Progressive Era Reform Movements

Which Progressive Era movement focused on securing voting rights for women and is associated with figures like Susan B. Anthony and Alice Paul?

• Prohibition / Temperance Movement

• Women’s Rights / Suffrage Movement

• Conservation / Environmental Movement

• Public Health / Urban Reform

Which movement sought to limit or ban alcohol and is linked to leaders such as Carrie Nation and the Anti-Saloon League?

• Labor Reform / Child Labor Movement

• Political Reform / Anti-Corruption

• Prohibition / Temperance Movement

• Conservation / Environmental Movement

The conservation push associated with Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir primarily aimed to address which issue?

• Urban sanitation

• Protection of natural resources and lands

• Child labor in factories

• Voting rights for women

Florence Kelley and Lewis Hine are most closely connected to which Progressive Era reform effort?

• Public Health / Urban Reform

• Labor Reform / Child Labor Movement

• Political Reform / Anti-Corruption

• Women’s Rights / Suffrage Movement

Muckrakers, including Ida Tarbell, are best described as using which method to promote reform?

• Court rulings

• Investigative journalism exposing corruption

• Forest preservation policies

• Temperance speeches in churches

Jane Addams is most directly associated with reforms targeting which area?

• Banking regulation

• Urban public health and sanitation

• National parks management

• Alcohol prohibition

Which question would best guide research on the societal problem a reform aimed to fix?

• Who were the key leaders or organizations involved?

• How did this reform change life in America—short term and long term?

• What problem was your reform trying to fix in American society?

• What major successes or outcomes did your reform achieve?

If you are examining the strategies used by reformers, which guiding question from the inquiry is most relevant?

• What opposition or criticism did your movement face?

• What methods did they use to bring about change (laws, protests, journalism, etc.)?

• Who were the key leaders or organizations involved?

• How did this reform change life in America—short term and long term?

To analyze the impact of a movement over different time frames, which inquiry question should you use?

• What major successes or outcomes did your reform achieve?

• How did this reform change life in America—short term and long term?

• Who were the key leaders or organizations involved?

• What opposition or criticism did your movement face?

Which movement is primarily concerned with exposing and reducing political corruption during the Progressive Era?

• Political Reform / Anti-Corruption

• Labor Reform / Child Labor Movement

• Public Health / Urban Reform

• Prohibition / Temperance Movement