US2 Unit 2 The Progressive Era

Read the quotation below. Which Progressive Era president was the most likely author of this quotation?

"We demand that big business give the people a square deal; in return, we must insist that when anyone engaged in big business honestly endeavors to do right he shall himself be given a square deal."

• William McKinley

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Howard Taft

• Woodrow Wilson

Why did President Wilson establish the Federal Reserve System?

• to help the federal government keep the budget balanced

• to give trusts more opportunities to expand their businesses

• to create banks that could collect the new federal income tax

• to regulate the money supply and prevent future economic panics

Which amendment allowed for direct election of senators? 

• 16
• 17
• 18
• 19

How did the person named in this 1909 handbill work to improve African American lives?

• By organizing voter-registration drives for African Americans
• By supporting the formation of labor unions by African American workers
• By promoting vocational training for African Americans
• By organizing boycotts of businesses that refused service to African Americans

Use the quote to help you answer the following question.

"And shortly afterward... a physician made the discovery that the carcasses of steers (cows) which had been condemned as tubercular (sick) by the government inspectors... were left upon an open platform and carted away to be sold in the city."

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

• Center for Disease Control

• Department of Commerce

• Institution of Education Sciences

Which of the following best describes the contributions of W.E.B. DuBois?

• The Selma-to-Montgomery protest marches to secure voting rights.
• The NAACP was organized and used the court system to fight discrimination 
• The Civil Rights Act of 1968 outlawed many forms of discrimination.
• Arrested for illegally voting in New York and helped pave the way for women's suffrage.

This movement that led to Progressivism taught that to honor God, people must help those less fortunate and reform society.

• Gospel of Wealth
• Social Gospel
• Social Darwinism
• Gospel of Darwinism

Examine the cause/effect flowchart below. Which of the following effects best completes the flowchart?

• Many working mothers quit work to care for their children at home.
• The number of children living on the streets increases sharply.
• The number of children in school increases dramatically.
• social Children who lose their jobs protest the new laws.

Which progressive reform allows citizens of a state to propose and pass a law without involving their state legislature?

• initiative

• recall election

• referendum

• secret ballot

Which of the following progressive reforms was enacted by a constitutional amendment?

• women's suffrage
• consumer protection
• regulation of monopolies
• conservation of the environment