1.3 PROGRESSIVE ERA TEST REVIEW 2022-2023

W.E.B. DuBois argued for immediate racial equality. What else was he known for?

• he wrote How the Other Half Lives?

• he helped found the NAACP

• he called for African Americans to obtain job training

• he mostly lectured in college about race issues

Which one of two laws did the federal government do in response to the rotten meats revealed by Upton Sinclair's The Jungle?

• Sherman Antitrust Act

• Pure Food and Drug Act

• Interstate Commerce Act

• Indian Removal Act

This muckraker revealed the unsanitary conditions of the streets of New York City caused by widespread homelessness and poverty of newcomers.

• Upton Sinclair

• Ida Tarbell

• Thomas Nast

• Jacob Riis

What did the 17th amendment do?

• It allowed for the direct election of senators.

• It banned the sale of alcohol.

• It allowed women's suffrage

• It allowed 18 year olds and over to vote

What did the 17th amendment do?

• It allowed for the direct election of senators.

• It banned the sale of alcohol.

• It allowed women's suffrage

• It allowed 18 year olds and over to vote

What do reforms like initiatives, referendums, and recalls attempt to do?

• give the people more power over the government

• limit citizenship rights like voting

• provide low interest loans to farmers

• establish a system of checks and balances

By using initiatives, who has a more direct influence on lawmaking?

• Presidents

• Lawyers

• Citizens

Which amendment gives Congress the power to tax income?

• 16th

• 17th

• 18th

• 19th

Whose book led to the direct passage of the Meat Inspection Act and indirect of the Pure Food and Drug Acts?

• Jacob Riis

• Lewis Hines

• Ida Tarbell

• Upton Sinclair

This person helped to found the NAACP

• Ida B Wells
• Booker T Washington
• W E B DuBois
• Martin Luther King Jr.