Progressivism 2

Which of the following was first proposed by the Populist Party and later enacted by Congress

• Graduated income tax

• Unrestricted immigration

• Social security payments to the unemployed

• Nationalization of railroads

Which characteristic is associated with the Progressive Era?

• Unlimited minting of silver to raise crop prices for farmers

• Abuse of consumers and workers by corporations without restriction

• Attempts to curb the worst abuses of industrialism by government regulation

• American intervention in Europe to prevent the spread of Communism

The 17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution made American government more

democratic-

• by permitting the taxation of individual incomes by the federal government

• by allowing the federal government to establish the Federal Reserve System

• by requiring the direct election of U.S. Senators by voters in each state

• by guaranteeing the right to vote to women in all states

Key Reforms of the Progressive Era

-Initiative

-Referendum

-Recall

-Direct Primary

-17th Amendment

Which characteristic was shared by all five reforms?

• They were reforms at the state level

• They gave citizens a greater voice in government

• They were directly aimed at reducing corruption in state government

• They successfully brought economic relief to the urban working class

What was an important benefit of the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906?

• Food processing companies were forced to recognize their workers' unions

• Child labor was prohibited in the making of drugs or the processing of foods.

• Consumers were protected from adulterated or misbranded foods and drugs.

• Tariff duties on imported foods and drugs were greatly reduced.

Which reformer is matched with his or her accomplishment?

• W.E.B. DuBois

  
  

  African-American leader, writer, and historian who helped found the N.A.A.C.P.

• Jane Addams

  Muckraker who wrote about the unhealthy practices in the meat-packing industry

• Jacob RiisGovernor who introduced Progressive reforms to Wisconsin

• Robert La Follette

  
  

  Muckraker who photographed and wrote about New York City slums

What was the impact of the passage of the 16th Amendment?

• Congress could tax the incomes of the individuals

• The U.S. President could not serve more than two terms.

• U.S. Senators were elected directly by their state’s voters.

• U.S. citizens 18 years and older were guaranteed the right to vote.

Which of the following was a consequence of the ratification of the 19th Amendment?

• U.S. citizens 18 years and older had the right to vote.

• Women were guaranteed the right to vote in federal elections.

• States could not require citizens to pay poll taxes before they could vote.

• People could not be denied the right to vote on the basis of race or former condition of servitude.

"The city-manager form of municipal government was introduced during the Progressive Era. In this new form of government, an elected city council hires a city manager. The city manager is an expert in public administration who runs city services."

One major disadvantage of this form of city government was that—

• city government became more efficient than before

• an expert with special training ran the city

• the influence of political machines was reduced

• the city manager was not directly responsible to the electorate

To waste, to destroy, our natural resources, to skin & exhaust the land instead of using it so as to increase its usefulness, will result in undermining in the days of our children the very prosperity which we ought by right to hand down to them amplified & developed.

~President Theodore Roosevelt, December 3, 1907.

What was the impact of reforms that Roosevelt introduced to deal with this problem?

• A new federal agency prevented further air and water pollution.

• Lakes and streams were protected from pollution by cities and factories.

• Many federal lands were protected from sale and private development.

• A new federal tax raised money to plant trees where forests were destroyed.