Progressivism

The Federal Reserve Act gave the Federal Reserve Board the authority to

• issue paper money and increase or decrease the amount of money in circulation by altering interest rates.

• close weak banks.

• take the U.S. dollar off the gold standard

• collect income taxes directly from employees' paychecks

• guarantee individuals banking deposits against bank failures

The "Bull Moose Party" was

• the name of Wilson's party

• the name of Roosevelt's party

• the name of Taft's party

• the name of Deb's party

Which constitutional amendment allowed for a federal income tax?

• 16th

• 17th

• 18th

• 19th

What amendment provided suffrage for women?

• 16th

• 17th

• 18th

• 19th

Banned people from making, drinking or selling alcohol

• 17th Amendment

• 18th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• 21st Amendment

Because Taft and Roosevelt split the republican vote in 1912

• Taft won the election.

• Wilson won the election

• Roosevelt won the election

• Debs won the election

The 1911 fire in the Triangle Shirtwaist factory directly resulted in the

• outlawing of sweatshops in New York

• decline of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union

• push for comprehensive safety laws

• the deaths of only female employees in the fire

Which of the following characterized the progressive era?

• Persistance of social problems

• Increase in production

• Urban (city) growth

• All of the above

What is a muckraker?

• City workers who cleaned the streets in order to make more sanitary cities

• Writers who exposed political and business corruption in the Progressive Era

• Corrupt politicians and businessmen

• Immigrants who took jobs from individuals who were striking

"New Immigrants" during this era came from where?

• Asia

• Northern and Western Europe

• Southern and Eastern Europe

• South Ameri