Progressive Era

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

The Progressive Movement supported the idea that the federal government should-

• Reduce the number of farms
• Build an overseas empire
• Regulate big business
• Reduce immigration

During the Progressive Era, Jane Addams responded to urban conditions by working to establish-

• free public schools located in inner-city neighborhoods
• settlement houses that provided assistance to the poor
• newspapers that helped to inform Americans about slum conditions
• laws that restricted certain immigrant groups

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

In the early 1900s, the muckrakers provided a service to the American public by-

• encouraging states to resist federal government authority
• lobbying for less government regulation of business
• revealing abuses in government and industry
• calling for a strong military buildup

What federal agency was established in 1916 by Congress to manage national historic sites?

• National Park Service
• Department of the Interior
• Bureau of Outdoor Recreation 
• Civilian Conservation Corps

What act did The Jungle help establish?

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

a total ban on the sale and consumption of alcohol

• prohibition

• suffrage

• temperance

• segregation

The Progressive Era was a time during which:

• the Industrial Age began.

• intense social and political changes were made to improve society.

• wealthy company owners started taking advantage of their workers.

• the government allowed the company owners to take advantage of their workers.