Progressive Era

What did progressives think needed to play a more active role in solving society's problems? 

• Big Business
• Social Welfare organizations
• The churches
• Government

The Sixteenth Amendment, passed in 1913, gave the federal government the power to levy a graduated tax on income.

• True
• False

President Theodore Roosevelt was opposed to big business.

• True
• False

As more states granted women the right to vote, Congress began to favor a woman suffrage amendment to the Constitution. 

• True
• False

In the election of 1912, Theodore Roosevelt proposed increasing regulation, favored laws to protect women and children in the labor force, and

• supported workers’ compensation.
• criticized large trusts.

Which of the following best describes a direct primary?

• All party members  (citizens) vote for a candidate to run in the general election.
• The party’s state legislators vote for a candidate to run in the general election.

Which of the following progressive reforms permitted citizens to introduce legislation and required legislatures to vote on the legislation?

• direct primary
• initiative
• Referendum
• Recall 

Which of the following pieces of legislation allows citizens to vote to increase taxes for new programs? 

• Referendum
• Recall 
• Initiave

_________________ Allows voters to remove an elected official through the democratic process of voting. 

• Recall 
• Referendum 
• Initiative

Under President Roosevelt, the power of the executive branch of government

• declined somewhat.
• dramatically increased.
• increased in some areas.
• remained the same.