Progressive Era

What were the goals of the American Federation of Labor? (AFL).

• Higher Wages

• Shorter Hours

• All of these choices

• Safer Working Conditions

• None of these choices

Writers that helped spread Progressive's ideas. Wrote about muck that was going on.

• Rakers of muck

• muckrakers

• raking up the muck writers

• journalist

What do we call it when people walk out of their job and refuse to work?

• Boycott

• Strike

• Strikebreakers

• Walk out

Why were immigrants more willing to take the jobs that Americans were on strike from?

• The jobs paid a lot of money.

• Immigrants were desperate for money, and were willing to do the work.

• Immigrants were bored with their new lives in America.

• Immigrants didn't think the conditions were bad at all.

What is a boycott?

• When employees refuse to work.

• When customers refuse to buy a product from a certain company.

• When employers refuse to open their business

• When everyone just goes to work on a normal day.

What did the 17th Amendment do?

• Allowed the government to tax their income

• Allowed people to vote

• Allowed citizens the right to vote for their senators

• Allowed citizens to vote for their governors

How much were children paid a week?

• $2.00

• $7.00

• $10.00

• $200,000,000

What event lead to laws being passed about fire exits?

• GAP Factory fire

• Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire

• Circle Shirtwaist Factory fire

• The great fire of NYC

People who tried to find solutions to problems

• Muckrakers

• Progressives

• Politicians

• Crooks

Who made the least amount of money working in factories?

• African American Men

• Women

• Children

• Immigrant men