Progressive Era Quiz Review (2023-2024)

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

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

A goal of the Progressives during the Progressive Era was to.

• end child labor

• end political corruption

• expand direct democracy

• all of the above

What did the 16th amendment do?

• Congress can collect income taxes

• allowed for the direct election of senators

• banned the sale of alcohol

• granted women's suffrage

Before 1913, the selection of U.S. senators was not cohesive (of many ways). What was the solution?

• Congress passed the Voting Rights Act of 1964

• Congress passed the 15th amendment

• Congress passed the 17th amendment

• The Supreme Court ruled that states can define their own election laws.

What role did Teddy Roosevelt play in conservation?

• He influenced the creation of the National Parks System

• He called on Americans to stop consuming oil

• He signed a law banning the use of fossil fuels.

• He advocated for conservative values.

What did the Supreme Court case, Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) do?

• it banned segregation in public schools

• it legalized public segregation under the "separate but equal" doctrine

• it banned segregation in public transportation

• it delegated the issue of segregation to the states

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 18th 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 19th 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