Key Reforms of the Progressive Era · Initiative · Referendum · Recall · Direct Primary · 17th Amendment How did the reforms listed above impact America?
A system of separate schools for new immigrants
They gave citizens a greater voice in the democratic process of government
More sources of revenue and taxes in state governments.
They successfully brought economic relief to the urban working class
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Which group did the Progressive Movement NOT help?
Child Labor and Working Conditions
Rights of African Americans
Economic and Industry Reforms
Monetary Policy
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A woman who said "Lips that Touch Liquor shall not touch ours" would be from which Progressive Movement?
Temperance Movement
Suffrage Movement
Woman's Right to Drink Movement
Workers Right Movement
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His goal was to gradually earn economic equality through jobs and job training.
Booker T. Washington
W.E.B. DuBois
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His goal was to fight for political equality through voting rights and access to higher education
Booker T. Washington
W.E.B. DuBois
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What did the Supreme Court decide in Plessey v. Ferguson, 1896?
Legalized "separate but equal" public facilities
Guaranteed woman's right to vote
Legalized the right of suffrage to all male citizens
Limited Chinese immigration for 10 years
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The progressive movement regarded all of the following as worthy goals except...
Protecting the people
Promoting business monopolies
Fixing and improving the economy
Making the workplace more safe
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The primary goal of the NAACP was:
Voting rights for women
Better working conditions
Regulation of banks
Equality among the races
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Who advocated for African Americans to take on menial blue collar jobs and earn the respect of white America with hard work ?
WEB Du Bois
Marcus Garvey
Booker T. Washington
Nat Turner
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The Progressive Movement included suffrage, temperance, trust-busting, and:
prospecting
steel production
reservations
reform
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Which of the following is a Referendum?
People have the right to remove an elected official from office
People have the right to choose who will run for President
People have the right to propose their own law
Any law passed by the government can be voted on for approval or veto by the people
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Which of the following is a Recall?
People have the right to choose who will run for President
People have the right to remove an elected official from office
People have the right to propose a new law
People have the right to vote on any law passed by their government for approval/veto
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The actions of muckrakers in the late 19th century and early 20th century resulted in
Supreme Court decisions that expanded the right to vote
government regulation of unfair business practices
increases in the power of monopolies
reduction of the president’s power to manage the economy
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The founder of the NAACP who encouraged African Americans to fight to end segregation
Booker T. Washington
George Washington Carver
WEB Dubois
Upton Sinclair
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Refers to the period of time that reformers worked to solve the problems in American society that came from Industrialization
Industrial Revolution
Progressive Movement
Civil Service Act
Prohibition
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Results of the progressive movement included
Laws on child labor
Shorter work days and higher pay
Better living conditions in cities
All of these
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Initiative, referendum, recall were all intended to
make the president more responsive
reduce influence of media
give political parties more control
increase citizen participation in govt.
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The creation of initiative, referendum, and recall procedures during the Progressive Era resulted in —
a system of separate schools for new immigrants
the expansion of citizens’ direct participation in the democratic process
a redistribution of the tax burden among citizens
more sources of revenue for state governments
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In contrast to Social Darwinists, social reformers believed that society’s problems could be fixed only by
encouraging competition and natural selection.
helping poor people to help themselves.
recognizing that people fail due to circumstances beyond their control.
regulating the economy and helping those in need.
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Which law required government applicants to take competitive exams so that they would be hired based upon merit rather than political connections?
Sherman Antitrust Act
Pendleton Civil Service Act
Underwood Tariff Act
Celler-Kefaufer Act
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Which Progressive leader wanted African Americans to have vocational skills and founded the Tuskegee Institute?
WEB DuBois
Booker T Washington
Ida Wells
Jane Addams
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Who was banned from working during the Progressive Era?
Immigrants
Children
Women
African Americans
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Which of the following is an initiative?
People have the right to remove a politician from office
People have the right to choose who will run for President
People have the right to propose a new law
People have the right to veto or accept a law passed by the government