Unit 3 Exam Review

Which of the following is the most significant impact of the Populist and Progressive parties?

• restoration of the nation’s cities

• stagnation of opportunities for immigrants

• improvement in the status of Native Americans

• increased control of government by the people

One major legacy of the Social Gospel Movement was –

• an end to racial segregation in Southern states.

• the conversion of many Catholic immigrants to Protestantism.

• the intervention of prominent religious leaders into electoral politics.

• an increased attention to the needs of the poor in industrial society.

Which goal, set at the women’s convention in Seneca Falls in 1848, was finally achieved during the Progressive Era?

• Passage of the Food Drug Act

• Creation of the Interstate Commerce Commission

• Adoption of a graduated income tax

• Ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment

Key Reforms of the Progressive Era

Initiative

Referendum

Recall

Direct Primary

17th Amendment

How did the reforms listed above impact America?

• A system of separate schools for new immigrants.

• They gave citizens a greater voice in the democratic process of government.

• More sources of revenue and taxes in state governments.

• They successfully brought economic relief to the urban working class.

In this Joint Resolution, Congress proposed the 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. What was the impact of this amendment?

• The manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited.

• The direct election of U.S. Senators replaced their selection by state legislatures.

• Tariffs on most imported goods were substantially reduced.

• Congress was able to enact a graduated income tax.

The actions of muckrakers in the late 19th century and early 20th century resulted in

• Supreme Court decisions that expanded the right to vote

• government regulation of unfair business practices

• increases in the power of monopolies

• reduction of the president’s power to manage the economy

What has been the main contribution of third parties like the Populist and Progressive Party of 1912 to American political life?

• Most third parties go on to become major parties.

• Third parties often introduce new ideas that are eventually adopted.

• Third parties help prevent the majority parties from losing members.

• Most third parties have helped Americans in rural areas resist the effects of industrialization.

Which long-awaited goal of the women’s rights movement was achieved during the Progressive Era?

• the right to vote

• the right to own property

• equal pay for equal work

• equal access to employment and education

The national income tax, free and unlimited coinage silver and the direct election of U.S.

Senators were proposals included in the –

• Declaration of Sentiments

• Federal Reserve System Act

• Populist Party platform

• Sixteenth Amendment

Both the Interstate Commerce Act and the Sherman Antitrust Act were

• inspired by the effectiveness of earlier state laws

• designed to protect business from foreign competition

• declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in the late 1800s

• passed by the federal government to regulate big business