STAAR EOC US History Questions: Progressive Era

The issue addressed by this poster is primarily associated with the —

• Progressive Era

• Great Depression

• Roaring Twenties

• Cold War

How did the Nineteenth Amendment expand the democratic process?

• By prohibiting discrimination in voting on the basis of race.

• By eliminating the poll tax.

• By prohibiting discrimination in voting on the basis of gender.

• By lowering the voting age.

The issue addressed in this political cartoon was later settled by —

• The creation of the Temperance Society.

• The repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment.

• The initiation of the Settlement House movement.

• The ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment.

The creation of initiative, referendum, and recall procedures during the Progressive Era resulted in —

• A system of separate schools for new immigrants.

• The expansion of citizens’ direct participation in the democratic process.

• A redistribution of the tax burden among citizens.

• More sources of revenue for state governments.

The reform discussed by Governor Johnson in this excerpt —

• Required elected officials to communicate regularly with the public.

• Provided citizens with more resources to run for office.

• Made elected officials more directly accountable to their constituents.

• created new eligibility requirements for candidates for public office.

These achievements illustrate Ida B. Wells’s contributions as —

• Religious leader.

• An artist of the Harlem Renaissance.

• A supporter of Prohibition.

• An advocate of equality.

Which groups were most influential in passing the Pure Food and Drug Act?

• Southern farmers and clergy members.

• Factory owners and bankers.

• Muckrakers and women’s organizations.

• College students and immigrants.

Public response to revelations such as the one in this excerpt led to the establishment of regulations that were eventually enforced by the —

• Food and Drug Administration.

• Centers for Disease Control.

• Department of Commerce.

• Institution of Education Sciences.

A student learning about U.S. history is instructed to write a paper about W. E. B. Du Bois and race relations in the United States. Which of the following facts would be most relevant to the student’s assignment?

• The Selma-to-Montgomery protest marches helped secure voting rights for minority citizens.

• The NAACP was organized to help secure full legal equality for minority citizens.

• The Civil Rights Act of 1968 outlawed many forms of discrimination in the housing market.

• The March on Washington helped rally nationwide support for the Civil Rights movement.

What was a result of the social problems presented in this 1917 political cartoon?

• Government leaders introduced health-care reform laws.

• Lobbyists focused attention on the power of corporate monopolies.

• Women worked to improve conditions in tenement houses.

• Progressives worked to ratify a prohibition amendment.

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