The Progressive Era

Progressives sought to do all of the following except

• reduce the growing gap between the wealthy and the poor

• limit the growing power of big business

• reform corrupt political organizations

• seize control of foreign territories

A writer who uncovers and exposes misconduct in politics and business is known as a

• political boss

• muckraker

• snowflake liberal

• mugwump

All of the following were muckrakers during the Progressive Era except

• Ida Tarbell

• Lincoln Steffens

• Teddy Roosevelt

• Jacob Riis

Which Congressional act brought an end to child labor in 1916

• the Keating-Owens Act

• the Sherman Antitrust Act

• the Underwood Tariff

• establishment of the Federal Trade Commission

Which of the following measures were passed by Progressives in an effort to reform state and local governments?

• recall

• referendum

• direct primary

• initiative

• all of the above

Which Constitutional Amendment passed during the Progressive era made it illegal to manufacture, sell, and/or distribute alcoholic beverages?

• 15th amendment

• 16th amendment

• 17th amendment

• 18th amendment

• none of the above

The Political Roots of the Progressive Movement lay in the

• Republican party

• The Populists

• Social Darwinists

• pre-Civil War antislavery movement

The "real heart" of the progressive movement was the effort by reformers to

• preserve world peace

• use the government for improving American society

• redefine the relationship between states and the federal government

• get the government "off the backs" of people

Which of the following Progressive Era reforms is President William Howard Taft most closely associated with?

• The Mean Inspection Act

• The Pure Food and Drug Act

• The 19th amendment

• The Mann-Elkins Act

Which of the following was the name given to Roosevelt's Progressive Era program?

• The New Deal

• The Fair Deal

• The Square Deal

• Deal or No Deal