Chapter 19 The Progressive Era

What was Jane Addams known for?

• founding Hull House as one of the first settlement houses in the U.S.

• fulfilling her role as a wife and mother

• ending prostitution and challenging the power of political bosses

• devoting her life to women getting the right to vote

The era of "progressivism" including all of the following EXCEPT

• the emergence of new concepts of the purposes and functions of government.

• changes in government policies and institution.

• a stronger Democratic Party

• political agitation that produced institutional change.

Margaret Sanger in known for

• becoming the first woman to serve in the House of Representatives.

• becoming the first female to lead a corporation

• establishing the Women's Army Corps

• educating women about birth control

In Muller v. Oregon (1908), the Supreme Court ruled that

• women were entitled to have greater protection in the workplace than men.

• women are entitled to half of a family's assets following a divorce.

• businesses do not have to provide maternity leave for their female employees.

• the Fourteenth Amendment does not guarantee the right to vote for women.

During the 1910s, the suffrage movement

• mobilized women of all ages and socioeconomic classes.

• relied more heavily than ever on the educated middle class.

• was led by African American women.

• was led by men.

By the late 19th century, advocates of Prohibition:

• concentrated on getting their message into school curriculums.

• compromised by advocating for moderate use of alcohol than full prohibition

• appealed to people's morals to convince them to stop drinking.

• tried to use the power of government to make people stop using alcohol.

During the Progressive Era, African Americans generally

• accepted their second-class position with little protest.

• experienced mob violence with little government action to stop it.

• allied with southern white progressives to challenge disfranchisement and segregation laws.

• migrated from northern cities back to the rural South.

W. E. Du Bois

• was a highly regarded black leader even though he couldn't read or write.

• refused to work with white people.

• encouraged black people think of themselves as human beings and pay no attention to irrelevant characteristics like skin color.

• challenged Booker T. Washington's leadership and urged black people to demand their rights.

Which piece of reform legislation directly resulted from muckraking efforts?

• Meat Inspection Act

• Mann Act

• Interstate Commerce Act

• Sherman Anti-Trust Act

City planning represented

• a chance for political machines to increase their control.

• the Progressives' distrust of centralized authority.

• fears that working-class neighborhoods might spread into more affluent neighborhoods.

• a willingness to give government greater control over private property.