Progressive Era

The work of Conservationists, like John Muir, led to the creation of the

• Food and Drug Administration

• NAACP

• The National Park System

• Women's League of Voters

The work of Susan B. Anthony led to the passage of the

• 18th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• 20th Amendment

• Pure Food and Drug Act

The Sherman Anti-Trust Act & Pure Food and Drug Act allowed the Government a(n) ____________ role in regulating business

• Active

• Laissez Faire

• Free Market

• Communist

Booker T. Washington wanted to improve the lives of African Americans by

• Forming labor unions of African American Workers

• Organizing boycotts

• Promoting vocational training for African Americans

• Organizing voter registration drives

The first large-scale effort by the US Government to regulate business was the

• Interstate Commerce Commission

• Adoption of 18th Amendment

• Creation of Food and Drug Admin

• Passing the Chinese Exclusion Act

Work of the reformers during the Progressive Era focused on

• Concerns about conservationism

• policies related to isolationism

• civil rights for minority groups

• issues related to social injustice

Jane Addams is remembered for her work in social reform for urban poor

• True

• False

Frances Willard's reform work focused on the Temperance Movement

• True

• False

The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair, led President Roosevelt to respond by

• passing the 16th Amendment

• better school nutrition programs

• government regulation of the food industry

• reforms in working conditions

The 17th Amendment allowed for the direct election of Senators?

• True

• False