1. Political Reform &the Progressive Era (1870-1920)
Chapter 19
Political Reform &the Progressive Era ( )

2. #1
Why did reformers of the Gilded Age criticize the “spoils system”?

3. #2
What was the purpose of the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887?

4. # 3
What was the purpose of the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890?

5. # 4
Define each of the following
Initiative
Referendum
Recall

6. # 5
What is a person who works to break up trusts called?

7. # 6
What is a muckraker and who coined this term?.

8. #7
Name two prominent muckrakers and the problems they highlighted.

9. # 8
What was President Theodore Roosevelt's view towards trusts?

10. # 9
Where did women first receive equal suffrage?

11. # 10
After five decades women eventually gained the right to vote with what amendment, in what year?

12. # 11
Who would be considered a more forceful suffragette?

13. # 12
What African American leader/educator encouraged patient progress for African Americans?

14. # 13
What African American leader graduated from Harvard and formed the NAACP?

15. # 14
Who is Ida B. Wells and what did she campaign against?

16. # 15
What is a “mutualista”?

17. # 16
What was the significance of the “Gentleman's Agreement”?

18. # 17
What organization was developed to prevent discrimination against Jewish people?

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

20. # 19

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22. #21