Progressive Quiz

The main goal of the Progressive Era was to

• enforce rules and laws

• move America from a primarily agricultural society to an urban society

• bring about reform, or change, in American society

• guarantee government jobs for the unemployed

During the Progressive Era muckrakers were best known for

• forming new political parties

• organizing protest rallies and marches

• serving in Congress and state legislatures

• exposing harmful practices of business and government

Which of these is not a muckraker?

• Ida Tarbell

• Jacob Riis

• John D. Rockefeller

• Upton Sinclair

The purpose of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act was to

• break up the power of large monopolies

• limit imports from foreign nations

• set fair prices for manufactured goods

• protect consumers from dangerous products

Trustbusters like Teddy Roosevelt wanted to

• Break up bad trusts

• Support the development of new trusts

• Encourage consumers to buy American made products

• Increase the cost of goods

People who supported temperance were opposed to

• Child labor

• Drinking alcohol

• Segregation

• Women’s suffrage

The novel How the Other Half Lives, written by Jacob Riis, focused on uncovering the horrors in:

• Tenements

• Big businesses

• Meatpacking plants

• Schools

What consumer protection law was created after Upton Sinclair’s novel, The Jungle, caused public outcry about conditions in the meatpacking industry?

• The Interstate Commerce Act

• The Federal Trade Commission

• The Civil Service Commission

• The Pure Food and Drug Act

Laws like initiative, referendum and recall were established in order to

• Give citizens more power within the government

• Limit access to voting

• Make big businesses wealthy

• Reform conditions in tenements

The 16th Amendment called for

• Women’s suffrage

• Prohibition of alcohol

• The direct election of senators

• A graduated income tax