Progressive Era 1

All of the following were characteristics of progressive reformers EXCEPT

• Upper class
• Native born
• Protestant
• Members of all political parties

Progressives wanted to get rid of political machines. A political machine is

• a robot disguised as Boss Tweed
• a group who controls the government of an area sometimes by questionable means
• a group of wealthy politicians
• an organization dedicated to controlling the whole country through bribery & corruption

The Progressive Movement was

• an effort to get rid of the imperialism from the Spanish-American War
• a way to move America past the Civil War Era
• an attempt to clean up American society & government
• a means of stopping immigration

Which of the following is NOT an example of progressive social reform in cities in the late 1800's?

• Jane Addams' building of the Hull House
• Salvation Army providing necessities to the poor
• Women's Christian Temperance Union tried to stop alcohol abuse
• Women's rights convention to get the right to vote

The people responsible for leading the Progressive Movement at the state level were

• mayors of big cities
• governors of the various states
• the president of the US
• city council leaders

Which of the following political ideas was NOT introduced by progressives as a way to give power back to citizens?

• the intiative
• the referendum
• general elections
• the recall

Muckrakers were

• progressive reformers who sought legal changes to problems
• politicians who passed laws cleaning up the "muck" in society
• governors who wanted to get rid of monopolies
• journalists who wrote about the problems in society

Which of the following was NOT a muckraking magazine of the early 1900's?

• McClure's
• Everybody's
• The Nation
• Cosmopolitan

All of the following were popular topics for muckrakers EXCEPT

• Child labor
• Child abuse & domestic violence
• Government corruption
• Slums

Which of the following was NOT a famous muckraker during the early 1900's?

• Ray Stannard Baker
• Upton Sinclair
• Teddy Roosevelt
• Ida Tarbell