Progressive Era Review

Which one of two laws did the federal government pass in response to the rotten meats revealed by Upton Sinclair's The Jungle?

• Sherman Antitrust Act

• Pure Food and Drug Act

• Interstate Commerce Act

• Indian Removal Act

A goal of the Progressives during the Progressive Era was to.

• end child labor

• end political corruption

• expand direct democracy

• all of the above

W.E.B. DuBois argued for immediate racial equality. What else was he known for?

• he wrote How the Other Half Lives?

• he helped found the NAACP

• he called for African Americans to obtain job training

• he mostly lectured in college about race issues

What did the 16th amendment do?

• Congress can collect income taxes

• allowed for the direct election of senators

• banned the sale of alcohol

• granted women's suffrage

Before 1913, the selection of U.S. senators was not cohesive (of many ways). What was the solution?

• Congress passed the Voting Rights Act of 1964

• Congress passed the 15th amendment

• Congress passed the 17th amendment

• The Supreme Court ruled that states can define their own election laws.

Thinking of the herb legalization example used in class, how does an initiative election work?

• It allows voters to decide if a bill (proposal) becomes a law.

• It allows voters to removed an elected official from office

• It allows voters to decide how much to pay in income taxes.

• It allows voters to propose a bill for public consideration.

What role did Teddy Roosevelt play in conservation?

• He influenced the creation of the National Parks System

• He called on Americans to stop consuming oil

• He signed a law banning the use of fossil fuels.

• He advocated for conservative values.

What was the Pendleton Act?

• it established consistent traffic signs across the country

• it legalized the spoils system

• it delegated the power of nominating candidates to the staets

• it established a merit system by examination for potential office holders

What did the Supreme Court case, Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) do?

• it banned segregation in public schools

• it legalized public segregation under the "separate but equal" doctrine

• it banned segregation in public transportation

• it delegated the issue of segregation to the states

The Gilded Age (1880s-1900s) featured the growing power of big business and their monopolization of industries. Such economic power prevented competition and manipulated consumer prices. What did Congress do as a response?

• Congress passed the Sherman Antitrust Act

• Congress passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Congress passed laws protecting monopolies

• Congress passed the Clayton Antitrust Act