Progressive Era Review

Between 1848 and 1920, suffragists protested for women to have the right to vote.

Which amendment guaranteed women this right in the United States?

• 16th

• 17th

• 18th

• 19th

The Jungle exposed unsanitary and unsafe practices in the meatpacking industry.

Which muckraker is responsible for exposing the conditions?

• Jacob Riis

• Lewis Hines

• Ida Tarbell

• Upton Sinclair

Prohibition banned the making, selling, buying, or drinking of alcohol. Which amendment made this possible?

• 17th Amendment

• 18th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• 21st Amendment

Reporters, journalists, photographers, and authors who used the media to raise concerns about the negative effects of industrialization were known as

• muckrakers

• suffragists

• immigrants

• abolitionists

____________?____________

A period of time when social, economic and political problems caused by rapid industrialization were exposed and in some cases reformed.

What is the most likely title for this?

• Industrialization

• Progressive Era

• Reconstruction

• Prohibition

The purpose of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act was to

• break up monopolies

• give equal rights to women

• help people living in poverty

• end racism

What was an important effect of the influx of people from the country to the cities in the late nineteenth century?

• a sharp increase in college enrollment
• crowded slums and unsanitary conditions
• decline in economic growth
•  a large amount of unused farmland

Between 1860 and 1910, the U.S. population tripled in size.

This is most likely due to...

• The Baby Boom

• Immigration

• The Homestead Act

• Better Healthcare

What amendment provided suffrage for women (1920)?

• 16th
• 17th
• 18th
• 19th

Who wrote the expose piece of literature that revealed the extensive corrupt monopolistic business practices of Standard Oil?

• Ida Tarbell
• Lewis Hines 
• Jacob Riis
• Upton Sinclair