Progressive Era Quiz

What best describes the main goal for the Progressive Movement in regards to political reform?

• Expose and undercut political machines and bosses

• Create more political machines and spend taxpayers money

• Wanted to make the political process more complex for voters

• Wanted only males to vote in elections

What was one of the progressive’s political reforms that gave more power to the people?

• The progressives passed a law allowing 18 years olds to vote

• The progressives allowed political bosses to be in charge

• The progressives passed a law that ended Jim Crow laws allowing African Americans to vote

• The progressives pushed for petitions like initiatives and referendums so citizens can vote on a proposed law

During the Progressive Era, the Federal Income Tax was created under what constitutional amendment?

• 10th

• 16th

• 19th

• 22nd

The biggest success to come out of the Women’s Suffrage movement was…

• The election of the first female president in the United States

• Equal pay for women compared to men

• The passage of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote

• Women gained access to healthcare across the U.S.

Who were the investigative journalists during the Progressive Era exposed corruption, scandals, and government waste?

• Yellow Journalists

• New Medium Journalists

• Muckrakers

• Suffragists

Who wrote “The Jungle”, which described the filth and dirtiness of Chicago’s meat packing industry?

• Ida Tarbell

• Lincoln Steffens

• Jacob Riis

• Upton Sinclair

What was Prohibition?

• A law that prohibits the manufacture and sale of alcohol

• A law that prohibits Women and African Americans from voting in elections

• A law that made contraceptives (birth control) legal for women

• A law that makes it illegal to speak out against the U.S. government

Which of the following Presidents is NOT associated with the Progressive Era?

• Teddy Roosevelt

• Herbert Hoover

• William Howard Taft

• Woodrow Wilson

Which president led called for Conservation, which insured the protection of national parks and forests?

• William McKinley

• William Howard Taft

• Teddy Roosevelt

• Eugene Debs

Robert La Follette (“Fighting Bob”) implemented law what in regards to worker’s rights?

• Outlawed child labor

• Right to Worker's Compensation

• Equal pay for African Americans and Women

• Longer hours for workers