Progressive Era Chapter 6 Quiz

What was the goal of the Progressives?

• to expose political corruption, monopolies, and the working conditions

• to end all big businesses from industrialization

• to help Americans immigrate to other places

• to give only women the right to vote

Muckrakers were responsible for ...

• hiding the news about reform laws

• exposing corruption

• lowering tariffs

• getting the right to vote

Upton Sinclair... (check all that apply)

• wrote the amendments

• impacted the reform for handling meat and other foods

• was a Progressive President

• was a muckraker

• wrote "The Jungle"

Women gained the right to vote through

• The Nineteenth Amendment

• The Seventh Amendment

• The Congress laws

• Prohibition

Which woman started the National Woman's Party?

• Michele Obama

• Cady Lewis

• Alice Paul

The 18th Amendment, or Prohibition law...

• gave women the right to vote

• gave slaves the right to vote

• banned the sell of alcohol

• banned tobacco

Which President grouped trusts into "good" or "bad" and only wanted to bust the "bad"

• Wilson

• Taft

• Lincoln

• Roosevelt

The Federal Trade Commission, The Federal Reserve Act, and The Clayton Anti-Trust Act were all created under which presidential term?

• W. Wilson

• W. Taft

• T. Roosevelt

• A. Jackson

Which president disappointed the Progressives and his supporter T. Roosevelt by raising tariffs and prices for consumers?

• Theodore Roosevelt

• William Howard Taft

• Woodrow Wilson

The first environmental president was...

• Theodore Roosevelt

• George Washington

• Andrew Jackson

• William Taft