Progressive Era Review

Who is the author of "How the Other Half Lives"?

• Upton Sinclair

• Jacob Riis

• Jane Addams

• Ida B. Wells

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The efforts of which muckraker led to the passage of the Pure Food & Drug Act?

• John Muir

• Jacob Riis

• W.E.B. DuBois

• Upton Sinclair

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Which of the following words means to make changes?

• Lassiez - Faire

• Recall

• Initiative

• Reform

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Progressive President most known as a "Trust Buster"

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Woodrow Wilson

• William Howard Taft

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Prohibition Amendment

• 16th Amendment

• 17th Amendment

• 18th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

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Which Muckraker is most associated with exposing unsanitary conditions within the meat packing industry?

• Upton Sinclair

• Jacob Riis

• Booker T. Washington

• Ida Tarbell

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Which vocabulary term means "the right to vote"?

• Prohibition

• Reform

• Amendment

• Suffrage

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Which Progressive Reformer is most associated with helping immigrants assimilate into American society?

• Jacob Riis

• Susan B. Anthony

• Jane Addams

• Ida B. Wells

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What is the 19th Amendment?

• Prohibition

• direct election of senators

• income tax

• women's suffrage

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Progressives advocated for which of the following topics? (choose 3)

• clean up cities

• less restrictions on Big Bussiness

• U.S. Government more responsive to the people

• Move away from Lassiez-Faire

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