Progressive Era

Which president wanted to control businesses and conserve the environment?

• William McKinley

• Abraham Lincoln

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

During the early 1900s, the term "muckrakers" was used to describe-

• pacifists who demonstrated against war

• Politicians who criticized Progressive Era presidents

• Writers who exposed the evil in American society

• Newspaper columnists who reported in celebrities

Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton are most closely associated with the idea that-

• Settlement houses should be built to help educate immigrants
• National Parks should be created by the federal government
• factories should be prohibited since they damage society
• suffrage should be granted to women

Ida Tarbell, Upton Sinclair, and Frank Norris all shared a belief that-

• The public was unlikely to respond to calls for reform
• The government should follow a laissez-faire policy
• Reform was needed to control abuses of business
• Monopolies were necessary for business to survive

The initiative, the referendum, and the recall were adopted by several states during the Progressive Era as ways to-

• restrict the use of presidential vetoes
• promote the formation of trusts
• make government more democratic
• limit immigration

During which period in United States history were the amendments concerning the income tax, direct election of senators, Prohibition, and women's suffrage enacted?

• Reconstruction
• New Deal
• Progressive Era
• Gilded Age

What act did The Jungle help establish?

• Pendleton Act
• Pure Food and Drug Act
• Federal Reserve Act
• Dawes Act

Which amendment gave women the right to vote?

• 16th Amendment
• 17th Amendment
• 18th Amendment
• 19th Amendment

Whose book led to the direct passage of the Meat Inspection Act and indirect of the Pure Food and Drug Acts?

• Jacob Riis
• Lewis Hines
• Ida Tarbell
• Upton Sinclair

What was one way the constitutional amendment excerpted above 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.