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- 1. Multiple Choice
Based on the excerpt, with which sttement would Steffens agree?
Political machines have corrupted many of America's cities.
City officials are doing a good job at exposing sources of corruption.
Progressive reforms have successfully eliminated most sources of urban corruption.
Americans are no longer willing to tolerate the corrupt practices of political machines.
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is NOT a part of Theodore Roosevelt's progressive reform deal?
Control Corporations
Consumer protection
Clayton's Anti-Trust Act
Conservation of natural resources
- 3. Multiple Choice
Who was responsible for informing the public of the appalling working conditions of meat packing plants with the book "The Jungle?"
Theodore Roosevelt
Upton Sinclair
Jacob Riis
Ida Tarbell
- 4. Multiple Choice
Who outlined the Progressive reforms of the American public and gave his presidential campaign the name "Square Deal?"
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
- 5. Multiple Choice
What woman was responsible for creating many settlement houses, most notably the Hull House?
Carrie Nation
Susan B. Anthony
Jane Addams
Ida Tarbell
- 6. Multiple Choice
What name was given to the group of investigative reporters who wrote books, news articles or magazine articles to persuade public opinion about corrupt businesses or government?
Unionists
Muckrakers
Suffragists
Socialists
- 7. Multiple Choice
Who wrote The History of Standard Oil, a book which describes how John D. Rockefeller used ruthless business practices in the oil industry?
Ida Tarbell
Jane Addams
Jacob Riis
Lincoln Steffens
- 8. Multiple Choice
Look at the following diagram, which shows reforms sponsored by two presidential administration, and answer the question below.
Which action best describes a reform supported by President Woodrow Wilson?
reorganization of the banking and monetary systems
adoption of a bimetallic standard and paper currency
legislation to increase tariffs and eliminate income taxes
regulations requiring equal pay for minorities and women
- 9. Multiple Choice
16th Amendment
Women's Suffrage
Direct Election of Senators
Federal Income Tax
Prohibition
- 10. Multiple Choice
17th Amendment
Women's Suffrage
Direct Election of Senators
Federal Income Tax
Prohibition
- 11. Multiple Choice
18th Amendment
Women's Suffrage
Direct Election of Senators
Federal Income Tax
Prohibition
- 12. Multiple Choice
19th Amendment
Women's Suffrage
Direct Election of Senators
Federal Income Tax
Prohibition
- 13. Multiple Choice
Look at the following list, which shows the goals of a movement from the early 1900's , and answer the question below.
-Abolish child labor
-Restrict working hours for mothers
-Enact public health programs
-Raise wages for workers
These goals are MOST closely associated with which movement?
Civil Rights
isolationist
Social Gospel
temperance
- 14. Multiple Choice
In the cartoon above, President Theodore Roosevelt is depicted doing which of the following?
Standing guard to protect big business
Enforcing the Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Leading a government take-over of large industries
Putting an end to industries that might harm the environment
- 15. Multiple Choice
A major purpose of the Progressive movement (1900-1917) was to....
stimulate the economy
support government control of factory production
encourage immigration from southern and eastern Europe
correct the economic and social abuses of industrial society
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