powerful monopolies and trust owners such as John D. Rockefeller?

• Upton Sinclair

• Jacob Riis

• Ida Tarbell

• Lewis Hine

Who was the first African American to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard University and encouraged African Americans to fight discrimination?

• Booker T. Washington

• W.E.B. DuBois

• Marcus Garvey

• Frederick Douglass

Who was the 27th President of the United States and lost to Woodrow Wilson in the 1912 election?

• Theodore Roosevelt

• William H. Taft

• Woodrow Wilson

• Franklin D. Roosevelt