Progressive Era Test Jeopardy Template

Reform	Women Make Progress	Struggle Against Discrimination	Roosevelt	Wilson's New Deal
100 both wanted to get rid of corrupt government officials and make the government more responsive to people’s need b. Progressivism leaders were educated, used modern ideas and scientific technique to improve society c. Populism leaders were farmers and workers How is populism and progressivism similar yet different?	100 the man of the household Who were women expected to hand their wages over too?	100 Assimilating immigrants into American society by changing the way they lived Define Americanization	100 a. New York State Assembly b. NYC’s Board of Police Commissioners c. Assistant Secretary of the Navy d. Governor of New York e. McKinley’s VP What was one thing Roosevelt did before becoming president in regards to politics?	100 Woodrow Wilson; Democrat Who won the election of 1912 and what party was he associated with?
200 Socially conscious journalists and other writers dramatized the need for reform; name given by Theodore Roosevelt; too fascinated with the ugly side of things What is a muckraker?	200 Never drinking alcohol The temperance movement promoted temperance, which is ________________.	200 Niagara Movement What was the group that formed the NAACP?	200 Oversee rail charges for shipments that passed through more than one state. Suppose to make sure all shippers were charged the same amounts. Whats the purpose of the ICC?	200 Tariffs, banks, and the trusts; blocked businesses from being free What’s the triple wall of privilege and what did it do?
300 a community center that provided social services to the urban poor What is a settlement house?	300 NCL – gave special labels to goods that were produced in safe, fair, and healthy working conditions Backed laws to inspect meat packing plants, make workplaces safer, and make payments to the unemployed What did the National Consumers League do?	300 Loophole: put their land in their children’s name… if their children were born in the US they are citizens What loophole did Asian Americans use to fight unfair laws regarding land?	300 when they cheat consumers or bully smaller ones In Roosevelt's term, when are big businesses bad?	300 Cut tariffs and created a graduated income tax What are the two parts to the Underwood Tariff Act (1913)?
400 industrialization and urbanization had created troubling social and political problems What was the common belief of most progressives?	400 approved 1919 official 1920 What year what the 19th amendment approved? What year was the 19th amendment official?	400 groups that made loans and provided legal assistance, also had insurance programs to help members if they were way to sick to work Define Mutualistos	400 a. Meat Inspection Act (1906)  allowed federal agents to inspect any meat sold across state lines and required federal inspection of meat-processing plants b. What if there is a problem… the government can force the meatpacker to pull the product off the shelves Describe the Meat Inspection Act of 1906 and what happened if there was a problem.	400 Gave congress the power to collect taxes on people’s income What did the 16th amendment do?
500 Galveston Plan: five-person commission b. Helped curved political machines and big bosses c. Reformed governments purchased public utilities i. Gas, water, electric companies could not charge city residents unfair high rates What is the Galveston Plan and how did it help progressive reforms?	500 Many women helped support the war effort – led legislators to support a women’s suffrage amendment What happened in 1917, resulting in women getting the right to vote?	500 Goal: physically free from peonage (forced, low pay labor), mentally free from ignorance, politically free from disfranchisement, and socially free from insult What is the goal of the NAACP?	500 a. Roosevelt was a powerful force in the Republican party – used that power to help Secretary of War William Howard Taft win the presidency in 1908 b. Roosevelt expected Why was Roosevelt upset with Taft when he took presidency?	500 a. placed national banks under the control of a Federal Reserve Board b. Set up regional banks to hold the reserve funds from commercial banks c. Also sets up the interest rate that banks pay to borrow money from other banks d. Supervises banks to make sure they are well run What is the significance of the Federal Reserve Act (1913)?

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