Exam 21: Progressivism, 1900-1917

Editor of the NAACP magazine the Crisis was ____________________.

As President, Woodrow Wilson committed the resources of the federal government to the anti-lynching campaign.

The introduction of the Australian ballot

Settlement houses

The city commission and city manager plans were universally popular.

Woodrow Wilson mounted an aggressive antitrust campaign after assuming the presidency.

The Progressive Era is known not only for the political reform achieved at all different levels of government but also for the numerous social movements that emerged in the early twentieth century. For many Americans, participating in these social movements was their initial experience in political activism. Choose three of these movements and describe them. Discuss how they were consistent with larger Progressive ideologies and where they differed.

The Progressive Era achieved fame in part because far-reaching political and social reform was achieved at all levels of government throughout the United States. Describe the circumstances that led to this "reform fever" and the basic premises underlying the Progressive impulse. Be sure to discuss reforms at each level of government. What, in your opinion, was the most significant reform? Why?

Progress toward racial equality was sluggish.

All of the following bills passed during Wilson's first term except

Discuss the national political struggles between conservative and reform groups within the Republican and Democratic parties during the period 1900 to 1916.

Woodrow Wilson gained the Democratic presidential nomination in 1912 on the first ballot.

The device for removing public officials from office who had betrayed the public trust was called the _________________.

____________________ was a former major league baseball player who became the most theatrical evangelical preacher of his day.

Roosevelt split from the Republican Party in 1912 and formed the Populist Party.

The city commission form of local government was first used in the aftermath of a destructive tidal wave in Galveston, Texas.

Examine the Progressive influence on the expansion of voting rights in the United States. Which groups benefited from Progressive voting reforms? Which groups suffered from those reforms?

____________________ was the first state to grant women the right to vote.

The two U.S. presidents most associated with the progressive movement were ____________________ and ____________________.

Most Progressives were ____________________ class.