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- 1. Multiple Choice
1906- Wrote The Jungle which exposed the conditions in the U.S. meat packing industry. (Helped pass the Pure Food and Drug Act)Upton SinclairLincoln SteffensJacob RiisFrank Norris - 2. Multiple Choice
Banning the sale of alcohol was the chief goal of
National Women's Suffrage Association
Women’s Temperance Movement
Bull Moose Party
Good Government League
- 3. Multiple Choice
Law that requires company to properly label food and medicines
Meat Inspection Act
Food Amendment
Label Lemons
Pure Food and Drug Act
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which president supported progressive ideas such as conservation and control of corporations?
William McKinley
Teddy Roosevelt
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
- 5. Multiple Choice
Main goal of most muckraking journalists?
Gain fame through articles of high popular interest
Expose social and economic problems in need of political attention
Increase public awareness of America's great potential
End corrupt relationships between politicians and big business
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhich received LEAST attention among Progressive policymakers?Food and Drug purityRacial equalityFair labor practicesAntitrust reforms
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhich factor most contributed to the living conditions faced by many immigrants during the late 1800s and early 1900s?new measures for containing the spread of diseaseswidespread migration to the suburbs by immigrantsincreased social services for qualified individuals and familieslack of government regulations and standards for public housing
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhich condition most directly led to the passage of the Sherman Antitrust act?
The consolidation of businesses into a trust company killing competition
The popularity of the Socialist Party of the United StatesThe successful efforts of union leaders to organize American workersThe high unemployment rate following an economic crisis - 9. Multiple Choice
What is a muckraker?
City workers who cleaned the streets in order to make more sanitary cities
Writers and journalist who exposed political and business corruption
Corrupt politicians and businessmen
Immigrants who took jobs from individuals who were striking
- 10. Multiple Choice"New Immigrants" during this era came from where?AsiaNorthern and Western EuropeSouthern and Eastern EuropeSouth Ameri
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWho wrote the expose piece of literature that revealed the extensive corrupt monopolistic business practices of Standard Oil?Ida TarbellLewis HinesJacob RiisUpton Sinclair
- 12. Multiple Choice
Social reformer Jane Addams opened the:
Hull House
Halfway House
Chicago Tenement House
Tammany Hall
- 13. Multiple Choice
What were Theodore Roosevelt's thoughts on trust companies in America?
Bad trust still should be given a chance at making as much money as possible
He believed that the president should only interfere with trusts that they didn't personally like
He was simply unable to oversee the many trusts that formed
He believed that those trusts that had operated legally were good for the economy, but bad trusts must deal with the law.
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which law was passed as a result of the muckraking literature of Upton Sinclair?
Meat Inspection Act
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Federal Reserve Act
Interstate Commerce Act
- 15. 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
- 16. Multiple Choice
Who did progressives feel should be more involved in society's problems?
The government
the churches
social welfare organizations
big business
- 17. Multiple ChoicePhotographed conditions of the urban poor in “How the Other Half Lives.” Examined the conditions of the poor in America’s cities.Upton SinclairLincoln SteffensJacob RiisFrank Norris
- 18. Multiple Choice
Muckraker responsible for exposing political corruption in the his book "The Shame of Cities."
Jacob Riis
Upton Sinclair
Lewis Hine
Lincoln Steffens
- 19. Multiple Choice
What is the “spoils system” in politics?
giving gifts to move ahead on the social ladder
giving key political positions to friends
using company money to buy lavish products
taking a date to Larry's for a pineapple
- 20. Multiple Choice
Which muckraker exposed Boss Tweed?
Thomas Nast
Upton Sinclair
Lewis Hine
Jacob Riis
- 21. Multiple Choice
What is not something you could find at the Hull House if you were a new immigrant?
hot meal
recreational sports
bed for rest
medical exams
- 22. Multiple Choice
This social reformer fought hard to push for the 8 hour work day
Jane Addams
Florence Kelley
Ida Tarbell
Mother Jane
- 23. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was not an economic goal of the progressives?
end trust companies (monopolies)
equal pay for women
regulate big businesses
fix the banking system
- 24. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was not a social goal of the progressives?
fix corrupt politics
fix improperly labeled foods
end cultural assimilation
prohibition
- 25. Multiple Choice
How did The Pendleton Act help to end corrupt politics?
