Progressive Era

Progressives addressed the rapid economic and _______________ changes of the Gilded Age.

_____________________ reform had wide appeal but was not a unified movement with a common agenda.

Which of the following is a Progressive theme?

Some of the 1st reformers were educated, middle class, ___________________.

Led by Jane Addams' _______________________________ ___________________________ in Chicago, settlement houses were built in slums, offering health care, baths, and cheap food.

Womens' groups, like the __________________________, helped gain key reforms like prohibition of alcohol.

_____________________________ journalism drew attention to social problems, such as urban poverty, corruption, and big business practices.

_______________________________ How the Other Half Lives, written in 1890, was the 1st expose of urban poverty and slums. (name the author)

The need for Progressive reform for factory workers was made evident in the 1911 __________________________________________.

In 1909 the ____________________________ was formed to promote equality for African-Americans.