progressivism

Question 1

Reform

Answer 1

to change for the better (passing the “meat inspection act”

Question 2

Progressivism

Answer 2

fixing society with government change (passing the prohibition of alcohol) (18th amendment)

Question 3

Tenements

Answer 3

Slum apartments in the cities (the apartment they live in THE JUNGLE)

Question 4

Graft

Answer 4

Political corruption to gain money (taking bribes)

Question 5

Populism

Answer 5

More power to ordinary people (17th amendment allows for the direct election of senators

Question 6

Americanization

Answer 6

Immigrants learning to be “American”

Question 7

Public education

Answer 7

Governments run schools (Lancaster city schools)

Question 8

Environmental regulations

Answer 8

Laws about how environments treated(it’s illegal to dump waste from your factory into rivers

Question 9

Conservation

Answer 9

Protecting and preserving the environment (President Teddy Roosevelt many national parks and protected wilderness areas

Question 10

Suffrage

Answer 10

The right to vote

Question 11

Susan B. Anthony

Answer 11

Fought for women’s rights (especially voting)

Question 12

19th Amendment

Answer 12

Granted women the right to vote

Question 13

Sherman Antitrust Act

Answer 13

Anti-monopoly law from 1890

Question 14

Clayton Antitrust Act

Answer 14

Stopped monopolies merging and helped labor unions

Question 15

Muckrakers

Answer 15

Journalists who exposed wrongdoing (Upton Sinclair, wrote The Jungle)

Question 16

Theodore Rossevelt

Answer 16

Progressive President: fought for conservation

Question 17

Federal Reserve System

Answer 17

Central bank created to protect banks from failing

Question 18

16th Amendment

Answer 18

Allowed income tax the federal government can collect income tax