gave representatives power to select candidates
required a civil service exam to be passed by candidates
exposed criminal records of candidates
redrew district lines in urban areas
- 26. Multiple Choice
What two issues did progressives blame the issues of the country on? (select the correct two answers)
Industrialization
Urbanization
Socialism
Communism
- 27. Multiple ChoiceWhich best describes the living conditions of most immigrants during the Industrial Revolution?Most immigrants lived in rural areas with few other people aroundMost immigrants lived in cities in extremely crowded buildingsMost immigrants lived in single-family homesMost immigrants lived in homeless shelters year-round
- 28. Multiple ChoiceWhich best describes the working conditions of most immigrants during the Industrial Revolution?Most immigrants worked long hours in low-paying industrial jobsMost immigrants worked as farmers in rural areasMost immigrants worked as bookkeepers or other professional jobsMost immigrants worked as tailors or other skilled jobs
- 29. Multiple ChoiceAn increase in the number of factories in the mid-1800's led toAn increased dependence on products made in homesAn increase in urbanizationA decrease in levels of water and air pollutionA reduction in immigration from Europe
- 30. Multiple Choice
What was the main issue with tenement buildings?
they were built too close together.
they only had two bathrooms per floor
they were built too fast to house the influx of immigrants.
they were built too cheaply and took too long to erect.
- 31. Multiple Choice
Muckraker who exposed Rockefeller and his Standard Oil Company
Jane Addams
Mother Jones
Ida Tarbell
Florence Kelly
- 32. Multiple Choice
Muckraker who wrote "The Shame of Cities"
Upton Sinclair
Jacob Riis
Monroe Trotter
Lincoln Steffens
- 33. Multiple Choice
Black icon who graduated from Harvard and started the Boston Guardian newspaper aimed at discussing segregation and education for black people.
W.E.B. DuBois
Booker T. Washington
Monroe Trotter
Woodrow Wilson
- 34. Multiple Choice
The federal government could dissolve business monopolies like Standard Oil with this Act
Sherman Anti-trust
Clayton Anti-Trust
Interstate Commerce Act
Hepburn Act
- 35. Multiple Choice
President Woodrow Wilson's goal of economic reform sought to tax incomes on citizens to fund the police force, firemen, roads, and military, so he passed which Amendment?
16th
17th
18th
19th
- 36. Multiple Choice
What three things defined Theodore Roosevelt's presidency?
conservationist
trust busting
laissez faire policies
Big Stick foreign policy
- 37. Multiple Choice
This Act required half of the government jobs required candidates to take a civil service exam.
The Pendleton Act
The Selective Service Act
The Civil Foundation Act
The Pragment-Loft Act
- 38. Multiple Choice
What was the primary purpose of The Hepburn Act of 1906?
it told the railroad companies that their rates had to "be reasonable"
railroad rate limits were finally set by the government
it broke up monopolies in the railroad industry
taxed goods shipping to Chicago and New York
- 39. Multiple Choice
What did municipal reformers desire during the Progressive Era?
scientific research and experts to deal with city issues
cities to be run by party bosses
less governmental intervention is city planning
less taxes on middle class
- 40. Multiple Choice
What Act centralized the nation's banking system?
The Federal Reserve Act
The Federal Trust Act
Federal Funds Foundation
Federal Trade Commission
- 41. Multiple Choice
What were the two biggest reasons Progressives believed that there was such an enormous amount of poverty and poor living conditions in the U.S.?
(Select the two that apply)
laissez faire policies
Democratic leadership
Democratic leadership
alcohol abuse
- 42. Multiple Choice
Women's Suffrage is mostly associated with which issue?
Equal employment
Pro Choice
Voting rights
Civil rights
- 43. Multiple Choice
Who wrote "How the Other Half Lives?"
Upton Sinclair
Jacob Riis
Lewis Hines
Lincoln Steffens
- 44. Multiple Choice
What are three of the social goals of progressives?
prohibition
fix impure meats
reform corrupt political machines
desegregation of schools
- 45. Multiple Choice
This permits citizens to introduce legislation and it requires the legislature to vote on it
referendum
initiative
recall
direct primary
- 46. Multiple Choice
All party members can vote for a candidate to run in the general election
referendum
recall
initiative
direct primary
- 47. Multiple Choice
This allows citizens to vote on proposed laws directly. It can also be used to repeal existing laws
referendum
initiative
recall
direct primary
- 48. Multiple Choice
This is a special election used to remove an elected official before his or her term is expired
referendum
initiative
recall
direct primary
- 49. Multiple Choice
The direct election of US Senators was allowed because of what amendment?
16th
17th
18th
19th
- 50. Multiple Choice
What is suffrage?
the right to drive
the right to end suffering
the right to vote
the right to a free education
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