Name:PROGRESSIVE REFORM

Hull House

  1. Who started the Hull House?
  2. Who lived there?
  1. What services were offered at the Hull House?
  1. Who worked at the Hull House?
  1. What was the purpose of the Hull House? How did it help its residents?

“How the Other Half Lives

  1. Who wrote and took the photos in this book?
  2. What is it about?
  1. What is the meaning of the title? (don’t just say “half the people don’t know how the other half lives)
  1. What do you think was the purpose of him making this book was? What was the impact?
  1. Use 5 adjectives to describe some of the photos from the book.
  1. What type of journalism was this?

Jim Crow Laws

  1. What were the Jim Crow Laws?
  1. What was the 15th amendment?
  1. How did Southern states get around the 15th amendment?
  1. What was the grandfather clause and how did it help the poor white people?
  1. How did Jim Crow Laws impact voting in the South?

Plessy v. FergusonAND NAACP

  1. Explain “the facts, the issue, and the decision” of Plessy v. Ferguson.
  1. How were the Southern states “allowed” to have separate facilities for races?
  1. Who started the NAACP?
  1. Summarize their mission statement in your own words.

Ida Tarbell

  1. What was Tarbell’s biggest obstacle in her investigation?
  1. What did she use to make sure that everyone believed her story?
  1. What law did her story motivate that eventually dismantled The Standard Oil Company?
  1. Describe what is going on in the cartoon. & what is the artist trying to tell the viewer?
  1. From the excerpt: Summarize what the excerpt from the book is trying to tell the reader.

The Jungle

  1. Sinclair wrote The Jungle to tell people about what?
  1. The American public doesn’t focus on the issue in the question above; but focuses on what?
  1. Who was the President at the time? & what did he do in response to the information presented in The Jungle?
  1. What does the cartoonists of the 3 picture trying to portray (tell) the audience?
  1. From the book excerpt: What is being described in this section of the book?
  1. From the book excerpt: What can you think of today that you’ve seen / heard that would relate to this excerpt? (think of things in the media)

Muckraker

  1. Define muckraker:
  1. Why was publications more successful than writing to Congress?