Progressive Politics 6

How did the publication of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle contribute to a change in the relationship between government and business?

• Federal troops were mobilized to break strikes by labor unions.

• Government regulations requiring the inspection of food products were implemented.

• Congress created a regulatory agency to audit railroads.

• Laws were enacted that banned private companies from discriminating when hiring.

The Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 crafted a document that was very similar to the __________________.

• Emancipation Proclamation
• Halifax Resolves
• Declaration of Independence
• Articles of Confederation

Most states on the ____________ part of the United States started allowing women's the right to vote.

• East

• South

• North

• West

Which group strongly supported the Women's Suffrage Movement?

• Ku Klux Klan
• Abolitionists
• Anti-Suffrage Society
• Regulators

Based on information presented in the text, which of the following is true?

• The women’s suffrage movement enjoyed immense success because all American women were unified behind the movement to gain the vote.

• The suffrage movement lost momentum during the industrial revolution because men – now the only bread winners – demanded that women remain in their traditional roles – wives and mothers.

• The suffrage movement suffered as competing tactics – some demanding an immediate amendment to the Constitution with others calling for a state by state vote – caused division within the ranks of supporters.

Which region of the nation was first in granting women the right to vote?

• The western US – Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, etc.

• The northern US – New York, Pennsylvania, etc.

• The southern US – Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, etc.

According to the Suffrage article, what was the ultimate goal of the Women's Suffrage Movement?

• They wanted to gain the right to own property and enter into contracts.

• They sought the passage of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution.

• They hoped to elect the nation's first female president.

• They wanted women to gain equal pay for equal work.

Which statement accurately describes an aspect of Theodore Roosevelt's presidency?

• He signed a law granting U.S. citizenship to Native Americans.
• He reduced America's involvement in foreign affairs.
• He popularized conservation and respect for natural wonders.
• He refused to take legal action against monopolies and trusts.

Shortly after his mother and wife died,

• Roosevelt moved to his ranch in the Dakotas for two years.

• Rosevelt went big game hunting in Africa

• Roosevelt moved to New York.

• Roosevelt moved into the White House.

Teddy Roosevelt was known as a "trust-buster." What does that mean?

• He worked to break up small businesses

• He worked with big monopolies to make them stronger

• He worked to break up large monopolies

• He let the companies operate without any government interference