The Progressive Era

How did Theodore Roosevelt’s Square Deal reflect his ideas about reform?

• The Square Deal was a program in which government restricted the power of the President.
• The Square Deal was a program in which government gave everyone a fair chance to succeed.
• The Square Deal was a program that was designed to help all citizens get rich.
• The Square Deal was a program that continued the policies of President William McKinley.

What injustice did muckraker Jacob Riis document?

• child labor
• unsafe tenements
• political corruption
• trust agreements

Socially conscious writers who dramatized the need for reform were known as _____.

• muckrackers
• WCTU
• revisionists
• NAACP

What was one way Progressives differed from Populists?

• Only Populists called for the direct election of senators.
• Progressives were uninterested in government regulation of business.
• Populists concerned themselves primarily with the needs of urban workers.
• Progressives were typically middle-class city dwellers, and Populists were mostly farmers.

What was the belief of many Progressives who followed Walter Rauschenbusch’s Social Gospel program?

• Christianity should be the basis of social reform
• government should not regulate business
• laws shortening the workweek were unconstitutional
• child labor encouraged discipline and a strong work ethic

What social problem did Upton Sinclair’s novel The Jungle describe?

• the struggles of black Americans
• the ruthless business methods of John D. Rockefeller and Standard Oil
• the living and working conditions in Chicago’s stockyards
• the conflict between California farmers and the Southern Pacific Railroad

Which of the following describes a lasting effect of the Progressive Era on society?

• consumer protections
• public schools
• longer workdays
• lower taxes

In 1914, Congress created the Federal Trade Commission to _____.

• inspect food and medicine sold across state lines
• protect labor unions from being attacked as trusts
• identify those activities in which businesses could not engage
• monitor business practices that might lead to monopolies

How did President Wilson try to protect workers?

• by lowering tariffs on goods imported from foreign countries
• by vetoing an income tax passed by Congress
• by relaxing government controls on corporations
• by encouraging large manufacturers to charge high prices for their products

Which of the following resulted from the passage of the Dawes Act in 1887?

• Native Americans bought additional lands to farm.
• Native American reservations were divided into smaller plots.
• Native American lands were set aside as national parks.
• Native Americans agreed to sell their lands in exchange for small business loans.