Intro to Progressive Presidents

Teddy Roosevelt was the ____ President of the United States.

• 26th

• 62nd

• 33rd

• 58th

After __________________ was assassinated, Roosevelt became President.

• Ronald Reagan

• John F. Kennedy

• Abraham Lincoln

• William McKinley

What famous prize did Teddy Roosevelt win?

• Center Time Prize
• Nobel Peace Prize
• Painting Prize

Match the following

• Women's suffrage

• 17th Amendment

• Prohibition of alcohol

• 16th Amendment

• Direct election of Senators

• 18th Amendment

• Income Tax

• 19th Amendment

Match the following

• Initiative

• Allows citizens at the local and state level to remove an elected official through a special election

• Referendum

• A special election that allows the public to vote on special legislation, taxes, ordinances, etc.

• Recall

• Allows citizens to develop ideas and build public support for legislation

Which muckraker revealed the unsanitary conditions of slaughterhouses and led to government regulation of the food industry through The Jungle?

• Upton Sinclair

• Jacob Riis

• Woodrow Wilson

• Ida Tarbell

The Progressive Era reforms of initiative, referendum, and recall were designed to make state governments _______.

• more efficient

• less expensive

• less responsive

• more democratic

What was the most likely result of the publication of images such as this 1906 political cartoon?

• The government passed the Sherman Antitrust Act.

• Private companies refused to import foreign foods.

• The government passed the Pure Food and Drug Act.

• Labor unions protested unsafe working conditions.

In The Jungle, Upton Sinclair exposed

• Dangers faced by coal miners
• Corrupt business practices of the Standard Oil Company
• Unsanitary conditions in the meat-packing industry
• Illegal deals between special interests and the government

What did the Meat Inspection Act accomplish?

• Banned the use of assembly lines
• Allowed the government to have unlimited power
• Cleaned up food producing factories
• Advocated for minority groups