Which of the following is a Recall?

People have the right to vote on any law passed by their government for approval/veto

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

government regulation of unfair business practices

Supreme Court decisions that expanded the right to vote

increases in the power of monopolies

reduction of the president’s power to manage the economy

Key Reforms of the Progressive Era · Initiative · Referendum · Recall · Direct Primary · 17 th Amendment How did the reforms listed above impact America?

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

A system of separate schools for new immigrants

More sources of revenue and taxes in state governments.

They successfully brought economic relief to the urban working class

What does this picture represent?

Asian people waiting to immigrate

What is the Homestead Act?

160 acres of land in the west as long as it is cultivated and lived upon

An act to move Native Americans to land in the west

A way to get a house for cheap with no strings

Congress passed the Interstate Commerce Act (1887) and the Sherman Antitrust Act (1890) in response to

monopolistic practices that were harmful to small businesses

foreign influences on the United States economy

the failure of federal banks to provide loans to individuals

Which Progressive Era muckraker’s book led to the passage of the Meat Inspection Act?

Jacob Riis’s How the Other Half Lives

Lincoln Steffens’s The Shame of the Cities

In 1906, the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act were passed in an attempt to

ensure the safety of American consumers

establish price controls on the cattle industry

give big business greater control over the economy

“…We therefore formulate, and for ourselves adopt the following pledge, asking our sisters and brothers of a common danger and a common hope, to make common cause with us, in working its reasonable and helpful precepts [principles] into the practice of everyday life. I hereby solemnly promise, God helping me, to abstain from all distilled, fermented and malt liquors, including wine, beer and cider, and to employ all proper means to discourage the use of and traffic in the same.…” — National Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, 1908 (adapted) According to this passage, those who adopted this pledge believed that

alcohol consumption was damaging to society

religion had no place in national politics

Congress should repeal Prohibition

only the government can solve social problems

Primaries, the secret ballot, and the use of referendum and recall were efforts made during the Progressive Era to

increase citizen participation in government

preserve the power of political machines

provide equal political rights for Native American Indians

protect States rights against federal power

One major goal of the Progressive movement was to

pass laws to help solve economic and social problems

balance the federal budget by decreasing spending

provide unemployment insurance to workers

limit direct citizen control over government

The Democratic donkey and Republican elephant in the background of this cartoon clearly indicate that the animal in the foreground represents a new third party challenger. Which of the following most accurately identifies that challenger and party?

Theodore Roosevelt, Bull Moose party

Henry Wallace, Progressive party

James B. Weaver, Greenback party

Millard Fillmore, American or Know Nothing party

The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. . . . When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies.. —Seventeenth Amendment to U.S. Constitution, 1913 - Which of the following policies is an effect of the excerpt above?

Constituents directly elect senators to represent their state

State legislators vote to fill Senate seats for their state.

Senate seats can remain vacant for lengthy periods of time.

Senators had more votes on legislation than they did previously.

Which statement best explains why the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was formed in 1909?

Progressive reformers had failed to address the social and political problems faced by African Americans.

Conservatives had pressured Progressive Republicans to adopt a strongly anti-civil rights platform.

The Progressive acceptance of scientific management principles placed added burdens on African American workers.

Which statement best explains how the Pure Food and Drug Act changed the manufacturing of food and medicine products in the United States?

It required that food and medicine containers have accurate ingredients labels.

It established workplace safety standards for food and medicine factories

It ensured that food and medicine products were packed in airtight containers.

In Plessy V. Ferguson, the Supreme Court ruled that

Segregation is legal as long as facilities are equal

White and black Americans are equal

How did white Southerners attempt to disenfranchise African-Americans?

1. literacy tests 2. Poll tax 3. inconvenient registration times 4. KKK 5. white democratic primary

1. literacy tests 2. Leo Frank Case 3. International Cotton Expo 4. Atlanta Riot of 1906 5. Jim Crow Laws

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

What amendment provided suffrage for women (1920)?

16th

17th

18th

19th

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Who wrote the expose piece of literature that revealed the extensive corrupt monopolistic business practices of Standard Oil?

Ida Tarbell

Lewis Hines

Jacob Riis

Upton Sinclair

Whose book led to the direct passage of the Meat Inspection Act and indirect of the Pure Food and Drug Acts?

Jacob Riis

Lewis Hines

Ida Tarbell

Upton Sinclair

Who advocated for African Americans to take on menial jobs and earn the respect of white America with hard work ?

WEB Du Bois

Marcus Garvey

Booker T. Washington

Nat Turner

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which Progressive President used Big Stick Diplomacy and was known as a Trust buster?

Teddy Roosevelt

Taft

Woodrow Wilson

Luke Skywalker

Which of the following is an initiative?

People have the right to remove a politician from office

People have the right to choose who will run for President

People have the right to propose a new law

People have the right to veto or accept a law passed by the government

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is a Referendum?

People have the right to remove an elected official from office

People have the right to choose who will run for President

People have the right to propose their own law

Any law passed by the government can be voted on for approval or veto by the people

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Whose book led to the direct passage of the Meat Inspection Act and indirect of the Pure Food and Drug Acts?

Who advocated for African Americans to take on menial jobs and earn the respect of white America with hard work ?

Which Progressive President used Big Stick Diplomacy and was known as a Trust buster?

Which of the following is an initiative?

Which of the following is a Referendum?

Which of the following is a Recall?

Whose book caused the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act to be passed?

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

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