Progressive Era Quiz

Who exposed Rockefeller when they wrote "History of Standard Oil"?

• Jane Addams

• Ida Tarbell

• Upton Sinclair

Who wrote "The Jungle" exposing the meat packing plant and their lack of sanitation?

• Upton Sinclair

• Jane Addams

• Booker T Washington

What was the Progressive Movement?

• A period with a shift from making things by hand to making things with machines

• A period of large scale immigration to the US

• A period of economic decline & agriculture hardships

• A period of social and political reform in the US

Initiatives, Referendums, and Recalls were created for what purpose?

• To put more importance on national elections

• To discourage civic engagement in the government

• To give the people more voice in the government

• To ensure monopolies would still have pull in the government

What president of the era was referred to as a muckraker?

• William McKinley

• Theodore Roosevelt

• William Jennings Bryan

• William Howard Taft

Who exposed the misery of immigrant life by using photographs in the book, "How the Other Half Lives"?

• Lincoln Steffens

• Ida Tarbell

• Jacob Riis

• Gifford Pinchot

This law was created after "The Jungle" horrified Americans about the quality and safety of their meat.

• Pendleton Act

• Clayton Antitrust Act

• Fiat Money Policy

• Pure Food and Drug Act

The Amendment made the sale, purchase or manufacture of alcohol illegal in the U.S.

• 16th Amendment

• 17th Amendment

• 18th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

In 1890 the _______________ _____________ _____ was passed by the U.S. government to prevent monopolies from unfair business practices

• Better Business Bureau

• Savings and Loan Act

• Sherman Antitrust Act

Which ship was sent to Havana, but it exploded?

• the Titanic

• the Sprigate

• the Minnesota

• the Maine