Chapter 19 POLITICAL REFORM THE PROGRESSIVE ERA 18701920

Chapter 19 POLITICAL REFORM &THE PROGRESSIVE ERA (18701920)

#1 Why did reformers of the Gilded Age criticize the “spoils system”?

#2 What was the purpose of the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887?

#3 What was the purpose of the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890?

#4 Define each of the following u. Initiative u. Referendum u. Recall

#5 What is a person who works to break up trusts called?

#6 What is a muckraker and who coined this term? .

#7 Name two prominent muckrakers and the problems they highlighted.

#8 What was President Theodore Roosevelt's view towards trusts?

#9 Where did women first receive equal suffrage?

# 10 After five decades women eventually gained the right to vote with what amendment, in what year?

# 11 Who would be considered a more forceful suffragette?

# 12 What African American leader/educator encouraged patient progress for African Americans?

# 13 What African American leader graduated from Harvard and formed the NAACP?

# 14 Who is Ida B. Wells and what did she campaign against?

# 15 What is a “mutualista”?

# 16 What was the significance of the “Gentleman's Agreement”?

# 17 What organization was developed to prevent discrimination against Jewish people?

# Essay Choose two people from the Gilded Age/Progressive Era and explain how each person contributed to the reform of a specific problem

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