Progressivism Study Guide

What movement aims to improve society, government, and the well-being of people?

• Progressivism

Under what process are citizens able to vote for laws passed by the legislature?

• Referendum

During a __________________, voters vote to nominate individuals for upcoming elections.

• Direct Primary

What process can be used to remove a politician from office before the next election?

• Recall

What right did Women fight for (and eventually gain) in the late 1800s-early 1900s? (What is the specific term?

• Suffrage

What is the term for journalists who alerted the public about wrongdoing in society, politics, or business?

• Muckraker

What process can be used by citizens to pass law through obtaining enough signatures from voters?

• Initiative

What did the 19th Amendment do?

• Women can vote

What court case made regulating abortion illegal during the first trimester of a pregnancy?

• Roe v. Wade

What progressive movement protects natural resources?

• Conservationism

What organization was led by Carrie Chapmen Catt and worked to get women the right to vote?

• National American Women’s Suffrage Association (NAWSA)

What law aims to level the playing field and make up for years of discrimination?

• Affirmative Action

What theory advocates for the political, economic, and social equality of women and men?

• Feminism

What organization that was established by Betty Friedan aims to allow women to fully participate in American Society?

• National Organization for Women (NOW

What were the goals of progressivism?

• To bring change and positive change in society

What were the major causes of Progressivism?

• Problems related to Industrialization and Urbanization

What were the goals of the National Consumer’s League?

• Improve working conditions and equality in factories

What laws were the result of the Jungle?

• Meat Inspection Act and Pure Drug and Food Act

What was the meeting where women formally demanded a right to vote?

• Seneca Falls Convention

What law caused Hoover Dam to be built?

• National Reclamation Act

What were the major reform groups of the Progressive Era that we studied?

• Settlement Houses, Social Gospel, Women’s Christian Temperence Union, Muckrakers, National Consumers League, NAWSA, NWP, Etc.

What social movement provided services to the poor in cities?

• Settlement House

What was the Equal Rights Amendment?

• A proposed amendment that attempted to prohibit gender discrimination. It was not ratified.

What group thought that alcohol was the cause of society’s problems?

• Women’s Christian Temperance Union

What document called for women’s right to vote?

• Declaration of Sentiments

What law allows for more incidents of violence to be reported and punished than before?

• Violence against Women Act

How did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 benefit women?

• It gave feminists a legal tool to fight discrimination

Know the reform movement that each of the following people was associated with:

Theodore Roosevelt

Environment

Susan B. Anthony

Women’s Suffrage

Jacob Riis

Poverty

Upton Sinclair

Business and Industry

Alice Paul

Women’s Suffrage

Carrie Chapman Catt

Women’s Suffrage

WEB Du Bois

Racism

John Muir

Environment

Booker T. Washington

Racism

Jane Addams

Poverty

Ida Tarbell

Business and Industry

Gifford Pinchot

Environment

Carlos Montezuma

Racism