Progressive Era Test

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This time period focused on social and political reforms in the United States in the early 1900s:
- Civil War Era
- Industrialization Era
- Progressive Era
- Reconstruction Era

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Progressive Era

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U.S. president who made significant contributions to breaking up big business during the Progressive Era:
Options: Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson, William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt

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Theodore Roosevelt

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Why did the Progressive Era grow in the United States?

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because of the negative impact of industrialization

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Why did we want to get rid of political machines?

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it was too easy to be corrupt and it was considered to be undemocratic

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What were people supporting by trying to get the 19th Amendment passed?

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Right to vote for women

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What was the name of the political machine in NYC in the 1800s?

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Tammany Hall

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People like W.E.B. du Bois participated in the movement against what?

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Racism

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writer who exposes wrongdoing

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muckraker

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Winner of the 1912 Presidential election

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Woodrow Wilson

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Book that exposed the meatpacking industry's flaws

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The Jungle