Chapter 12 Struggle and Reform

Which event in the early 1900s most likely shows that Upton Sinclair's novel The Jungle had an important impact on the United States?

• the implementation of reforms in education

• the passage of limiting immigration laws

• the adoption of the Eighteenth Amendment

• the passage of legislation requiring federal inspection of meat

Which of the following statement best describes Booker T. Washington's ideas?

• African Americans needed to migrate north for better wages.

• African Americans needed to be educated before anything else in order to advance.

• African Americans needed to learn skills such as woodworking and carpentry.

• African Americans needed to start writing and creating newspaper publications.

Draw an inference from this primary source identifying what the photograph is about. Which amendment does this photograph represent?

• A woman is applying for a job, and it represents the Nineteenth Amendment.

• A woman is mailing a letter, and it represents the Eighteenth Amendment.

• A Civil War nurse is collecting her pay, and it represents the Fifteenth Amendment.

• A woman is walking out of a voting booth, and it represents the Nineteenth Amendment.

When the United States government was found to be corrupt during the Progressive Era, the Seventeenth Amendment was passed to —

• make sure each President only served two terms

• implement term limits on Congress

• ensure voting rights for women

• give citizens the right to elect Senators directly

What law was most likely passed as the result of a book written by a muckraker?

• Interstate Commerce Act

• Immigration Act

• Meat Inspection Act

• Federal Reserve Act

Muckrakers were important to the Progressive Era in the early twentieth century because they —

• urged big government to return to past conditions

• exposed corruption in American business and society

• wrote favorable biographies about famous Americans

• promoted the women's suffrage movement

Which goal of the women's rights movement was finally realized during the Progressive Era?

• Right to vote

• Right to own property

• Equal pay for equal work

• Equal education for women

Which one of the following people was involved in creating and implementing the event and place shown in the poster?

• Mary Harris Jones

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• Ida Tarbell

• Jane Addams

The common purpose of "The Pure Food and Drug Act" and the "U.S. Forest Service" was to —

• protect our natural resources

• improve conditions for recent immigrants

• advance the growth of big business

• improve the general welfare of the American public

According to the map, in which region of the United States did women receive the most support for the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment?

• East

• North

• South

• West