PROGRESSIVE ERA VOCABULARY!

Unlock Progressive Era vocabulary! Understand key terms and reforms of this crucial US history period.

PROGRESSIVE ERA Please read each question carefully! For matching just click on term and drag line to correct definition. PROGRESSIVE ERA 1890-1920 TIME OF REFORM OF INDUSTRIAL & URBAN ISSUES JABOB RIIS EXPOSED URBAN POVERTY IN "HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES" UPTON SINCLAIR EXPOSED MEAT INDUSTRY IN "THE JUNGLE" MEAT INSPECTION ACT LAW THAT REQUIRES THE INSPECTION OF MEAT, NO BAD MEAT CAN BE SOLD. PURE FOOD & DRUG ACT LAW THAT REUIRES ON PURE FOOD ANDDRUGS CAN BE SOLD. CREATED THE FDA! TRUSTBUSTER KNICKNAME FOR TEDDY ROOSVEVELT WHEN HE WENT AFTER MONOPOLIES TEDDY ROOSEVELT 26TH PRESIDENT, CONSERVATIONIST & TRUST BUSTER! 16TH AMENDMENT INCOME TAX 19TH AMENDMENT WOMENS SUFFRAGE IDA B WELLS EXPOSED LYNCHINGS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE "RED RECORD" MUCKRAKER WRITER WHO EXPOSES PROBLEMS OF AMERICA! Please fill in the missing word! When you click on the blank spot a list of words will appear for you to choose from! (like magic ....ohhhh) The Progressive Movement was a reform movement that sought to improve the Industrial and Urban issues America experienced during the late 1800's-early 1900's. This movement was pushed to the for front of America's attention because of Muckrakers, journalists who exposed the problems in their writings. An example was Upton Sinclair who exposed the conditions of meat processing plants in his book The Jungle (1906) His book led to public outcry! The government was pressured to pass the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act! These laws helped to protect American consumers.