Which of the following reasons led to the origination of the progressive movement?

a passage of antitrust laws and regulations

b. renewed interest in regulating big business

c. significant decrease in the american population

d. rising social problems caused by rapid growth in cities

Progressive Era and American Empire Test

1.D

2.D

3.D

4.D

5.C

6.D

7.C

8.A

9.D

10.D

11.C

12.B

13.D

14.C

15. Anti-Imperialists: Empire building goes against democracy & Competition from foreign workers

Expansionists: Access to international markets & Network of naval bases around the world

16.A

17.A

18.D

19.C

20.C

21. Theodore Roosevelt: Negotiate peace between Japan and Russia

William Howard Taft: Repaid Latin American debts owed to Europe.

Woodrow Wilson: Recognized Japanese interests in Manchuria

22.B

23.D

24.C

25.New York is an amazing location but for some people there are better opportunities shown to them. The young boys come from tough backgrounds and face dangerous situations that others don't. The boys face a risk entering the world of discrimination. If these boys are to take chances or even change they have the probabilities of being compared to other people because of not who they are but of what people view them as. People are going to make the boys into what they are seeing instead and not living their innocent lives.

26.Jane Addams made a movement under which School of Social Work was created in the University of Chicago. The institution supported new studies made for especially women. She also joined a movement which worked hard for the rights of women. They gave a lot of hard work and determination and that's what gave women the right to vote. Overall,Jane Addams worked very hard to improve the social conditions of women.

27.Segregation of African Americans, they were not given the right of enfranchisement. Most reformers,journalists, and educators helped on occasion durign the progressive era to fight for segregation and the aboliton of racism.Racism was what us Americans faced. The progressive era was the time when there was a enormous growth in the economy and cities were crowded urbanization resulted,between the rich and poor was huge and racism was relevant. Washington and W.E.B. Du bois, they constantly fought for welfare over African Americans. Jim Crows law where emphasized separate but equal doctrine was abandoned and equality was sought for.

28.The war resulted in the U.S. gaining possession and control many new territories. When they did so the Caribbean and Puerto Rico and the Pacific with Guam was making their presence known in which a war broke out and they would have a battle ground.Later on the U.S showed interest in Hawaii as it was a bigger land, in which the islands were once ruled by Queen Liliuokalani who took over the islands in the early 1800's and started to pass anti-American laws.These laws hurt business Dole's and many other private American businessmen which resulted in them funding a revolution and took over Hawaii. The USS Boston, a U.S. Battleship, sat in the Harbor making any Hawaiian resistance impossible. In 1895 Hawaii became an U.S. territory.

Explanation: The essay questions is what I put idk if it will work for anybody else but you can try.

Rising social problems caused by rapid growth in cities led to the origination of the Progressive movement.

Option D

Explanation:

Progressive movement was a movement in the United States of America which had started in the period of 1890s and continued till 1920s. This movement was the one which was basically started by the socialist reforms.

The main focus of this movement was to deal with the problems that had risen because of industrialization, urbanization and immigration. The main people who were a part of this movement were the political activists and the social activists wanting welfare of the people of the United States.

d) a constitutional amendment