Progressive Part 1 Movements Review

Progressive Part 1 Movements Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

Where did the Progressive movement come from?
They came from middle class and dissatisfied industrial workers and all walks of life.

What were the goals of the progressive movement?
Women’s right to vote, Eliminating political bosses and political corruption, fixing basic services in cities which were often controlled by corrupt bosses.

What is a muckraker?
Socially conscious journalist and artist dramatized the need for reform.

Describe Ida Tarbell’s writing:
She wrote in the history of standard oil and how Rockefeller used ruthless methods to run off competition, charge higher prices.

What did Upton Sinclair write about? What influence did it have over gov? Conditions of workers in Chicago stockyards and the horrible conditions meat packing industry. He book influenced congress quickly passes the nation’s first legislation

Bell Ringer: Why were children allowed to work at the dangerous jobs, such as mining?
Progressive reforms were appalled by the child labor that was common in coal mines textile mills and other industries.
The Jungle:
1.) The author describes style is telling people how they had to do things back in the 1900’s.
2.) It boost his credibility way up because after he wrote the book the congress read it and had a different intake on it, it became famous.