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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which law was passed as a result of muckraking literature of Upton Sinclair?Meat Inspection ActSherman Anti-Trust ActFederal Reserve ActInterstate Commerce Act - 2. Multiple ChoiceThe 19th-century Social Gospel Movement came about as a response to the -abuses of great wealth and unregulated businessdesire of most Americans to end class distinctiond) emergence of militant groups such as the Black Panther Partydemands by government to control the means of production
- 3. Multiple ChoiceThe right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. . . ."-19th Amendment, United States Constitution
Which group of women worked for the passage of this amendment?Harriet Tubman, Jane Addams, and Dorothea DixSusan B. Anthony, Carrie Chapman Catt, and Alice PaulMadeline Albright, Geraldine Ferraro, and Sandra Day O’ConnorClara Barton, Amelia Earhart, and Eleanor Roosevelt - 4. Multiple ChoiceWhich goal was shared by both the Populists and the Progressives?free coinage of silverexpansion of opportunities for immigrantsequality for African Americansgreater control of the government by the people
- 5. Multiple ChoiceDuring the early 1900's the term "muckrakers" was used to describe -people who demonstrated against the warriters who exposed the evils in American societynewspaper columnists who reported on celebritiespoliticians who criticized Progressive Era Presidents
- 6. Multiple ChoiceTo guarantee an adequate money supply in the national economy, President Wilson introducedPure Food and Drug Actinsurance on all bank depositsthe Federal Reserve Systeman end to the gold standard
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat was an important effect of the influx of people from the country to the cities in the late nineteenth century?a sharp increase in college enrollmentcrowded slums and unsanitary conditionsdecline in economic growtha large amount of unused farmland
- 8. Multiple ChoiceJim Crow laws were laws thatdenied citizenship to Asian immigrants.promoted discrimination against womenseparated the racestaxed voters
- 9. Multiple ChoiceIn the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court ruled thatlynching was a federal crime.school segregation was unconstitutional.voting rights could not be tied to any form of tax.racial segregation in public facilities was legal.
- 10. Multiple ChoiceNew immigrants arriving on the East coast gained admission atAngel IslandEllis IslandBoston HarborCharleston Island
- 11. Multiple ChoiceSeveral of the business trusts created in the late 1800's were later declared illegal because theyreduced competition through unfair business practicescombined companies that manufactured different productsdonated large sums of money to political candidatesallowed children to work under unsafe conditions
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhich goal, set a a women's convention in Seneca Falls in 1848, was finally achieved during the Progressive Era?passage of the Food and Drug Actcreation of the Interstate Commerce Commissionadoption of a graduated income taxratification of the Nineteenth Amendment
- 13. Multiple Choice"In slave times, the Negro was kept subservient and submissive by the frequency and severity of the scouraging [whipping], but with freedom, a new system of intimidation came into vogue; the Negro as not only scourged; he was lynched."
The above quotation most closely represented the views held by -William Jennings BryanIda B WellsUpton SinclairSusan B Anthony - 14. Multiple ChoiceBooks such as The Octopus by Frank Norris, How the Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis and The Jungle by Upton Sinclair exposed problems that resulted from -the naturalization of immigrantsenvironmental conservationwestward expansionrapid industrialization
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhat right do citizens exercise when they use the initiative?the right to nominate candidates for an electionthe right to votethe right to introduce legislationthe right to remove elected officials
- 16. Multiple ChoiceThe main goal of the Chinese Exclusion Act was todecrease Chinese immigrationcreate segregated classroomssettle a disagreement between China and the United Statesstop Chinese Americans from attending school in the United States
- 17. Multiple ChoiceA goal of the Granger and Populist movements was toexpand rights for African Americanshelp western farmers fight unjust economic practicesprovide support for the banking industryenable big business to expand without government interference
- 18. Multiple ChoiceHow were the Interstate Commerce Act, the Sherman Antitrust Act and the Clayton Antitrust Act similarThey authorized the breakup of labor unionsThey rejected the use of trust-busting strategiesThey increased the federal government's power to regulate business practicesThey reaffirmed the federal government's laissez-faire attitude toward big business
- 19. Multiple ChoiceIn the late 1800's, free and unlimited coinage of silver was supported by farmers primarily because they hoped this policy wouldmake foreign crop prices less competitiveallow farmers to grow a greater variety of cropsincrease crop prices and make it easier to repay loansbring about political equality between rural and urban residents
- 20. Multiple ChoiceDuring the Progressive Era, many state and local governments adopted the initiative, referendum, and recall. Together these procedures -extended the righ to vote to 18-year old citizensgave citizens a more direct voice in governmentlet registered voters select each state's Presidential electorsallowed a state's residents to bring lawsuits against another state
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