Progressive Era Review

What was the Progressive Era in the United States?

• A time when everyone was employed in the city.
• A time when cars replaced horses for the main mode of transportation.
• A time of Westward Expansion in the United States.
• A time when there was political reform and changes to make society better

Which of the following was NOT one of the overarching, main goals of the Progressive Era? 

• decrease the power of Political Machines & increase the power of citizens in government
• decrease the power of corporations by breaking up monopolies
• improving working conditions and helping the urban poor have better lives
• ending segregation and providing complete equality between races

Which of the following was not one of Teddy Roosevelt's Three C's?

• Cooperate with big business

• Control of monopolies

• Conservation of the environment
• Consumer Protection

 What was a Muckraker?

• A politician who was corrupt.
• A factory owner who employed child labor.
• An investigative journalist who exposed corruption.

• An immigrant who lived in a tenement building.

Which amendment provided for the direct election of senators? 

• Sixteenth Amendment 
• Seventeenth Amendment
• Fifteenth Amendment 
• Eighteenth Amendment 

Which amendment made it illegal to make, transport, or sell alcohol?

• Fifteenth Amendment
• Nineteenth Amendment 
• Twentieth Amendment 
• Eighteenth Amendment 

Which law was passed by Congress in response to Upton Sinclair’s novel "The Jungle" in 1906? 

• secret ballot

• Sherman Antitrust Act

• 18th Amendment

• Meat Inspection Act

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 muckraker exposed the problem of lynching and fought for more racial equality in society?

• Ida Wells
• Ida Tarbell
• Lincoln Steffens

• Upton Sinclair

The Meat Inspection Act and the Food and Drug Act are examples of the Progressive Era government's new commitment to

• environmental conservation

• workers' rights

• consumer protection

• increasing corporate profits