Unit 3 Progressive Era Review

One of the main ideas of Progressives was/is that –  

• the government should stay out of the way of big business.

• businesses should do more to help their employees.

• the government should play an active part in solving the problems of the people.

• workers should take over the ownership of businesses.

The issue addressed in this political cartoon was later settled by —

• the creation of The Temperance Society

• the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment

• the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment

• the initiation of the Settlement House movement

How did the publication of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle contribute to a change in the relationship between government and business?

• Government regulations requiring the inspection of food products were implemented.

• Federal troops were mobilized to break strikes by labor unions.

• Congress created a regulatory agency to audit railroads.

• Laws were enacted that banned private companies from discriminating when hiring.

Circle or underline the diagram that shows a cause-and-effect relationship related to the Progressive Era.

The list shows accomplishments of which of the following individuals?

• Jane Addams

• W.E.B. Dubois

• Booker T. Washington

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

Members of the Progressive Movement generally supported the idea that the federal government should –

• prevent unfair business practices.

• restrict immigration to the United States.

• reduced the number of small farms.

• abolish private property ownership.

It can best be concluded from the illustration above that the women’s suffrage movement –

• employed scare tactics to intimidate the audience.

• proposed child-labor reform.

• advocated violence to spread its philosophy.

• utilized the protection of free speech to spread its message.

What of the following best describes the impact of the 16^th Amendment?

• It gave the federal government more power because it made it legal for the government to directly tax its citizens

• It made the manufacturing, distribution and consumption of alcohol illegal in the U.S.

• It gave the people more power because they now had the right to choose their U.S. Senators

• It doubled the amount of people who voted in the United States because it allowed women the right to vote