CS13 - The Progressive Era Pages 1-4

Multiple Choice

What era is represented by the desire for improved safety conditions, reduced work hours, and restrictions on child labor?

• Modern Social Movement
• Realism Movement
• Progressive Movement
• Civil Rights Movement

Multiple Choice

Around 1920, the number of children aged 10 to 15 in the industrial workforce began to decline for which of the following reasons?

• Introduction of the minimum wage made child labor uneconomical.

• The American birth rate declined, thus reducing the number of children available to work.

• Factory owners advocated state child labor laws.

• States began to require children to attend school until a certain age and to limit the ages at which they could be employed.

Multiple Choice

What were the main goals of the Farmers' Alliance and the Populist Party in response to industrialization?

• To promote industrial monopolies

• To support urban workers

• To advocate for farmers' rights and economic reform

• To eliminate all political parties

Multiple Choice

Review the Image and select the correct corresponding answer

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Choice

Which muckraker is associated with this political cartoon?

• Jacob Riis

• Upton Sinclair

• Ida B Wells

• Jane Adams

Multiple Choice

What was the outcome of the lawsuit against the Northern Securities Company in 1902?

• The company was dissolved

• The company was allowed to operate independently

• The company merged with other railroads

• The lawsuit was dismissed

Multiple Choice

What was the purpose of the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914?

• To regulate railroad rates

• To prevent anticompetitive practices

• To dissolve trusts

• To protect consumer rights

Poll

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