HIST 405N WEEK 5 CASE STUDY WHO IS A
PROGRESSIVE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2026
◉ Granger Movement Leading to Progressive Era. Answer: Granger
Movement addressed discriminatory and high grain transport prices
and organized into grange meetings, and was very popular.
Eventually, those who supported the Grange Movement supported
the Populist causes and the Progressive Movement.
◉ ICC. Answer: Interstate Commerce Commission was created to
regulate railroads to ensure fair rates and eliminate rate
discrimination. Its creation was the result of anti-railroad agitation
including from the Granger Movement
◉ ICC Leading to Progessive Era. Answer: ICC was an example of
government interference in the free market in order to control a
economic problem, which is high and unfair railroad and storage
rates for farmers. It foreshadowed later reforms.
◉ Populist Party Leading To Progressive Era. Answer: Populist Party
formed in 1880's-1890's with demands for government Control over
Railroads, free coinage of silver, 8 hour workday, direct election of
Senators, graduated income tax. Many of these same types of
reforms were later picked up by the Progressives.
,◉ Populist Party. Answer: Party formed in 1880's-1890's with
demands for government Control over Railroads, free coinage of
silver, 8 hour workday, direct election of Senators, graduated income
tax
◉ Jane Addams. Answer: Woman who started the Settlement House
Movement in Chicago through Hull House. The Settlement House
movement spread to cities throughout the U.S.
◉ Jane Addams Leading to Progressive Era. Answer: Jane Addams'
start of the Settlement House Movement in Chicago through Hull
House. The Settlement House movement spread to cities throughout
the U.S. Settlement Houses gave women an opportunity to develop
leadership skills and to build satisfying careers devoted to service
and professional accomplishment.
◉ Origin of Progressive Party Prior to Theodore Roosevelt Becoming
President in 1901. Answer: Progressive Era had its roots in Populist
Party, which was comprised largely of farmers looking for relief from
railroads, low prices, and inability to secure loans.
◉ Event that Ushered In the Progressive Era. Answer: When
Theodore Roosevelt began President after McKinley was
assassinated, it ushered in the Era of Progressivism.
,Roosevelt believed that Government could work to act to cure social
ills.
◉ Event That Ended The Progressive Era. Answer: Start of entry of
U.S. into World War I in 1917 ended the Progressive Era
◉ Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations, 1776. Answer: Adam Smith
believed in the free market and believed that it would improve
conditions, and did not want any Government intervention.
◉ Distinction of Progressive Movement and Adam Smith, The
Wealth of Nations, 1776. Answer: Progressives rejected laissez faire
economics and wanted government to play an active role in public
life.
Adam Smith believed in free market economics and that the
Government should not mess with trade
◉ Transcendentalism. Answer: Concept that people have knowledge
about themselves that transcends what their senses show and this
knowledge comes not from reason, but from intuition and
imagination.
, ◉ Distinction of Transcendentalism and Progressive Movement.
Answer: The Transcendentalisms were part of the Second Great
Awakening
Transcendentalists did adopt progressive positions such as
abolition, women's rights, reform, and education.
◉ Charles Darwin, Origin of Species, 1859. Answer: Idea that man
evolved by survival of the fittest, which was applied to social
relations.
◉ Distinction of Charles Darwin, Origin of Species, 1859 and
Progressive Movement. Answer: Progressives rejected social
Darwinism, and believed that competition would not inevitably
improve society, but believed citizens could create a just society that
reduces poverty, regulates corporations, and protects the
environemtn.
◉ William James and John Dewey, late 19th Century. Answer:
Philosophers, educators, and psychologists who were leading
advocates of Pragmatism and argued that the good an the true could
not be found in the abstract as fixed and changeless ideals. Rather,
they said, people should take a pragmatic or practical approach to
morals, ideals and knowledge. People should experiment with laws
and ideas and test them in action until they found something that
would produce a well-functioning democratic society.
PROGRESSIVE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2026
◉ Granger Movement Leading to Progressive Era. Answer: Granger
Movement addressed discriminatory and high grain transport prices
and organized into grange meetings, and was very popular.
Eventually, those who supported the Grange Movement supported
the Populist causes and the Progressive Movement.
◉ ICC. Answer: Interstate Commerce Commission was created to
regulate railroads to ensure fair rates and eliminate rate
discrimination. Its creation was the result of anti-railroad agitation
including from the Granger Movement
◉ ICC Leading to Progessive Era. Answer: ICC was an example of
government interference in the free market in order to control a
economic problem, which is high and unfair railroad and storage
rates for farmers. It foreshadowed later reforms.
◉ Populist Party Leading To Progressive Era. Answer: Populist Party
formed in 1880's-1890's with demands for government Control over
Railroads, free coinage of silver, 8 hour workday, direct election of
Senators, graduated income tax. Many of these same types of
reforms were later picked up by the Progressives.
,◉ Populist Party. Answer: Party formed in 1880's-1890's with
demands for government Control over Railroads, free coinage of
silver, 8 hour workday, direct election of Senators, graduated income
tax
◉ Jane Addams. Answer: Woman who started the Settlement House
Movement in Chicago through Hull House. The Settlement House
movement spread to cities throughout the U.S.
◉ Jane Addams Leading to Progressive Era. Answer: Jane Addams'
start of the Settlement House Movement in Chicago through Hull
House. The Settlement House movement spread to cities throughout
the U.S. Settlement Houses gave women an opportunity to develop
leadership skills and to build satisfying careers devoted to service
and professional accomplishment.
◉ Origin of Progressive Party Prior to Theodore Roosevelt Becoming
President in 1901. Answer: Progressive Era had its roots in Populist
Party, which was comprised largely of farmers looking for relief from
railroads, low prices, and inability to secure loans.
◉ Event that Ushered In the Progressive Era. Answer: When
Theodore Roosevelt began President after McKinley was
assassinated, it ushered in the Era of Progressivism.
,Roosevelt believed that Government could work to act to cure social
ills.
◉ Event That Ended The Progressive Era. Answer: Start of entry of
U.S. into World War I in 1917 ended the Progressive Era
◉ Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations, 1776. Answer: Adam Smith
believed in the free market and believed that it would improve
conditions, and did not want any Government intervention.
◉ Distinction of Progressive Movement and Adam Smith, The
Wealth of Nations, 1776. Answer: Progressives rejected laissez faire
economics and wanted government to play an active role in public
life.
Adam Smith believed in free market economics and that the
Government should not mess with trade
◉ Transcendentalism. Answer: Concept that people have knowledge
about themselves that transcends what their senses show and this
knowledge comes not from reason, but from intuition and
imagination.
, ◉ Distinction of Transcendentalism and Progressive Movement.
Answer: The Transcendentalisms were part of the Second Great
Awakening
Transcendentalists did adopt progressive positions such as
abolition, women's rights, reform, and education.
◉ Charles Darwin, Origin of Species, 1859. Answer: Idea that man
evolved by survival of the fittest, which was applied to social
relations.
◉ Distinction of Charles Darwin, Origin of Species, 1859 and
Progressive Movement. Answer: Progressives rejected social
Darwinism, and believed that competition would not inevitably
improve society, but believed citizens could create a just society that
reduces poverty, regulates corporations, and protects the
environemtn.
◉ William James and John Dewey, late 19th Century. Answer:
Philosophers, educators, and psychologists who were leading
advocates of Pragmatism and argued that the good an the true could
not be found in the abstract as fixed and changeless ideals. Rather,
they said, people should take a pragmatic or practical approach to
morals, ideals and knowledge. People should experiment with laws
and ideas and test them in action until they found something that
would produce a well-functioning democratic society.
