The Progressive Era Review

The Progressive movement supported the idea that the federal government should

• regulate big business

• reduce immigration

• build an overseas empire

• reduce the number of farms

A goal of the Granger and Populist movements was to

• expand rights for African Americans

• help western farmers fight unjust economic practices

• provide support for the banking industry

• enable big business to expand without government interference

Muckrakers contributed to the rise of Progressivism in the early years of the 20th century by

• challenging big government and urging a return to past conditions

• exposing widespread corruption in business and government

• writing favorable biographies about wealthy Americans

• aligning themselves with the women’s suffrage movement

Jacob Riis, Ida Tarbell, and Margaret Sanger are best known for their efforts to

• create awareness about social problems

• gain support for the women’s movement

• expand the rights of Native American Indians

• win equal treatment for African Americans

In 1906, the publication of The Jungle, written by Upton Sinclair, led Congress to

• enact stronger prohibition laws

• support the national conservation movement

• establish a system for meat inspection

• legalize strikes and boycotts by labor union

In How the Other Half Lives,Jacob Riis described the living conditions of

• workers in urban slums

• African Americans in the segregated South

• the rich in their mansions

• Native American Indians on reservations

Passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act illustrated the federal government’s commitment to

• environmental conservation

• workers’ rights

• business competition

• consumer protection

During the Progressive Era, many state and local governments adopted initiative, referendum, and recall procedures that

• eliminated the need for the electoral college

• created political action committees

• gave voters a more direct voice in government

• strengthened the role of the president’s cabinet

Reformers of the Progressive Era sought to reduce corruption in government by adopting a constitutional amendment that provided for

• a maximum of two terms for presidents

• term limits on members of Congress

• voting rights for African Americans

• direct election of United States senators

In 1920, women gained the right to vote as a result of a

• presidential order

• Supreme Court decision

• national election

• constitutional amendment