Progressivism

What is a muckraker?

• City workers who cleaned the streets in order to make more sanitary cities
• Writers who exposed political and business corruption in the Progressive Era
• Corrupt politicians and businessmen
• Immigrants who took jobs from individuals who were striking

What innovations did Henry Ford introduce during this era?

• Standardized output
• Lower prices
• Assembly line
• All of the above

Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of the politics of Progressivism?

• State and local reforms
• Popular election of US Senators
• Women's suffrage
• Government owned railroads and factories

Under which Progressive President were a number of laws focused on business regulation passed?

• Barack Obama
• Teddy Roosevelt
• William Howard Taft
• Woodrow Wilson

Under which Progressive President were a number of laws focused on anti-trust initiatives

• Barack Obama
• Teddy Roosevelt
• William Howard Taft
• Woodrow Wilson

In 1916, Congress established a new federal agency "which purpose is to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and wildlife therein, and to provide for the

enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations."

Which agency does this excerpt refer?

• National Park Service

• Civilian Conservation Corps

• Environmental Protection Agency

• Department of Homeland Security

"The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof..."

The text is an excerpt from which amendment?

• 16th

• 17th

• 18th

• 19th

Who won the election of 1912?

• Teddy Roosevelt

• William Taft

• Woodrow Wilson

• Franklin D Roosevelt

Which of the following summarizes the goals of the Progressives? 

• reduce the government's involvement in social issues.
• promotion of laissez-faire policies by not regulating business.
• correct the problems created by industrialization.
• promote a total change in the structure of the Constitution.

Which of the following statements was the immediate result of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of 1911 in which 146 people were killed?

• Breakup of unions by business to create safer working conditions.
• Laws that required safer working conditions including exit doors that opened out. 
• Creation of the International Ladies Garment Workers union to fight for safety.
• Alliance between the Republican Party and labor.