1. Progressive Era Review
Chapter 17 & 18

2. Social Gospel vs. Social Darwinism Using Christian teachings
and applying them
to society
Applying Darwin’s theory of “Survival of the fittest” to society and business

3. Progressives Florence Kelley Fought for Passage of Child labor laws
Jane Addams
Founded the Hull House in Chicago
Susan B. Anthony
Early leader of women’s suffrage movement
Robert LaFollette
Wisconsin senator leading political reform
W.E.B. DuBois
Founder of NAACP who fought for civil rights

4. Voting & Election Reform
WHAT IT DID
Recall
Allows for voters to propose to remove an elected official for office in a special recall election
Secret
Ballot
Allows for voters to cast their votes privately in a disclosed voting booth
Initiative
Allows for individuals to propose or bring up legislative ideas without lawmakers getting involved
Referendum
Allows for individuals to vote on laws passed by lawmakers

5. Civil Rights Debate BOOKER T. WASHINGTON W.E.B. DuBOIS
Born into slavery in the South
Advocated for African-Americans to learn to cope with current situation and learn skills
Tuskegee Institute: vocational school created Booker T. Washington in Alabama
Supported segregation
Born a free man in Connecticut
First African-American to graduate from Harvard
NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People): Helped found one of the first major civil rights organizations
Supported education and integration

6. Progressive Presidents PROGRESSIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Square Deal
Trustbuster
Meat Inspection Act
Pure Food and Drug Act
Conservationist
National Parks
US Forest Dept.
Labor supporter
16th Amendment: Income Tax
Broke up twice as many trusts as TR
New Freedom
Federal Reserve System
Federal Trade Commission
Clayton Antitrust Act
18th Amendment: Prohibition
19th Amendment: Women’s Suffrage

7. Progressive Amendments
WHAT?
WHEN?
16th
Graduated income tax that taxed wealthier citizens a higher percentage
1912
Taft
17th
Direct election of US Senators
1913
Wilson
18th
Prohibition of the sale, manufacturing, distribution and transportation of alcohol
1919
19th
Granted full suffrage (voting rights) to women
1920

8. —Emma Lazarus, "The New Colossus," 1883
"Give me your tired, your poor,  Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,  The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.  Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,  I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
—Emma Lazarus, "The New Colossus," 1883
1. Where can this quote be found today?
A. Ellis Island Entrance
B. Angel Island Entrance
C. Capitol Building Floor
D. Statue of Liberty
2. Which group of people of people is likely being described as “tired,” “poor,” “huddled masses?”
A. Children
B. Immigrants
C. African-Americans
D. Women

9. Examine the cause/effect flowchart below
Examine the cause/effect flowchart below. Which of the following effects best completes the diagram?
A. children who lose their jobs protest the new laws
B. the number of children in school increases dramatically
C. the number of children living on the streets increases sharply
D. many working mothers quit to care for their children at home

10. Examine the table to the below
Examine the table to the below. Which of the following statements best summarizes the data in the table?
a.) Only the very rich were required to pay taxes.
b.) Tax rates in 1913 were higher than those today.
c.) Most people in 1913 made more than $75,000 a year.
d.) People with higher incomes were required to pay more taxes.

11. - Mark Twain, The Gilded Age 1871
"...no country can be well governed unless its citizens as a body keep religiously before their minds that they are the guardians of the law and that the law officers are only the machinery for its execution, nothing more."
- Mark Twain, The Gilded Age 1871
Which of the following would be a synonym for the word “religiously” in this passage?
a. Thoroughly
b. Inconsistently
c. Quickly
d. Sacrilegiously
What criticisms is Mark Twain most likely talking about that were occurring in this time period?
a. Child labor
b. Women’s suffrage
c. Political corruption
d. Alcohol consumption

12. Who had the authority to make laws to enforce the 18th Amendment?
a.) the President and Supreme Court
b.) Congress and the states
c.) local governments
d.) the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms

13. racial discrimination women’s voting rights political corruption
Short Answer. (5 points)
Which of the following Progressive Era problems do you think was most important for reformers to address? Explain why in 4-6 sentences.
child labor
racial discrimination
women’s voting rights
political corruption
poor urban living conditions