Progressives Quiz

President Theodore Roosevelt was called a trustbuster because he –

• supported the building of the Panama Canal

• negotiated peace between Russia and Japan

• supported legal action against business monopolies

• protected public lands from environmental damage

Both the Sherman Antitrust Act and the Clayton Antitrust Act –

• helped to end child labor in factories

• attempted to correct abusive business practices

• advanced laissez-faire economic principles

• decreased wages for factory workers

Which development was a result of the Progressive movement?

• Government increased its regulation of business practices.

• Women become less active in public life.

• The influence of the national government was reduced.

• Congress failed to balance the federal budget.

The Federal Reserve System was created to –

• control the money supply

• stimulate trade with other nations

• regulate the stock market

• fund public works projects

The term muckraker was used during the Progressive Era to describe –

• dissatisfied workers who went on strike

• Northerners who went South following the Civil War

• investigative journalists who exposed societal problems

• women who supported the Prohibition movement

Based on these documents above, what is one reason President Theodore Roosevelt supported consumer protection laws?

• To begin the process of big businesses take-over of the meatpacking industry.

• To ensure that meat was affordable for most American families.

• To protect citizens against the harmful effects of spoiled food.

• To acknowledge the work of muckraking journalists.

Which statement best summarizes the perspective of President Theodore Roosevelt concerning natural resources?

• Decisions about conservation are best left to the states.

• The federal government must protect the nation’s lands from exploitation.

• Corporations can be trusted to use natural resources wisely.

• The free market should set the value of the nation’s natural resources.

Progressive Era reformers tried to reduce the gap in wealth between the rich and the poor by

• implementing a graduated income tax

• creating the Federal Reserve System

• giving voters the power of referendum and recall

• establishing the Federal Trade Commission

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

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