30 Week Review #7

What was the major goal of the political reforms enacted during the Progressive Era (1900–1920)?

• expanding citizen participation in government

• lowering the legal voting age

• discouraging the formation of new political parties

• providing public funding of campaigns

The Meat Inspection Act (1906), the Pure Food and Drug Act (1906), and the Clayton Antitrust Act (1914) were similar in that each

• increased government regulation of business

• resulted from a pro-business government policy

• lowered tariffs on imported goods

• decreased federal taxes on personal income

Whose work most influenced state and local governments to address the conditions shown in this photograph?

• John Muir

• Frank Norris

• Ida Tarbell

• Jacob Riis

Actions such as the one shown in the photograph helped lead to the

• defeat of Germany in World War I

• failure of President Woodrow Wilson to win reelection

• rejection of United States membership in the League of Nations

• addition of a woman’s suffrage amendment to the United States Constitution

“Income Tax Amendment Passes”

“Congress Enacts Federal Reserve Act”

“Pure Food and Drug Act Passed by Congress”

Which reform movement supported the actions described by these headlines?

• Progressive

• labor

• Prohibition

• Conservation

During the Progressive Era, voters were given more opportunities to select political party candidates through

• direct primary elections

• term limits on elected officials

• initiative and recall

• public funding of elections

One way in which Ida Tarbell, Upton Sinclair, and Jacob Riis were similar is that each sought to

• end racial discrimination

• control illegal immigration

• limit government regulations

• expose economic and social abuses

President Theodore Roosevelt earned a reputation as a trustbuster because he

• favored the conservation of natural resources

• used court actions to break up business monopolies

• sided with labor unions against big business

• opposed the efforts of consumer advocates

The purpose of the initiative, referendum, and recall was to

• eliminate the two-party system

• limit participation in state elections

• increase citizen influence in government

• strengthen the power of political machines

Progressivism was an early 20th-century movement that promoted

• limited war to spread social justice to other countries

• increased immigration to diversify the nation’s population

• colonialism to increase United States power throughout the world

• government actions to correct political, economic, and social problems