Progressive Era Test Review

What type of president was President Theodore Roosevelt?

• A progressive President 

• A Reconstruction President

• A modern President

• A wartime President

What social movement were women often protesting for?

• The Women’s Suffrage Movement

• The Civil Rights Movement

• For more Jim Crow Laws

• Against Jim Crow laws

What was the purpose of the progressive political reforms?

• To expand democracy by giving people more voice in government

• To expand democracy by giving people less voice in government

• To disenfranchise Black Voters

• To disenfranchise White Voters

What set of laws is supported by Plessy v. Ferguson?

• Jim Crow Laws

• Black Codes

• Slave Codes

• Prohibition

What is NOT an example of the successes of the Progressive Movement in South Carolina?

• The first tuberculosis treatment center was opened 

• Compulsory school attendance laws were passed 

• Prohibition laws were passed 

• Women's Sufferage was passed

What was the purpose of the Eight Box Law and poll taxes?

• To disenfranchise African Americans 

• To disenfranchise Native Americans 

• To disenfranchise Women

• To disenfranchise White Americans 

What actions did South Carolinians support that went against the progressive goals of expanding democracy?

• Limiting voting rights of mill workers 

• Expanding Voting Rights to African Americans

• Expanding Voting Rights to Women

• Allowing Native Americans to Vote

What constitutional right was negated by the Supreme Court’s decision in Plessy v. Ferguson?

• Equal protection under the law

• right to vote

• right to freedom of speech

• right to a fair trial

Why did South Carolina farmers not share in the prosperity that was spreading in the 1920’s?

• Overproduction led to lower crop prices

• Overproduction led to higher crop prices

• Underproduction led to lower crop prices

• No one was willing to buy their crops

Which was NOT a tactic that was used to suppress the political power of African Americans in South Carolina ? 

• Eight box law

• The 14th Amendment

• Poll Tax

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