US History Unit 3

What was one effect of the political reforms of initiative, referendum, and recall?

• Judicial authority expanding to include administering local elections.

• Government officials responding to the needs of voters more readily.

• Women and minorities increasing participation in the political process.

• Political machines gaining greater influence in local elections and politics.

This photograph shows child workers in a textile mill. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, many U.S. employers

• required vocational training programs for children

• hired children as a source of cheap labor

• sought government regulation of child labor

• provided safe working conditions for child laborers

The reform movements of the Progressive Era generally focused on —

• civil rights for minority groups

• policies related to isolationism

• issues related to social injustice

• concerns about conservationism

How did the Seventeenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution give more political power to the individual voter?

• It allowed citizens to vote regardless of race, creed, or ethnicity.

• It freed citizens to vote without paying a poll tax or passing a literacy test.

• It established the direct election of U.S. Senators by popular vote.

• It allowed for the number of senators per state to be determined by population.

How did the introduction of electricity affect the workplace in the United States?

• Businesses relocated to suburban areas.

• Factories were able to open late into the night.

• Cottage industries expanded into more homes.

• Assembly lines were able to move more quickly.

The writings of W.E.B. DuBois promoted the idea that —

• African Americans deserved racial equality immediately

• African Americans needed to organize as a political party

• African Americans must leave the country to obtain rights

• African Americans should seek to gradually gain civil rights

The Progressive Era is defined as a historical era because the time period is characterized by the—

• shrinking of the U.S industrial economy

• growing support for overseas expansion

• shifting attitudes about civil rights for minorities

• changing ideas about the functions of U.S. government

The activism of Susan B. Anthony impacted American government because it led to the passage of the—

• 17th Amendment

• 18th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• 20th Amendment

Which of the following is the most important impact of muckrakers?

• Muckrakers contributed to the popular literature of the early 20th century.

• Muckrakers made people aware of social and political problems.

• Muckrakers contributed to the rise of yellow journalism.

• Muckrakers produced personal journals that give modern readers an excellent picture of life in the early 20th century.

As a result of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson, state governments were allowed to —

• pass Jim Crow laws

• secede from the union

• segregate racial groups

• enslave African Americans