Progressive Vocab

What is the name for the early 20th-century reform movement that sought to return control of the government to the people, restore economic opportunities, and correct injustices in American life?

• The Gilded Age

• The Progressive Movement

• The Square Deal

• Prohibition

Who was a key advocate for improving the lives of women and children by helping to win passage of the Illinois Factory Act in 1893, which prohibited child labor and limited women's working hours?

• Florence Kelley

• Carrie Chapman Catt

• Ida Tarbell

• Susan B. Anthony

The banning of the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages, as established by the 18th Amendment, is known as:

• Suffrage

• Conservation

• Prohibition

• Referendum

Which term describes journalists who wrote about the corrupt side of business and public life in mass circulation magazines during the early 20th century?

• Bull Moose Partisans

• Muckrakers

• Referendums

• Federalists

The application of efficiency principles to workplace tasks, made popular by Frederick Winslow Taylor to improve factory productivity, was known as:

• The Square Deal

• The Wisconsin Idea

• Trust-busting

• Scientific Management

Who was the progressive governor of Wisconsin who targeted the railroad industry, championed direct primaries, and became a leading figure in the national Progressive movement?

• Theodore Roosevelt

• William Howard Taft

• Robert La Follette

• Upton Sinclair

What is the name for a bill originated by the people rather than lawmakers, which is then placed on the ballot for a vote?

• A referendum

• An amendment

• An initiative

• A recall

A vote on an initiative or a law passed by the legislature, where voters can either approve or reject it, is called a:

• Primary election

• Referendum

• Suffrage

• Recall

Which organization was founded in 1896 by African American women to improve living and working conditions and to promote education within their communities under the motto 'Lifting As We Climb'?

• NAACP

• NAWSA

• NACW (National Association of Colored Women)

• FTC

Who was a pioneering leader of the women's suffrage movement, arrested for illegally voting in the 1872 presidential election, and a co-founder of the National Woman Suffrage Association?

• Carrie Chapman Catt

• Florence Kelley

• Ida Tarbell

• Susan B. Anthony