Chapter Six Progressive Era

Politics during the Gilded Age can best be described as?

• corrupt

• useless

• honest

• helpful

Which statement best describe the greatest effect of the Muckrackers?

• Their writing brought discrimination among races to light

• Their writing brought a variety of social and economic issues to peoples attention

• Their writing angered politicians and business leaders

• Their writing documented important events that took place during this time period

Employers hired child laborers because children

• had more energy than adults

• were easier to train than adults

• worked for less pay than adults

• could work longer hours than adults

What was a consequence of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire?

• Business leaders volunteered to help injured workers

• Working conditions around the country improved

• Laws improving factory safety standards were passed

• Existing safety laws were enforced more strictly

Why did many business leaders not want women to gain the right to vote?

• They thought women voters would want to support minimum wage and child labor laws

• They thought women would focus on passing prohibition

• They thought women voters would support government anti-corruption efforts

• They thought women should be mothers and homemakers with no public voice

Why did many business leaders not want women to gain the right to vote?

• They thought women voters would want to support minimum wage and child labor laws

• They thought women would focus on passing prohibition

• They thought women voters would support government anti-corruption efforts

• They thought women should be mothers and homemakers with no public voice

African American reformers' interest were different from those of white reformers, who were

• less worried about injustice

• more worried about economic issues

• less aware of segregation issues

• more focused on education

In its first decade, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) brought attention to racial inequality by

• honoring journalist Ida B. Wells

• using the courts to fight grandfather clauses

• publishing a journal called The Struggle

• getting support from the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WTCU)

The Pure Food and Drug Act protected everyday people by

• Prohibiting food and drug companies from monopolizing certain markets

• Requiring expiration dates be printed on all food and drug packaging

• Instituting price regulations limiting corporate profits on food and drugs

• Banning the sale and transport of mislabeled or contaminated food and drugs

Which of the following did Theodore Roosevelt do to help the conservation movement?

• He signed a bill requiring manufactures to limit the use of fossil fuels

• He put hundreds of millions of acres of public lands in private hands

• He suggested that natural history be taught in all schools

• He doubled the number of national parks and created wildlife reservations