Topic 11a Progressive Era

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 Progressive Movement supported the idea that the federal government should-

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

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

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

In the early 1900s, which group most often supported the views of the Populist Movement

• Factory owners
• Nativists
• Labor Unions
• Farmers

Which of the following is not one of Roosevelt's Square Deal?

• Conserve resources
• Protect the consumer
• Control businesses
• Create new jobs

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

Initiative, referedum, recall were all intended to

• make president more responsive
• reduce influence of media
• give political parties more control
• increase citizen participation in govt.