Unit 3: Progressive, Imperialism, and WWI

Which of the following civil rights leaders advocated vocational education & gave the Atlanta Compromise Speech?

• WEB Du Bois

• Martin Luther King Jr

• Booker T. Washington

• Malcolm X

The Southern laws which ensured that blacks and whites attended separate schools, drank from separate water fountains, attended separate churches, rode in separate railroad cars, and visited separate parks and recreational facilities were BEST known as

• Black Codes
• Jim Crow Laws
• Populist Laws
• Official Code of Georgia

Jacob Riis, Upton Sinclair, Lincoln Steffens, and Ida Tarbell are all associated with what American literary movement?

• muckrakers
• pot stirrers
• transcendentalists
• politicians

The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution could be considered a "Progressive" amendment because it

• allowed all citizens the right to vote.
• allowed people 18 and older voting rights
• granted suffrage to all American citizens, regardless of sex.
• guaranteed suffrage to all races regardless of income.

The direct election of U.S. Senators, women's suffrage, and greater government regulation of large industries were all issues of importance in the early 1900s to the

• Democrats
• Republicans
• Federalists
• Progressives

Theodore Roosevelt is often called a "Progressive" President. Which of these would BEST be an example of this label?

• his refusal to seek a third term as President
• he backed the construction of the Panama Canal
• he supported passage of the Food and Drug Act of 1906
• his willingness to send the American Navy around the world

Progressives believed in all of the following ideas except

• social welfare
• economic reform
• moral improvement
• political corruption

Government reforms during the time period of 1890-1919 included all of the following EXCEPT which one?

• an amendment that expanded the pool of American voters
• the adoption of systems of initiative, recall, and referendum
• the institution of a system of direct election of senators
• an amendment that provided for city managers in government

Which of the following is the BEST example of Progressivism in social welfare?

• the dissolution of the Child Labor Committee
• the establishment of health and safety codes for the safe operations of buildings
• the campaign to allow children the right to work
• a temperance movement that worked to outlaw smoking

Admiral Thayer Mahan influenced the U.S. to

• create an air-based attack force
• avoid becoming involved in world affairs
• build-up their Navy and become involved in world affairs
• enter into treaties with Europe to prevent international conflicts.