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Progressive Era Test Review

Progressive Era Test Review. Test Wednesday/ Thursday. Theodore Roosevelt. Reduced the power of the trusts. Began conservation of wildlife. Progressive politician Bob La Follette.

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Progressive Era Test Review

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  1. Progressive Era Test Review Test Wednesday/ Thursday

  2. Theodore Roosevelt • Reduced the power of the trusts. Began conservation of wildlife.

  3. Progressive politician Bob La Follette. • Called “Battling’ Bob,” he was Governor of Wisconsin and later a United States Senator. As governor of Wisconsin, he promoted reforms in state government.

  4. Jane Addams • - founder of Hull House. • It was the model for the Settlement House movement.

  5. Ida Tarbell • Her main work was an expose of the Standard Oil Trust. • She showed how Rockefeller and his company had used unfair practices such as artificially low transportation rates and bribery to drivesmaller companies out of business.

  6. Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton In 1869, the two formed the NWSA and in 1890, they joined with others to create the NAWSA.

  7. Upton Sinclair Wrote the novel “The Jungle.” • aroused public concern for the quality & impurities in processed meats • Resulting in the passage of federal food-inspection laws.

  8. Lincoln Steffens • wrote about the horrible life of the poor and the poor conditions in the tenement districts in his book “The Shame of the Cities.”

  9. W.E.B. DuBois • Started the NAACP • First African American to receive a Harvard PhD • Encouraged the participation in higher learning to challenge the white dominant culture.

  10. Booker T. Washington • Founded the Tuskegee Institute • Believed that the cooperation with supportive whites was the only way to overcome racism • Encouraged African Americans to learn a trade

  11. Progressive Era • Occurred in the early 20th century leading to economic, social and political reforms

  12. Labor Union • An organized association of workers, often in a trade or profession, formed to protect and further their rights and interests

  13. Collective Bargaining • Form of negotiation between the union and the employer.

  14. Suffrage • The right to vote.

  15. Patronage • Controlling by way of gifts and privileges.

  16. Sherman Anti-Trust Act • Prohibited monopolies.

  17. Muckraker • One who spreads scandals about another for their advantage

  18. 17th Amendment

  19. 18th Amendment • Prohibition of Alcohol

  20. 19th Amendment • Voting rights for women

  21. #1 • Unhealthy working conditions, unequal pay, long hours, wage cuts

  22. #2 • Gave more people control in the government

  23. #3 • Citizens had larger control in the government process

  24. #4 • Manage and save wildlife from urban expansion

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