Progressive Era

What were the THREE broad means proposed by the progressives for furthering reform?

• Direct democracy

• Indirect democracy

• increasing government efficiency

• Advocating government intervention

What was the most controversial of the four Progressive amendments to the Constitution?

• 16th Amendment

• 17th Amendment

• 18th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

Which Progressive amendment had the greatest impact during the Progressive Era?

• 16th Amendment

• 17th Amendment

• 18th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

What muckraking book caused the U.S. to pass the Pure Food and Drug Act?

Theodore Roosevelt negotiated with the heads and union leaders of what TWO major industries?

• Coal

• Iron

• Steel

• Gold

What was the nickname for Theodore Roosevelt's Progressive Party?

• Know Nothing Party

• New Freedom Party

• Green Party

• Bull Moose Party

Who won the 1912 election?

• William Howard Taft

• Woodrow Wilson

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Eugene Debs

Who was the influential black leader who was the head of Tuskegee Institute and taught blacks to learn a trade?

What were the two Progressive Era transportation innovations?

• Trains

• Automobiles

• Clipper ships

• Airplanes

What movement emphasized "soup and soap": feeding and cleaning people and society rather than true salvation?

• Modernism

• Fundamentalism

• Social gospel

• Unitarianism