OC USH Unit 3 Exam (Ch 16-19) Practice

Congress established the Interstate Commerce Commission to

• oversee rail charges for shipments that passed through more than one state.

• set maximum prices for ferries, bridge tolls, and oil pipelines.

• impose fines on railroads that gave special rates to favored shippers.

• help western farmers transport their goods to eastern markets.

Upton Sinclair's novel The Jungle led President Roosevelt to urge for the passage of the

• Meat Inspection Act

• Sherman Antitrust Act

• Pure Food and Drug Act.

• National Reclamation Act.

Most Progressives during the Progressive Era were...

• Jews

• Immigrants

• African Americans

• White, Anglo-Saxon Protestants

In the early 1900s, the NAACP focused on...

• defending African-Americans against verbal attacks

• fighting for equal access to housing and professional careers.

• encouraging African-Americans to pursue vocational education.

• setting up employment agencies for poor African-American workers.

The 1887 Dawes Act...

• did not affect Native American land ownership.

• led to the sale of almost two-thirds of Native American lands to whites

• redistributed Native American lands among different Native American tribes.

• increased Native American land holdings by allowing them to buy government lands to farm.

How did the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire affect industrial reforms?

• After the fire, managers started locking the exits of factories.

• Progressives began to focus in other areas.

• Congress passed laws that increased the workday to 12 hours.

• Cities and states started passing laws to make workplaces safer.

Muckraker Ida Tarbell wrote about the...

• need for improved schools.

• effects of industrialization on family life.

• ruthless business practices of Standard Oil

• dangerous and difficult lives of child workers.

In March 1911, many workers at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory died in a fire because...

• managers had locked most of the exits

• the factory did not have windows

• the fire resulted from a sudden explosion and spread too quickly.

• the fire department did not respond to the emergency.

The 19th Amendment, which Congress approved in June 1919...

• made it illegal for employers to discriminate against women.

• put an end to Prohibiition

• gave women the right to vote

• forced schools to look at racial background when accepting students.

How did Jacob Riis work for social reform?

• by preaching the social gospel

• through charities he sponsored

• by photographing the urban poor in America

• by writing a popular novel advocating for social reform