Progressive Era

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When was the Progressive Era? Options: Antebellum, 1865-1877, 1900-1920, 1933-1945

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1900-1920

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What amendment provided suffrage for women (1920)?

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19th

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Who wrote the expose piece of literature that revealed the extensive corrupt monopolistic business practices of Standard Oil?

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Ida Tarbell

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Whose book led to the direct passage of the Meat Inspection Act and indirect of the Pure Food and Drug Acts? Options: Jacob Riis, Lewis Hines, Ida Tarbell, Upton Sinclair

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Upton Sinclair

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What anti monopoly law made all "combinations, contracts, and conspiracies" that restrained free trade illegal (1890)?

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Sherman Antitrust Act

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Who founded the settlement house (Hull House) for the Assimilation and Americanization of the immigrant poor?

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Jane Addams

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Which Progressive President used Big Stick Diplomacy and was known as a Trust buster?

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Teddy Roosevelt

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Which of the following is an initiative? Options: 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

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People have the right to propose a new law

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This person helped to found the NAACP: Ida B Wells, Booker T Washington, W E B DuBois, Martin Luther King Jr.

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W E B DuBois

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Key Reforms of the Progressive Era
·  Initiative
·  Referendum
·  Recall
·  Direct Primary
·  17^th Amendment

 How did the reforms listed above impact America?

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They gave citizens a greater voice in the democratic process of government.