Progressive Era

Which of the following was NOT a progressive amendment?

• Presidential Term Limits

• prohibition

• women's suffrage

• income tax

What happened as a result of the accident at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory?

• tax breaks for businesses

• fire codes

• anti-business regulations

• child labor ban

Why did Teddy Roosevelt run for the presidency in 1912?

• Taft’s decisions angered Roosevelt

• Republicans sought him as their nominee

• To get a position in the Taft administration

• To become the next Vice-President

What problem did The Jungle address?

• African American struggles

• discrimination of immigrants

• the struggle of the working class against powerful business owners

• working conditions in Chicago’s meat-packing plants

While in office, Roosevelt’s greatest achievement was in what area?

• creating the Federal Reserve

• busting trusts

• lowering the tariff

• conservation of natural resources

To compensate for the reduced government income resulting from him lowering the tariffs, Wilson...

• cut federal spending

• taxed the top 1%.

• created an income tax.

• increased excise tax rates by 10%.

Which muckraker and reform combination is NOT correct?

• Ida Tarbell; anti-trust

• Jacob Riis; tenement life

• Upton Sinclair; working conditions

• Florence Kelley; women’s suffrage

The primary stimulus to social and economic reforms during the Progressive Era came from...

• the Supreme Court.

• authors, journalists, and social activists.

• the leadership of the two national parties.

• bankers and industrialists.

One of the reasons Woodrow Wilson won the election of 1912 was...

• He promised to raise tariffs

• He promised to oppose the income tax

• The Democratic Party split the vote

• The Republican Party split the vote

The history of the Populist and Progressive movements illustrates the...

• ability of organized groups to influence government policy.

• ultimate powerlessness of the middle class.

• supremacy of agriculture in the economy of the nation.

• success of third parties in electing Presidents.