Unit 3 Progressive/Imperialism

Who wrote the expose piece of literature that revealed the extensive corrupt monopolistic business practices of Standard Oil?

• Ida Tarbell
• Lewis Hines 
• Jacob Riis
• Upton Sinclair

Whose book led to the direct passage of the Meat Inspection Act and indirect of the Pure Food and Drug Acts?

• Jacob Riis
• Lewis Hines
• Ida Tarbell
• Upton Sinclair

Which Progressive President was known as a Trust buster, created the Food and Drug Administration, and created the National Forestry Service?

• Teddy Roosevelt

• Taft

• Woodrow Wilson

• Luke Skywalker

Which of the following is an initiative?

• People have the right to remove a politician from office
• People have the right to choose who will run for President
• People have the right to propose a new law
• People have the right to veto or accept a law passed by the government

Which of the following is a Referendum?

• People have the right to remove an elected official from office
• People have the right to choose who will run for President
• People have the right to propose their own law
• Any law passed by the government can be voted on for approval or veto by the people

Whose book caused the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act to be passed?

• Upton Sinclair

• Lincoln Steffens

• Ida Tarbell

• Jacob Riis

Which statement best illustrates the role of a muckraker during the Progressive period?

• they rescued children from dangerous conditions

• they exposed the unsafe living conditions in tenements

• they campaigned fo nationwide women's suffrage

• they fought government corruption by locking offices

Key Reforms of the Progressive Era

· Initiative

· Referendum

· Recall

· Direct Primary

· 17^th Amendment

How did the reforms listed above impact America?

• A system of separate schools for new immigrants

• They increased citizen participation and gave citizens a greater voice in the democratic process of government

• More sources of revenue and taxes in state governments.

• They successfully brought economic relief to the urban working class

What was the main goal of the Progressive Movement?

• restoration of the nation’s cities

• stagnation of opportunities for immigrants

• improvement in the status of Native Americans

• increase citizen participation and reform the government at all levels

Why did most Americans oppose trusts and monopolies during the Gilded Age?

• they increased competition among businesses

• they were inefficient and wasteful

• they allowed foreign countries to control our government

• they destroyed small companies and competition