US History Chapter 15 Progressive Presidents

He founded the NAACP:

• Booker T. Washington

• Ida Tarbell

• W.E.B. DuBois

• Upton Sinclair

Who exposed bad business practices in the OIL industry?

• Jacob Riis

• Ida Tarbell

• Susan B., Anthony

• Upton Sinclair

A goal of the Progressive movement from 1890 to 1920 was to

• promote free enterprise and capitalism.

• address the problems caused by industrialization.

• promote settlement of land west of the Mississippi River.

• encourage immigration from southern and eastern Europe.

A major goal of the constitutional amendment establishing national Prohibition was to

• stop organized crime

• eliminate alcohol consumption

• restrict immigration

• end poll taxes

What political party did Roosevelt run as in the election of 1912?

• Democrat
• Republican
• Bull Moose
• Libertarian

What were photographs such as this one taken by Lewis Hine primarily intended to accomplish?

• Encourage leaders to make segregation in schools illegal

• Document labor conditions during an economic crisis

• Depict the evils of capitalism in communist propaganda

• Focus attention on the need for child labor reforms

The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. . . . — 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

What was one way the constitutional amendment excerpted above helped advance the cause of gender equality?

• It gave women a greater opportunity to influence government.

• It gave women new economic rights, such as property ownership.

• It established the idea that women should contribute to all sectors of the economy.

• It contributed to a long-term decline in the number of men voting in elections.

Which president wanted to control businesses and conserve the environment?

• William McKinley

• Abraham Lincoln

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

Which election SPLIT the Republican Party & allowed the Democrat Woodrow Wilson to WIN the election?

• Election of 2016

• Election of 1976

• Election of 1932

• Election of 1912

What child’s toy was named after President Theodore Roosevelt?

• Teddy Bear
• Hot Wheel Cars
• Footballs
• Baby Dolls