Progressive Era

What was the name of the Progressive Era incident (1911) that led to new state laws improving working conditions and safety as well as shortening working hours?

• Pullman Strike
• Homestead Strike
• Triangle Shirtwaist
• Knights of Labor

Which of the following were in immigrant neighborhoods, providing daycare, kindergarten, training, and a place to stay?

• political machines
• settlement houses
• prohibition halls
• coin operated launderies

What was the name of the railroad trust broken up by Teddy Roosevelt (owned by JP Morgan)?

• Standard Oil
• Union Pacific
• Northern Securities
• Burlington Northern

Which president was known as a "trustbuster?

• Theodroe Roosevelt
• Woodrow Wilson
• William Howard Taft
• Franklin Roosevelt

When was the Progressive Era?

• Antebellum
• 1865-1877
• 1900-1920
• 1933-1945

Who was the Progressive governor of Wisconsin?

• Jacob Riis
• Mark Hanna
• Robert La Follette
• Harvey Wiley

What muckraker attacked race relations, including lynching?

• Ida Wells
• Jacob Riis
• Upton Sinclair
• Kris Kringle

Which Constitutional amendment provided for Prohibition of alchohol (conservative social progressives)?

• 16th
• 17th
• 18th
• 19th

Which of the following amendments provided for a graduated income tax (as you make more money you pay a higher percentage of tax) (1913)?

• 16th
• 17th
• 18th
• 19thj

Which of the following was not a Progressive Era president?

• Woodrow Wilson
• Franklin Roosevelt
• Theodeore Rosoevelt
• William Howard Taft