Progressive EOC Review Per 1 2022

She spoke and wrote about the evils of lynching in the 1880s and 1890s   

• Eleanor Roosevelt
• Mary Todd Lincoln
• Ida B. Wells
• Jane Addams

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

• Federal troops were mobilized to break strikes by labor unions.
• Government regulations requiring the inspection of food products were implemented
• Congress created a regulatory agency to audit railroads.
• Laws were enacted that banned private companies from discriminating when hiring

Which of the following occurred as a result of the Sherman Antitrust Act?

• Workers secured a greater share of company profits.
• The influence of labor unions on factory owners was reduced
• The federal government could dissolve business monopolies
• Businesses were required to pay fees to open overseas locations

Made it illegal to create trusts and monopolies

• Sherman Antitrust Act
• Sherman Antimonopoly Act
• Sherman Shortly Act
• Sherman No Business Act

When was the Progressive Era?

• Antebellum
• 1865-1877
• 1900-1920
• 1933-1945

 The actions of muckrakers in the late 19th century and early 20th century resulted in

• Supreme Court decisions that expanded the right to vote
• government regulation of unfair business practices
• increases in the power of monopolies
• reduction of the president’s power to manage the economy

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

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

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

• Congress created a regulatory agency to audit railroads.

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

A student learning about US history is instructed to write a paper about W.E.B. Du Bois and race relations in the US. Which of the following facts would be most relevant to the student's assignment?

• The Selma -to-Montgomery protest marches helped secure voting rights for minority citizens.

• The NAACP was organized to help secure full legal equality for minority citizens.

• The Civil Rights Act of 1968 outlawed many forms of discrimination in the housing market.

• The March on Washington helped rally nationwide support for the Civil Rights movement.

Which groups were most influential in passing the Pure Food and Drug Act?

• Southern farmers and clergy members

• Factory owners and bankers

• Muckrakers and women's organizations

• College students and immigrants

Which of these was a major goal of Jane Addams's Settlement House movement in Chicago?

• The founding of women's colleges

• The introduction of prison reform

• The assimilation of immigrants

• The establishment of public libraries