GED SS Progressive Era #1

The Progressive Era spanned what years?

1890s to 1920s

1865-1890

1865-1900

1870s to 1900s

Urbanization can be defined as:

Moving from the city to the country

Moving from the country to the city

The process of concentrating people in cities

The Progressive Era was a time of:

A time where science was dominant

A time where corruption was plentiful in large cities

A time where more people lived in the country than city

A tenement was:

A large, poorly maintained apartment building overcrowded with people

A group of campers living in tents

Blocks in a city to house factory workers

An Activist is someone who:

Fought unsafe and unfair job practices

Someone who fought to protect farms and parks

Someone who acts on their political views

A muckraker is:

A journalist during the Progressive Era who exposes corruption within industries and politics

A journalist who worked their way through school on a farm shoveling manure

A farmer who shovels manure for fertilizer

A citizen during the Progressive Era who fought corruption

What was the Temperance Movement?

A movement to control men's tempers

A movement to outlaw alcohol in the US

A popular cooking technique that taught soufflé making

An industry which created a new type of chocolate

Many people think the Temperance Movement led to Prohibition which was:

A period where alcohol was illegal in the US (from 1920-1933)

A period where chocolate was illegal in the US (1920-1933)

The period after the Civil War where tempers flared on a regular basis

The Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890 did what?

Outlawed monuments to General Sherman of the Civil War

Was the first law to commemorate General Sherman

Was one of the first "trust-busting" laws passed by Congress to break up monopolies and trusts

Dealt with corruption in businesses

The Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914

This law banned anticompetitive practices l

Was the forerunner to the Federal Communication Commission

Made fair trading laws

Was actually passed in 1900 but put into effect in 1914

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