HIST 405N WEEK 5 CASE STUDY WHO IS A
PROGRESSIVE COMPLETE ANALYSIS AND
ANSWER KEY 2026
◉ Direct Primary. Answer: A vote held by all members of a political
party to decide their candidate for public office
◉ Recall. Answer: The right that enables voters to remove
unsatisfactory elected officials from public office
◉ Referendum. Answer: The practice of letting voters accept or
reject measures proposed by the legislature
◉ Initiative. Answer: The right of citizens to place a measure or issue
before the voters or legislature to vote upon it.
◉ Temperance movement. Answer: (1874-1919) WCTU started an
idea to limit and prohibit alcohol.
◉ Prohibition. Answer: Laws banning the manufacture,
transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages
, ◉ Suffrage. Answer: The right to vote; 1848 first suffrage convention
led to a major movement for progressives who eventually won.
◉ Trusts. Answer: legal bodies created to hold stock in many
companies; Roosevelt thought they were essential but kept them
from abusing power
◉ Bully Pulpit. Answer: the president's use of his prestige and
visibility to guide or enthuse the American public
◉ Triangle Shirtwaist Factory. Answer: 1911 Fire on top floors
showed that fire precautions and inspections were weak and new
laws were passed reforming the labor code
◉ Election of 1912. Answer: An election between current
president(taft)(republican conservative), Former
President(roosevelt)(republican progressive), and
academic(wilson)(winner)(democratic progressive)
◉ Bull Moose Party. Answer: A progressive independent group
founded by Roosevelt in 1912.
◉ Theodore Roosevelt. Answer: 26th President of the United States
and a proponent of the "New Nationalist" variety of Progressivism. A
PROGRESSIVE COMPLETE ANALYSIS AND
ANSWER KEY 2026
◉ Direct Primary. Answer: A vote held by all members of a political
party to decide their candidate for public office
◉ Recall. Answer: The right that enables voters to remove
unsatisfactory elected officials from public office
◉ Referendum. Answer: The practice of letting voters accept or
reject measures proposed by the legislature
◉ Initiative. Answer: The right of citizens to place a measure or issue
before the voters or legislature to vote upon it.
◉ Temperance movement. Answer: (1874-1919) WCTU started an
idea to limit and prohibit alcohol.
◉ Prohibition. Answer: Laws banning the manufacture,
transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages
, ◉ Suffrage. Answer: The right to vote; 1848 first suffrage convention
led to a major movement for progressives who eventually won.
◉ Trusts. Answer: legal bodies created to hold stock in many
companies; Roosevelt thought they were essential but kept them
from abusing power
◉ Bully Pulpit. Answer: the president's use of his prestige and
visibility to guide or enthuse the American public
◉ Triangle Shirtwaist Factory. Answer: 1911 Fire on top floors
showed that fire precautions and inspections were weak and new
laws were passed reforming the labor code
◉ Election of 1912. Answer: An election between current
president(taft)(republican conservative), Former
President(roosevelt)(republican progressive), and
academic(wilson)(winner)(democratic progressive)
◉ Bull Moose Party. Answer: A progressive independent group
founded by Roosevelt in 1912.
◉ Theodore Roosevelt. Answer: 26th President of the United States
and a proponent of the "New Nationalist" variety of Progressivism. A
