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

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 was the main different between W.E.B. DuBois and Booker T. Washington?

• DuBois wanted the African American Community to get an education in order to fight inequality, while Washington believed inequality would end naturally
• Washington wanted the African American community to get an education in order to fight inequality, while DuBois believed inequality would end naturally
• Washington wanted free education for all people, while DuBois believed in private education

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

The Temperance Movement, Women’s Suffrage Movement, and outlawing child labor were reform movements that took place during this era-

• Gilded Age

• Imperialism

• Progressive Era

• Roaring 20's

The ratification of this amendment granted women’s suffrage -

• 18^th Amendment

• 19^th Amendment

• 16^th Amendment

• 17^th Amendment