The Progressive Era (US.08 - US.18)

(US.08) Which of these is the BEST example of the Social Gospel at work?

• Tammany Hall

• The Salvation Army

• The Chamber of Commerce

• The National Women's Organization

(US.08) What is the MOST accurate Social-Darwinist defense for U.S. imperialism?

• Robber Barons deserved new markets to sell their goods and expand their businesses.

• Nations that considered themselves superior felt obliged to govern less-advanced nations.

• The United States needed to test its military strength to make any necessary improvements.

• The United States needed to compete with European nations to prove that the United States was superior.

(US.08) The Social Gospel was a religious movement during what time period?

• Populism

• World War I

• Progressivism

• The Great Depression

(US.08) The "Social Gospel" of late 19th century America held that

• only the most holy of people become rich.

• the United States is God's "chosen country."

• the poor are wicked and are lesser in God's sight.

• Christian principles should be applied to society's problems.

(US.08) Social Darwinists believed that

• religious and scientific worlds should be kept separate.

• powerful nations were meant to dominate weaker societies.

• the teaching of evolution theories in American public schools was unconstitutional.

• human beings had reached the point where competition among nations was no longer necessary

(US.09) Booker T. Washington was most known for being

• one of the founders of the NAACP.

• the founder of Tuskegee Institute.

• one of the designers of Washington, DC.

• the first African-American on the Supreme Court.

(US.09) W.E.B. DuBois was an early leader in the

• Labor Movement.

• Populist Movement.

• Civil Rights Movement.

• Women’s Suffrage Movement.

(US.09) Unlike W.E.B. DuBois and Booker T. Washington, Marcus Garvey

• was associated with a "back to Africa" movement for African Americans.

• believed that African Americans should attempt to seek higher education.

• advocated that African Americans should be patient in achieving their rights.

• believed African Americans could be "assimilated" into the society of white America.

(US.09) Which group was founded in 1909 under the leadership of W.E.B. Dubois in an effort to combat racial discrimination, racial violence, and segregation in the United States?

• The Black Rights Coalition (BRC)

• The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

• The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

• The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

(US.09) This letter was written by which famous Civil Rights organizer?

• Marcus Garvey

• W.E.B. DuBois

• Martin Luther King

• A. Philip Randolph