Common Assessment 2

During the Progressive Era, muckrakers such as Jacob Riis exposed the harsh realities of

• industrialization

• interventionism

• military life

• western settlements

With which statement would a Progressive Most likely agree?

• “The government should avoid interfering with businesses.”

• “Prohibition should be repealed to improve the U.S. economy.”

• "Immigrants are taking jobs away from born americans"

• "the government is obligated to provide for the poor"

Which statement best describes the contribution made by Jacob Riis during the Progressive Era?

• His novels critiqued working conditions in American factories

• His newspaper editorials condemned the existence of monopolies.

• His photographs and descriptions revealed the harsh conditions of tenement life.

• His organization of settlement houses helped immigrants adapt to urban life.

What was the purpose of implementing referendum recall and initiative?

• to give citizens more power in local affairs

• to guarantee public selection of federal officials

• to prevent minority groups from participating in government

• to regulate sources of campaign finance

Which amendment established Prohibition in the United States?

• 15th Amendment

• 18th Amendment

• 21st Amendment

• 24th Amendment

Which amendment granted suffrage to women?

• 14th Amendment

• 16th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• 21st Amendment

Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were leaders most closely associated with which movement?

• socialism

• suffrage

• environmentalism

• nativism

The first antitrust law to include a provision prohibiting price setting and price discrimination was the

• Interstate Commerce Act

• Sherman Antitrust Act

• Clayton Antitrust Act

• Federal Trade Commission Act

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 increased opposition to federal regulatory agencies.

Which of the following can be attributed to W.E.B. Du Bois?

• the founding of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

• the increase of industrial education available for African Americans

• the development of the Underground Railroad

• the weakening of the Back to Africa movement