Progressive Era

Which amendment banned the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages? 

• 17th
• 18th
• 19th 
• 21st

After which labor strike did Americans not support labor unions? 

• Homestead Steel Strike 
• The Railroad Strike of 1877
• The Pullman Strike of 1894
• The Haymarket Riot of 1886

What was the term for investigative reporters who exposed the problems in society? 

• philanthropists
• yellow journalists
• labor strikers
• muckrakers 

What is the term for the time period where people tried to fix the problems caused by industrialization? 

• Imperialism 
• Progressivism
• Socialism 
• Prohibition 

What was the name of the organization started by Jane Addams to help immigrants? 

• Tammany Hall 
• American Red Cross
• Hull House
• National Organization for Women 

True or False: Political corruption was a challenged faced by cities because politicians would unfairly trade jobs for votes. 

• False
• True

The Temperance Movement was against - 

• women voting
• labor unions
• child labor 
• alcohol 

What was the name of the event in which approximately 150 people died and caused safety standards to be passed regarding overcrowding in buildings? 

• Great Fire of Chicago 
• Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
• Haymarket Riot
• Pullman Strike 

Who was nicknamed the "Trust-Busting President"? 

• Teddy Roosevelt
• Franklin Roosevelt 
• William McKinley 
• William Howard Taft 

Who wrote "The Jungle", a novel that exposed America's problems with working conditions? 

• Thomas Nast
• Jacob Riis
• Upton Sinclair
• Lewis Hine