Unit 2 Review: Imperialism & Progressive Era

Individuals who attempted to expose corruption and inequality during the Progressive Era were known as

• Muckrakers

• Populists

• Suffragists

• Fundamentalists

The Progressive Movement wanted to

• give more political power to the public

• protect big business interests

• expand America's landholdings overseas

• promote civil rights for African Americans

“Be it enacted by . . .Congress . . . (t)hat no producer, manufacturer, or dealer shall ship or deliver for shipment in interstate or foreign commerce, any article or . . . product of any mine or quarry situated in the United States, in which . . .children under the age of sixteen years have been employed or permitted to work . . .”

This quote reflects the public's support for the

• control of mining industries

• abolition of child labor

• regulation of product transportation

• limitation of foreign trade

Which statement describes a referendum?

• A petition that indicates the public's support for a vote on a bill.

• The removal of a public official from office at the hands of the electorate.

• An opportunity for the public to accept or reject a proposed bill.

• The casting of votes in a confidential manner.

The Progressive Movement had all of the following goals except

• protecting social welfare

• promoting business monopolies

• creating economic reform

• fostering efficiency in the workplace

With the increasing demand for steel, which adverse working condition became a common complaint of the labor movement?

• Extremely high temperatures in the workplace

• The lack of on-site medical personnel to handle injuries

• Long work shifts of twelve-hour days, six days a week

• The use of cancer-causing asbestos face masks

Which statement best summarizes Theodore Roosevelt's position on trusts?

• Some trusts were harmful to the public interest

• All trusts should be busted

• Trusts were a benefit to the nation's economy

• Trusts were legal and could not be abolished

Muckraker Ida Tarbell wrote about the

• ruthless methods used by the Standard Oil Company in its rise to power

• evils of the political machines found in large, eastern industrial cities

• bribery schemes practices by the owners of the nation's largest railroad systems

• selfish motives behind the rise of the feminist movement and temperance leagues.

What title would best describe the list?

• Successes of the Suffrage Movement

• Goals of the Populists

• Effects of Industrialization

• Gains of the Labor Movement

Why did the US formulate the Open-Door Policy toward China?

• to prevent a European and Japanese monopoly of Chinese trade

• to bring democracy to China

• to support Japanese efforts to industrialize China

• to establish a military presence on the Chinese mainland