Progressive Era Review 2021

The issue addressed in this image is associated with the

• Cold War

• Great Depression

• Progressive Era

• Roaring Twenties

What was the most likely topic of discussion between these men?

• Limiting the power of major railroad companies

• Creating alternative maritime shipping routes

• Designating additional land as national parks

• Reducing the influence of environmental lobbyists

What was the intent of this law passed by Congress in 1887?

• To affirm Only Congress had the right to regulate economic activities within a single state.

• To save natural resources by discouraging shipments over long distances.

• To respond to the demands of the people who believed the railroad had become abusive.

• The Political machines had influenced Congress to pass legislation favoring some companies over others.

The writings of W.E.B. DuBois promoted the idea that —

• African Americans should leave the country to obtain rights

• African Americans deserved racial equality immediately

• African Americans needed to organize as a political party

• African Americans should seek to gradually gain civil rights

What was the outcome of many American farmers trying to resolve their economic problem in the 1890s?

• They joined the Populist Party

• They staged violent protests against the government

• They supported government aid to railroads

• They asked Congress to end agricultural subsidies

In 1889, during the Gilded Age, a Settlement House called Hull House was opened in Chicago. It was designed to help working class women, many recent immigrants, move out of poverty and dependence on others. It sought to address some of the excesses of industry and business. Who founded Hull House?

• Margaret Sanger

• Jane Addams

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• Susan B. Anthony

What anti monopoly law made all "combinations, contracts, and conspiracies" that restrained free trade illegal (1890)?

• Clayton Antitrust Act

• Keller-Cefauver Act

• Interstate Commerce Act

• Sherman Antitrust Act

How did the publication of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle contribute to a change in the relationship between government and business?

• Food processing companies were forced to recognize their workers’ unions.

• Child labor was prohibited in the making of drugs or the processing of food.

• Regulations were created for consumer protection from tainted or misbranded food and drugs.

• Tariff duties on imported foods and drugs were greatly reduced.

Both the Interstate Commerce Act and the Sherman Antitrust Act were

• inspired by the effectiveness of earlier state laws

• designed to protect business from foreign competition

• declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in the late 1800s

• passed by the federal government to regulate big business

The national income tax, free and unlimited coinage silver and the direct election of U.S. Senators were proposals included in the –

• Declaration of Sentiments

• Federal Reserve System Act

• Populist Party platform

• Sixteenth Amendment