Progressivism

Which is NOT considered a Progressive-era president?

• A. Taft

• B. Woodrow Wilson

• C. Theodore Roosevelt

• D. Franklin D. Roosevelt

• E. all of these were Progressive era presidents.

The book The Jungle revealed unsafe working conditions in which of the following industries?

• A. railroad industry

• B. meatpacking industry

• C. mining industry

• D. housing industry.

Soon after taking office as president, Theodore Roosevelt intervened in which of the following?

• A. prohibition

• B. suffrage

• C. nativist persecution

• D. labor disputes

• E. war with Spain.

4. Primaries, the secret ballot, and the use of referendum and recall were efforts made during

the Progressive Era to

• (A) preserve the power of political machines

• (B) provide equal political rights for Native American Indians

• (C) protect States rights against federal power

• (D) increase citizen participation in government

Which action by the federal government would Progressive reformers be most likely to support?

• regulating business practices to protect consumers and workers

• passing high tariffs to protect domestic industries from foreign competition

• authorizing tax breaks for large corporations

• ending federal regulation of the banking system

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

• Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle

• Frank Norris’s The Octopus

Theodore Roosevelt created the U.S. Forest Service and the National Park Service because

• A. he recognized natural resources were limited and believed their use needed to be controlled

• B. he thought land could be developed more efficiently and profitably by government

• C. he feared the consequences for industry if the open forests were under the care of only conservationists

• D. he realized that lumber was too valuable a commodity to be kept inaccessible to business.

What groups’ needs did Theodore Roosevelt feel should be balanced in the “Square Deal”?

• A. workers, women, and bankers

• B. women, farmers, and reformers

• C. religion, business, and art

• D. workers, business, and consumers.

This government agency, created under President Wilson, enforces antitrust laws and unfair business practices like deceptive advertising.

• A. Federal Reserve Board

• B. Interstate Commerce Commission

• C. Federal Trade Commission

• D. Small Business Administration.