Quiz: Progressive Era Reforms

What was the purpose of Muckrakers?

• Writers who wanted to make money by selling newspapers
• Writers who wanted to cause change with their writings
• Writers who supported big business and corruption in politics
• Writers who wrote patriotic short stories

The ratification of this amendment granted women’s suffrage -

• 18^th Amendment

• 19^th Amendment

• 16^th Amendment

• 17^th Amendment

What amendment did the members of the Temperance movement work to achieve?

• 16th

• 17th

• 18th

• 19th

The Progressives fought for political reforms. One example of political reforms passed by the progressives was the 17^th Amendment. What did this U.S. amendment state?

• women were granted suffrage rights

• blacks were granted suffrage rights

• Senators were elected by the people by popular vote

• House of Representatives were elected by popular vote

Law that requires company to properly label food and medicines

• Medicine Man
• Food Amendment
• Label Lemons
• Pure Food and Drug Act

Writers that dig up the bad things going on in society

• Suffragists
• Muckrakers
• Students
• Chaffinators

What did the Meat Inspection Act accomplish?

• Banned the use of assembly lines
• Allowed the government to have unlimited power
• Cleaned up food producing factories
• Advocated for minority groups

TRUE or FALSE... Child labor was commonplace in the US around 1900.

• TRUE

• FALSE

TRUE or FALSE... Before 1906 there were no rules about food safety and handling

• TRUE

• FALSE

TRUE or FALSE... The Food and Drug Act and Meat Handling Acts were created to tax the consumer.

• TRUE

• FALSE