USHC Unit 4 Review #2 - Wilson HS

In the late 1800s, which group most often supported the views of the Populist Party?

• Factory Owners

• Nativists

• Farmers

• Labor Unions

A major purpose of the Progressive movement was to...

• Stimulate the economy

• Support government control of factory production

• Encourage immigration from southern and eastern Europe

• Correct the economic and social abuses of industrial society

What was the purpose of settlement houses such as Jane Addams’ Hull House?

• To assist people living in poverty in urban areas

• To support farmers after a natural disaster ruined their crops

• To provide higher education opportunities for women

• To help African Americans who moved north during the Great Migration

During the early 1900s, the term muckraker was used to describe...

• Pacifists who demonstrated against war

• Writers who exposed the evils in American society

• Newspaper columnists who reported on celebrities

• Politicians who criticized Progressive Era presidents

“United States Senate Criticized as ‘Millionaire’s Club’”

Which action addressed the problem suggested by this Progressive Era headline?

• Instituting the direct election of senators

• Increasing the number of senators from each state

• Decreasing the length of term of office for a senator

• Establishing voting rights for eighteen-year-old citizens

Which movement’s primary goal was the ratification of a constitutional amendment authorizing Prohibition?

• Abolition

• Populism

• Temperance

• Suffrage

Why did political rights for women grow most rapidly on the western frontier in the late 19^th and early 20^th centuries?

• The settlers were influenced by Native American Indian societies

• Women greatly outnumbered men in the West

• Pioneer life often required men and women to share responsibilities equally

• Immigrants settling in the West brought ideals of gender equality from Europe

Which group of ideas were part of President Theodore Roosevelt’s “Square Deal”?

• Government owned businesses, conservation, and women’s suffrage

• Laissez-faire government, civil rights, and military build up

• Consumer protection, women’s suffrage, and government owned businesses

• Trust-busting, conservation, and consumer protection

What was the main purpose of the Clayton Antitrust Act?

• To break up political machines

• To establish rules for the operation of labor unions

• To set tax rates for large industries

• To stop monopolies and restore competition

A major factor in the shift in American foreign policy toward imperialism in the late nineteenth century was...

• The need for overseas markets for industrial goods

• The construction of an American built canal between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

• The desire for more farmland

• The need for additional population