Chapter 9 Test THE PROGRESSIVE ERA Reform movement that sought to return control of the government to the people Progressivism President of the United States who was a former president of Princeton University and Governor of New Jersey Woodrow Wilson An advocate for improving the lives of women and children Florence Kelly Muckraking journalist who exposed the terrible conditions of the meatpacking industry Upton Sinclair The movement to protect America’s natural resources Conservation The term used to describe the progressive reforms of President Theodore Roosevelt Square Deal Watchdog agency given the power to stop unfair business practices Federal Trade Commission President whose actions split the Republican party after he angered both progressives and conservationists William H. Taft A plan that reformed how American banks were organized Federal Reserve System A leader of the woman suffrage movement Susan B. Anthony What are three goals of Progressivism? •Protecting social welfare •Creating economic reform •Fostering efficiency in the workplace What were muckrakers? Journalists What is an initiative? A bill that originates from the people rather than legislators In the mid-1800s, the majority of women who held jobs worked as… servants Name three famous suffragettes. •Elizabeth Cady Stanton •Susan B. Anthony •Carrie Chapman Catt Who wrote The Jungle, and what did it expose? •Upton Sinclair •It exposed the unsanitary conditions in the meat-packing industry Who was the first person to use the presidency as a “bully pulpit”? Theodore Roosevelt What law required truthful labels? Pure Food and Drug Act What was the primary goal of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)? Equality among the races Who were the reform candidates in the election of 1912? •Eugene V. Debs •Theodore Roosevelt •Woodrow Wilson Essay Which groups benefited from the reforms in the Progressive Era? Which groups did not benefit? Explain •Average citizens •Women •Children •African Americans Essay What kind of lives do you think the boys in the photograph have? Explain. Essay What are some of the abuses and problems at the turn of th the 20 century that progressive reformers sought to address? What techniques did reformers use to influence public opinion? • End the use or abuse of alcohol • Hunger among poor people • Child labor • Improving lives of working families