Progressives & 1920s

The Progressive Movement was

• a period of time when industrial giants challenged traditional authority.

• a social theory describing “survival of the fittest” in the business

• a reform movement in the early 20th century.

• an amendment which provided senators to be elected directly.

The term “muckraker” refers to

• a person who supported Prohibition.

• a tool used for industrial production.

• women who supported the 19th amendment.

• a writer who exposed corruption and the ills of society.

Upton Sinclair’s novel The Jungle prompted the passage of the

• Immigration and Naturalization Act.

• Sherman Antitrust Act.

• Fair Labor Standards Act.

• Pure Food and Drug Act.

The Temperance Movement was focused on

• restoring better morals in America by urging people not to drink alcohol.

• improving living conditions in urban tenements.

• helping new immigrants adjust to life in America.

• improving working conditions and ending child labor.

The 18th amendment outlawed

• the teaching of evolution theories in public schools

• women’s right to vote

• the sale and consumption of alcohol

• chewing gum in public places

The 26th President who worked to preserve the nation’s national forests and fought against big business and political corruption, nicknamed “The Trust-Buster”

• John Muir

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Abraham Lincoln

Which of the following was a long-term effect of Prohibition?

• the rise of fundamentalism

• the right to vote for women

• the awareness that alcoholism was harmful

• the rise of organized crime

In the 1920s, the two most purchased items by consumers were

• cars and the television

• records and iphones

• radios and vacuum cleaners

• cars and radios

Flappers of the 1920s represented a

• woman's desire to break tradition.

• sign of social conformity.

• desire to leave the workforce.

• a significant decrease of women voting.

The Founding member of the Settlement House movement who helped found Hull House was

• Alice Paul

• Jane Addams

• Ida Tarbell

• Elizabeth Taylor