Beg, Borrow, Steal - Progressivism

• Name two people who would have been considered Muckrakers:

  • Upton Sinclair
  • Jacob Riis
• The Progressive Era was associated with which political party?

  No political party
• Which city showed the effectiveness of progressive municipal reform following the Hurricane of 1900?


  Galveston, Texas
• Who was the Governor of Wisconsin and later Senator who promoted progressive reforms?

  Bob LaFollette
• What is it called when citizens get a question placed on the ballot?

  Initiative
• How did Teddy Roosevelt describe the resolution to the coal miners' strike in 1902?


  Square Deal
• What did the 16th Amendment to the Constitution do?


  Federal Income Tax
• What was the name of the book Jacob Riis wrote to expose conditions in the cities?


  "How the Other Half Lives"
• Why were Progressives angry at Taft over his choice of Richard Ballinger for Secretary of the Interior?


  He wasn't an environmentalist
• What was the name of the third party created by Teddy Roosevelt in 1912?

  Bull-Moose Party
• What was Woodrow Wilson's party platform called?

  New Freedom
• Why was the Clayton Anti-Trust Act a victory for workers?

  Said that unions were not trusts
• Who was the progressive justice appointed to the Supreme Court by Wilson?

  Lewis Brandeis
• Who was the lead of NAWSA who advocated a grassroots effort at gaining suffrage for women?

  Carrie Chapman Catt
• Why did NAWSA expel members of the Congressional Union?


  For diverting funds and supporting aggressive tactics.
• Who were the two main leaders of the Congressional Union?


  Alice Paul and Lucy Burns
• How did World War I influence the passage of the 19th Amendment?


  Women were working and took over the men's jobs, so Wilson had to pass the amendment to avoid looking like a hypocrite