Question

The Progressives were a group of urban reformers.  That means they lived in cities, (unlike the Populists, who lived in the _______________) and they wanted to change things that were ____________ in the industrial age.

The Progressives wanted the government to help make society more fair.  For  example, they wanted the government to outlaw _______________ & _____________, like Carnegie’s total control over steelmaking and Rockefeller’s total control of the __________  industry.   They believed the existence of monopolies and trusts just allowed the rich to get _________, while the _________ just got poorer.  They also wanted factories to be more __________ for workers, so that disasters like the Triangle Factory Fire did not happen again.   Since factory owners refused to do anything to protect their workers, the Progressives believed the _________________ should make regulations, or rules, to make sure factories were safe.  

Progressive women wanted the right to ______________, also known as suffrage, and they also wanted to ban the sale of  _________________, which their husbands, fathers, and brothers consumed in great quantities.  Some Progressive women believed in creating Settlement Houses, where the poor and recent _________________ could get help with everything from education to medical help.

A group of investigative reporters working for newspapers and _________________ were determined to let the public know about these problems.  These journalists were known as the ________________, because they raked up the “muck” or dirt for the public to see.