Progressivism, Imperialism, & WWI

Which of the following summarizes the goals of the Progressives? 

• reduce the government's involvement in social issues.
• promotion of laissez-faire policies by not regulating business.
• correct the problems created by industrialization.
• promote a total change in the structure of the Constitution.

How did the muckrakers help improve American society?

• promoted their beliefs in rugged individualism and laissez faire.
• convinced the government to give free land to western settlers.
• encouraged public support for building the Panama Canal.
• publicized the corruption in big business and government.

The Progressive Era criticized ___________.

• congressman who opposed the growth of Big Business.
• control of Big Business by military leaders.
• women  having the right to vote for representatives.
• corrupt relationship between government and corporations.

Which of the following statements was the immediate result of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of 1911 in which 146 people were killed?

• Breakup of unions by business to create safer working conditions.
• Laws that required safer working conditions including exit doors that opened out. 
• Creation of the International Ladies Garment Workers union to fight for safety.
• Alliance between the Republican Party and labor.

Who argued that Jim Crow laws and discrimination denied blacks their constitutional rights?

• W.E.B. Dubois
• Ida Tarbell 
• Upton Sinclair
• Booker T. Washington

Who used non-violent resistance including hunger strikes to fight for the 19th amendment?

• Alice Paul
• Ida Tarbell
• Teddy Roosevelt 
• Susan B. Anthony

Who's book, The Jungle set out to expose the horrible living and working conditions of the meat packing industry?

• Booker T. Washington
• Alice Paul
• Jacob Riis 
• Upton Sinclair

Who wrote a series of articles on the Standard Oil Company this muckraker exposed the evils of monopolies in McClure magazine?

• Ida Tarbell
• Jim Crow
• Jane Addams 
• W.E.B. Dubois

Who founded the Tuskegee Institute and sought to give blacks vocational and industrial training to increase their economic standing which he argued they needed more than voting?

• Jim Crow
• Teddy Roosevelt 
• W.E.B. Dubois
• Booker T. Washington 

Which amendment established a federal income tax to ensure the rich paid their fair share of taxes?

• 14th Amendment 
• 16th Amendment 
• 18th Amendment 
• 19th Amendment