The Progressive Era

Which law was passed as a result of muckraking literature of Upton Sinclair?

• Meat Inspection Act
• Sherman Anti-Trust Act
• Federal Reserve Act
• Interstate Commerce Act

The 19th-century Social Gospel Movement came about as a response to the -

• abuses of great wealth and unregulated business
•  desire of most Americans to end class distinction
•  d) emergence of militant groups such as the Black Panther Party
• demands by government to control the means of production

The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. . . ."-19th Amendment, United States Constitution 
Which group of women worked for the passage of this amendment?

• Harriet Tubman, Jane Addams, and Dorothea Dix
• Susan B. Anthony, Carrie Chapman Catt, and Alice Paul
• Madeline Albright, Geraldine Ferraro, and Sandra Day O’Connor
• Clara Barton, Amelia Earhart, and Eleanor Roosevelt

Which goal was shared by both the Populists and the Progressives?

• free coinage of silver
• expansion of opportunities for immigrants
• equality for African Americans
• greater control of the government by the people

During the early 1900's the term "muckrakers" was used to describe -

• people who demonstrated against the war
• riters who exposed the evils in American society
• newspaper columnists who reported on celebrities
• politicians who criticized Progressive Era Presidents

To guarantee an adequate money supply in the national economy, President Wilson introduced 

• Pure Food and Drug Act
• insurance on all bank deposits
• the Federal Reserve System
• an end to the gold standard

What was an important effect of the influx of people from the country to the cities in the late nineteenth century?

• a sharp increase in college enrollment
• crowded slums and unsanitary conditions
• decline in economic growth
•  a large amount of unused farmland

Jim Crow laws were laws that

• denied citizenship to Asian immigrants.
• promoted discrimination against women
• separated the races
• taxed voters

In the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court ruled that

• lynching was a federal crime.
• school segregation was unconstitutional.
• voting rights could not be tied to any form of tax.
• racial segregation in public facilities was legal.

New immigrants arriving on the East coast gained admission at 

• Angel Island 
• Ellis Island 
• Boston Harbor
• Charleston Island