Gilded/Progressive Review

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

To help protect workers and have better working conditions, ______________ were formed.

• slums

• manufacturing

• labor unions

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

• end child labor

• end political corruption

• expand direct democracy

• all of the above

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

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

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.

The Gilded Age (1880s-1900s) featured the growing power of big business and their monopolization of industries. Such economic power prevented competition and manipulated consumer prices. What did Congress do as a response?

• Congress passed the Sherman Antitrust Act

• Congress passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Congress passed laws protecting monopolies

• Congress passed the Clayton Antitrust 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

How does a recall election work?

• It allows voters to decide if a bill becomes a law.

• It allows Congress to decide if a bil becomes a law

• It allows voters to propose bills.

• It allows voters to remove an elected official from office.

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