Progressive Era Reforms

The complete control of an industry by one person or company.

• Progressive Era

• Assembly line

• Industrial Revolution

• Monopoly

Which of the following does NOT describe early factory conditions?

• unsafe conditions

• low pay

• safe conditions

• high pay

People who shared terrible real life stories of suffering to draw attention to the problems they saw and to bring change.

• Dirtslinger

• Muckraker

• Mudbaker

What did growing city populations lead to?

• Immigrants moving to cities for jobs

• City Slums and Unhealthy Living Conditions

• Urbanization and white flight

• Social reformers exposing corrupt city leaders

The NAACP fought for:

• Environmental conservation

• Reducing the power of large monopolies

• Racial equality

• Rights of the workers

Why was child labor common?

• Bring your child to work day was SO popular

• Families needed the extra income

• parents didn't want to leave children home alone

• Bosses wanted to pay them less

What was an effect of the events at the triangle shirtwaist factory?

• mandatory building inspections

• equal worker protection act

• required fire exits in all buildings

• women were given workplace protection

Which group did W.E.B. DuBois help create?

• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

• League of African American Voters

• Freedman's Journal

• United Negro Alliance

Suffrage is -

• the right to vote

• the right to suffer

• the right to live

• the right to speak

Booker T. Washington wanted to improve the lives of African Americans by

• Forming labor unions of African American Workers

• Organizing boycotts

• Promoting vocational training for African Americans

• Organizing voter registration drives