Progressive Era Review

How did the Nineteenth Amendment expand the democratic process?

• By prohibiting discrimination in voting on the basis of race

• By eliminating the poll tax

• By prohibiting discrimination in voting on the basis of gender

• By lowering the voting age

What were photographs such as this one taken by Lewis Hine primarily intended to accomplish?

• Encourage leaders to make segregation in schools illegal

• Document labor conditions during an economic crisis

• Depict the evils of capitalism in communist propaganda

• Focus attention on the need for child labor reforms

The 16th Amendment established...

• Direct election of senators

• A tax on alcoholic drinks

• An income tax

• African American suffrage

The creation of initiative, referendum, and recall procedures during the Progressive Era resulted in—

• A system of separate schools for new immigrants

• The expansion of citizens’ direct participation in the democratic process

• A redistribution of the tax burden among citizens

• More sources of revenue for state governments

Public response to revelations such as the one in this excerpt led to the establishment of regulations that were eventually enforced by the—

• Food and Drug Administration

• Centers for Disease Control

• Department of Commerce

• Institution of Education Sciences

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

During the Progressive Era, one goal of state-level political reformers was to—

• Prevent party leaders from amending campaign platforms

• Increase the influence of business owners on regulatory legislation

• Promote the principle of direct democracy

• Limit the use of judicial review by circuit courts

What was one way the constitutional amendment excerpted below helped advance the cause of gender equality?

• It gave women a greater opportunity to influence government.

• It gave women new economic rights such as property ownership.

• It established the idea that women should contribute to all sectors of the economy.

• It contributed to a long-term decline in the number of men voting in elections.

Civil rights activists like Ida B. Wells and W.E.B. DuBois advocated for...

• Women’s suffrage

• Full legal equality for African Americans

• Prohibition of alcoholic drinks

• Establishing democratic reforms

The primary cause for the creation of the organization in the picture is—

• Abolishment of slavery in the 13th amendment

• Jim Crow laws treated African Americans as second class citizens

• Passage of the 18th amendment

• Jim Crow laws allowed African Americans to gain full legal equality