Progressive Era Review

What would historians most likely examine when studying a historical era?

• Artifacts from wars, migrations, and revolutions

• Individuals who were born within a specific time period

• Patterns of behaviors exhibited by groups including families

• Events that brought about political, economic, and social changes

How did Upton Sinclair's novel The Jungle contribute to a change in the government's role in the economy?

• It weakened public support for national labor unions.

• It called for the nationalization of several industries.

• It led to federal legislation to regulate the food industry.

• It increases opposition to federal regulatory agencies.

Which statement best supports Well's contribution to the civil rights movement?

• She advocated overturning the decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford.

• She organized resistance to the violence associated with Jim Crow Laws.

• She coordinated nonviolent protests in urban areas in Tennessee.

• She prepared the legal arguments that led to Brown v. Board of Education.

"Jeanette Rankin, First Woman Elected to Congress"

Which statement best reflects the importance of the event in this headline?

• Congress urges the states to ratify a women's suffrage amendment.

• The president promoted women's suffrage to increase state reelection chances.

• Supporters of women's suffrage relied on state court challenges to enact reforms.

• The passage of women's suffrage laws by states encouraged the federal legislation.

On Friday, October 3, 1902, Pres. T. Roosevelt called a precedent-shattering meeting. . . . A great strike in the anthracite coal fields of Pennsylvania threatened a coal famine. The President feared “untold misery . . . with the certainty of riots which might develop into social war.” Although he had no legal right to intervene, he sent telegrams to both sides summoning them to Washington to discuss the problem. . . . 
—Monthly Labor Review, U.S. Department of Labor, October 1975
How did President Roosevelt’s reaction to the strike change the relationship between the federal government and business?

• It led to government approval for the use of replacement laborers.
• It set an example for issuing injunctions to regulate work stoppages.
• It increased the influence of the government on private businesses.
• It began to grant businesses the right to negotiate with labor.

The Progressive Movement supported the idea that the federal government should-

• Reduce the number of farms
• Build an overseas empire
• Regulate big business
• Reduce immigration

On August 25, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed a bill creating the government agency described in the excerpt below.

"to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and wildlife therein, and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations."

Which government agency is described by the excerpt?

• Environmental Protection Agency

• National Park Service

• Department of the Interior

• State Department

Which process led to the situation shown in the cartoon?

• Military leaders took government posts

• Companies grew to form powerful trusts

• Congressional elections were temporarily suspended

• Private businesses were seized to become public property

What was the significance of the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution?

• It lengthened the term of U.S. Senators.

• It allowed the people to directly elect their senators.

• It strengthened the power of the Senate in Congress.

• It gave state governments more control over the election of senators.

The Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914 protected Americans from certain abusive practices of -

• banks

• corporations

• government officials

• union leaders