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13The Progressives

I. The Communist Manifesto.

A. The Problem. 1. disunity of the workers.

2. capitalism.

B. The Solutions. 1. “Workers of the world, unite!”

2. abolition of private property.

II. Early Labor Unions.

A. strikes.B. scabs.C. blacklisting.

III. The Anarchists.

Emma Goldman Leon Czolgosz

IV. The Progressives. A. Jacob Riis: How the Other Half Lives.

 

 

B. Upton Sinclair: The Jungle.

C. Susan B. Anthony: women’s suffrage.

D. Carry A. Nation: prohibit alcohol.

Conclusion: The communists and progressives said the American Dream could be achieved with more government control.

Quiz 13

1. What is the period in which people began to demand more laws to help people achieve the American Dream?

2. What was the nickname given to reporters who hunt scandal?

3. What did Karl Marx call the American economic system?

4. What is the name of the violent strike that took place at one of Carnegie’s steel mills?

*USS Strike*Homestead Strike*Monopoly Strike*Police Strike

5. What did Carnegie use to break the strike at the steel mill in Homestead, Pennsylvania?

*scabs and armed security*negotiators and dealers*anarchists and communists*firemen and priests

6. What is one way that factory owners could intimidate union dudes?

*raise wages*create safe working conditions*blacklist union organizers*establish work breaks

7. What was Karl Marx’s term for the wealth, property, and factories owned by the wealthy?

8. According to Marx, what is one of the things that made the wealthy so powerful?

*philanthropy*castles*guns*capital

9. According to Marx, what were the workers supposed to do once they were united?

A. become capitalistsB. take ownership of the factories and

landC. acquire slavesD. party

10. Who was one of the leading anarchists around the year 1900?

*Henry Frick*Andrew Carnegie*Karl Marx*Emma Goldman

11. What president was assassinated by an anarchist named Leon Czolgosz?

12. Violent change, radicalism, and overthrow of the government were all characteristic of which group?

*anarchists*progressives*Republicans*Democrats

13. Progressives wanted _______

A. violent revolutionB. no government regulationsC. fewer government regulationsD. more government regulations

14. In his book How the Other Half Lives, photographer Jacob Riis argued that one of the best ways to help poor folks would be to. . .

*improve tenements*birth control*end monopolies*improve factory conditions

15. In The Jungle, Upton Sinclair tried to show that one of the best ways to help the poor would be to . . .

*improve tenements*birth control*end monopolies*improve factory conditions

16. Who wrote this book?

17. Which of the following phrases is from the Communist Manifesto?

A. the butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker.

B. workers of the world, unite!C. give your wealth awayD. do unto others as you would have

others do unto you

18. Who is this guy?

19. What did this book promote?

*republicanism*communism*capitalism*monarchism

20. Who took this photograph?

*Ida Tarbell*Margaret Sanger*Upton Sinclair*Jacob Riis

1. What is the period in which people began to demand more laws to help people achieve the American Dream?

The Progressive Era

2. What was the nickname given to reporters who hunt scandal?

Muckrakers

3. What did Karl Marx call the American economic system? capitalism

4. What is the name of the violent strike that took place at one of Carnegie’s steel mills?

*USS Strike*Homestead Strike*Monopoly Strike*Police Strike

5. What did Henry Frick do to break the strike at the steel mill in Homestead, Pennsylvania?

*scabs and armed security*negotiators and dealers*anarchists and communists*firemen and priests

6. What is one way that factory owners tried to prevent the formation of labor unions?

*raise wages*create safe working conditions*blacklist union organizers*establish work breaks

7. What was Karl Marx’s term for the wealth, property, and factories owned by the wealthy? capital

8. According to Marx, what is one of the things that made the wealthy so powerful?

*philanthropy*castles*guns*capital

9. According to Marx, what were the workers supposed to do once they were united?

A. become capitalistsB. take ownership of the factories

and landC. acquire slavesD. party

10. Who was one of the leading anarchists around the year 1900?

*Henry Frick*Andrew Carnegie*Karl Marx*Emma Goldman

11. What president was assassinated by an anarchist named Leon Czolgosz?

William McKinley

12. Violent change, radicalism, and overthrow of the government were all characteristic of which group?

*anarchists*progressives*Republicans*Democrats

13. Progressives wanted _______

A. violent revolutionB. no government regulationsC. fewer government regulationsD. more government regulations

14. In his book How the Other Half Lives, photographer Jacob Riis argued that one of the best ways to help poor folks would be to. . .

*improve tenements*birth control*end monopolies*improve factory conditions

15. In The Jungle, Upton Sinclair tried to show that one of the best ways to help the poor would be to . . .

*improve tenements*birth control*end monopolies*improve factory conditions

16. Who wrote this book? Karl Marx

17. Which of the following phrases is from the Communist Manifesto?

A. the butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker.

B. workers of the world, unite!C. give your wealth awayD. do unto others as you would have

others do unto you

18. Who is this guy? Karl Marx

19. What did this book promote?

*republicanism*communism*capitalism*monarchism

20. Who took this photograph?

*Ida Tarbell*Margaret Sanger*Upton Sinclair*Jacob Riis