Progressivism Review

Which group used violence and fear tactics to prevent non-whites from voting?

• Al-Quida

• Ku Klux Klan

• White Knights of Labor

• Bull-Moose Party

Which figure was apart of the Sierra Club and encouraged conservation?

• John Muir

• FDR

• Howard Taft

• John Wilkes Booth

What is another name for trust?

• Belief

• Banking

• Anti-Trust

• Monopoly

What are the characteristics of the Progressive Era?

• Expand the Democratic Process

• Social Justice

• Correct issues with Industrialization and Urbanization

• All the above

Reforms in big business are characteristic of what era?

• Gilded Age

• Progressive Era

• New Deal

• Roaring 20s

What are Jim Crow Laws?

• A legal basis for discrimination against African Americans

• Laws put in place to manage immigration

• Legislation to support farmers in the West

• A set of trusts that controlled most of the railroads

What was the Sherman Antitrust Act ineffective?

• The Grander Movement was taking place at the same time

• Labor Unions controlled everything

• Judicial rulings that the federal government had no role in business

• President Jackson did not enforce the law

How did the Transportation Act of 1920 Impact the Interstate Commerce Commission?

• Allowed the ICC to create a regulatory system for railroad freight rates

• Allowed the ICC to use telephones instead of telegraphs

• The ICC began to collect taxes

• State governments began to control the railroads

Lobbying includes which of the following?

• signing a petition

• speaking to lawmakers

• writing to senators

• all of the above

What were journalists called that investigated and wrote about the issues in society during the progressive era?

• Reporters

• Muckrakers

• Yellow Journalists

• Paparazzi