Progressive Era Quiz

What era is characterized by reform movements in politics, big business, and labor?

• Civil Rights

• New Deal

• Progressive

• Colonization

Civil service reform in the Gilded Age was largely the result of —

• Progressives

• Court system

• Spoils system

• Immigration

Which term identifies the MAIN source of power in big city governments during the Gilded Age?

• Industrial capitalists

• Political Machines

• Robber barons

• Labor leaders

Populist Demands in the Late 1800s:

• Regulation of railroad shipping charges
• A graduated income tax
• Free and unlimited coinage of silver

These demands most reflected the concerns of --

• small farmers in need of affordable credit

• robber barons pursuing higher profits

• prominent bankers who controlled the money supply

• immigrant workers seeking economic justice

Which of the following was an organized union of skilled laborers?

• American Federation of Labor

• Congress for Industrial Organization

• Apprentices for Free Labor

• Association of Railroad Careers

Why did many labor unions form in the late 1800s and early 1900s?

• workers' wages were too high

• government regulation required unions to form

• poor working conditions

• reduction of required immigrant regulations

While big businesses grew with industrialization of the late 1800s, the agricultural sector of the time was characterized by —

• high unemployment for farmers who were replaced by mechanization

• too many farmers competing against each other resulting in low prices

• overproduction resulting in low prices for products and debt for farmers

• a boom in demand, high prices for products, and low costs for transportation

Why did the Populist Party want free coinage of silver?

• To increase the amount of money in circulation

• To raise campaign contribution limits

• To reduce economic inflation

• To decrease the bargaining power of labor unions

Which of the following is the MOST important effect of the Progressive Era reforms of initiative, referendum and recall?

• made government more responsive to voters

• restructured the government branches

• increased the power of the judicial branch

• provided for use of the Australian ballot

Which of the following Progressive Era reforms gave citizens a way to participate in the selection of senators?

• initiative

• direct election

• referendum

• secret ballot