The Progressive Era

17th Amendment

• Direct Election of Senators

• Direct Election of Governors

• Direct Election of the US President

• Direct Election of Mayors

What was Upton Sinclair's book The Jungle about?

• It exposed John D Rockefeller's ruthless business tactics.

• It exposed the filthy condition of meat factories in the United States.

• It showed the horrible conditions of people in tenement homes.

• It documented the lynchings of African Americans.

This was designed to prevent companies from engaging in unfair practices that eliminated competition.

• Sherman Anti-Trust Act

• Interstate Commerce Act

• Labor Unions

• Monopoly

Prohibition was made by what amendment

• 21

• 14

• 18

• 23

How Did Criminals Take Advantage of the Prohibition?

• Speakeasies and Bootlegging

• Kidnappings

• Robberies

18th Amendment

• Prohibits Women's Suffrage

• Prohibits Alcohol

• Prohibits Child Labor

• Prohibits immigrants from entering the country

The goals of muckraking journalists were to

• advertise the economic benefits of industrialization.

• describe and illustrate the problems within American society.

• encourage European immigration through advertising in European newspapers.

• attract rural residents to move into the urban centers.

What kinds of policies did the US enact as a result of the eugenics movement?

• Restricting immigration from "undesirable" European countries

• Sterilizing members of "undesirable" classes

• Restricting welfare & funding for education

• All of these

Another term for monopoly during the period 1865-1900 was

• Big Business
• Trust
• Giant of Industry
• Forbes 500

16th Amendment

• Abolished Slavery

• Prohibited Alcohol

• Grants Citizenship to African Americans

• Collecting taxes on income