Teddy Roosevelt

Progressive Era Pt 2.

Miss.Mendez

Multiple Choice

In 1902, coal workers demanded better working conditions, better pay, and ________________.

• retirement benefits

• the right to unionize

• work free weekends

• stock options

Multiple Choice

Which of the following laws expanded the Interstate Commerce Commission & stopped free passes on the railroad?

• Elkins Act
• Hepburn Act
• Newlands Act
• Reclamation Act

Multiple Choice

Why did TR want to regulate the monopolies (trusts) in the US?

• to keep trusts from taking over the government

• to prove that the government, not business, was in charge of US

• to stop corruption in monopolies

• to prove that he knew how to use executive orders

Multiple Choice

What government change occurred because of The Jungle?

• Regulation of cash crops used for food for cattle

• Unionization of meat industry

• Creation of a federal health department

• Federal Meat Inspection Act