Progressive Era Unit Exam

Progressive Era is defined as a time period of

• shrinking of the US industrial economy
• growing support for overseas expansion
• shifting attitudes about civil rights for minorities
• changing ideas about the functions of the US gov't

The reform movements of the Progressive Era focused on

• civil rights for minority groups
• policies related to isolationism
• issues related to social injustice
• concerns about conservationism

Political change in the Progressive Era was characterized by the expansion of —

• social welfare programs
• power for the executive branch
• individual rights for more Americas
• civil rights for American Indian tribes

Which list of Progressive Era presidents is in the correct chronological order by when each served?

• Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft
• Taft, Wilson, Roosevelt 
• Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson 
• Wilson, Taft, Roosevelt 

How did the Seventeenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution give more political power to the individual voter?

• A It allowed citizens to vote regardless of race, creed, or ethnicity.
• It established the direct election of U.S. Senators by popular vote.
• It freed citizens to vote without paying a poll tax or passing a literacy test.
• It allowed for the number of senators per state to be determined by population.

17th Amendment, 19th Amendment, & Direct Party Primaries.  As a result of the Progressive Era reforms listed above —

• citizens became more involved in the election process
• corporate leaders began campaigning for elected office
• political bosses gained greater control over local elections
• big business came under additional government regulation

Which of the following was one effect of the Progressive Era political reforms of initiative,referendum, and recall?

• Judicial authority expanding to include administering local elections.
• Government officials responding to the needs of voters more readily.
• Women and minorities increasing participation in the political process.
• Political machines gaining greater influence in local elections and politics.

The writings of W.E.B. DuBois promoted the idea that —

• African Americans deserved racial equality immediately
• African Americans needed to organize as a political party
• African Americans must leave the country to obtain rights
• African Americans should seek to gradually gain civil rights

Journalist and social reformer Ida B. Wells was responsible for exposing the brutality associatedwith —

• lynching
• gambling
• child labor
• alcohol abuse

The meat would be shoveled into carts, and the man who did the shoveling would not trouble to lift out a rat even when he saw one— Uptain Sinclair, The Jungle- How did the public respond 

• advocating for reforms to working conditions
• demanding better school nutrition programs
• calling for the regulation of the food industry
• working for the passage of the 16th Amendment