🏛️ Progressive Era & Industrialization

Question 1

What were the three parts of Roosevelt’s Square Deal?

Answer 1

Conservation, control of corporations, consumer protection.

Question 2

Who were muckrakers and what did they do?

Answer 2

Journalists who exposed corruption and social issues (e.g., Upton Sinclair, Ida Tarbell).

Question 3

What did the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 do?

Answer 3

Required truthful labeling and banned sale of contaminated food/drugs.

Question 4

Why did Roosevelt become critical of Taft?

Answer 4

Taft strayed from progressive reforms, especially on conservation and tariffs.

Question 5

What was the U.S. economic policy in the late 1800s?

Answer 5

Laissez-faire capitalism, minimal government regulation, rise of monopolies.

Question 6

What was the Bessemer Process?

Answer 6

A method to produce steel cheaply and efficiently, boosting industrial growth.

Question 7

What did the WCTU advocate for?

Answer 7

Temperance (alcohol ban), women’s rights, and social reforms.

Question 8

How did mining companies impact the U.S.?

Answer 8

Exploited resources and workers; caused environmental damage.

Question 9

What was the goal of the Homestead Act (1862)?

Answer 9

Encourage westward settlement by offering free land to farmers.