Progressive Era New Question Types

Thousands of African Americans moved to the Great Plains during the late nineteenth century. Many of them moved to Kansas in what was called the Great Exodus, and the participants were called Exodusters.

The primary reason the exodusters left the South was ​ (a)  

• to escape oppression and discrimination
• the escape drought conditions
• to reunite with family members
• to find employment in U.S. wartime industries

The issue addressed in this political cartoon was later settled by the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment. Label one piece of evidence that support this statement.

These achievements illustrate Ida B. Wells contributions as-

• a religious leader

• an artist of the Harlem Renaissance

• a supporter of the Prohibition

• an advocate of equality

The image depicts President Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir on Glacier Point, Yosemite Valley, California, 1903.

What was the most likely topic of discussion between these men? Select TWO correct answers.

The concerns reflected in this cartoon forced the federal government to ​ (a)  

• regulate the food industry
• increase the cost of products to pay for chemicals
• import more goods from Europe for more choices
• pass antitrust laws to increase competition

Issues Regarding the Selection of U.S. Senators Prior to 1913

·       All senators were chosen by state legislatures, but states used different procedures to select them

·       Intimidation and bribery of state legislators were often used to influence the selection of senators

·       Deadlocked legislatures were often unable to select senators, leaving vacancies for several years.

Which of the following was implemented in 1913 to solve these problems?

• each state held party conventions in order to select senators

• a national referendum was held to standardize the procedures for selecting senators

• open primaries were used to limit the choices of senators who could be confirmed by state legislatures

• a constitutional amendment was ratified that required senators to be elected directly by popular vote

In 1884 Toynbee Hall was founded in a poor neighborhood in London. The primary mission of Toynbee Hall was to offer services to those in need, but it also gave university students first-hand experience with the effects of poverty. This allowed the students to develop practical solutions to further assist people in need. Many reformers in the United States soon adopted this model.

This model was evident in the United States through the works of ​ (a)  

• Jane Addams and her programs for new immigrants
• Francis Willard and her support of temperance
• A. Philip Randolph and his protests during WWii
• A. Philip Randolph and his protests during WWII
• Eugene V. Debs and the American Railway Union

We claim for ourselves every single right that belongs to a freeborn American, political, civil and social; and until we get these rights we will never cease to protest and assail the ears of America. The battle we wage is not for ourselves alone but for all true Americans.

W.E.B. Du Bois, Niagara Movement Address to the Country, 1906

How did these ideas presented in this address affect the early Civil Rights movement in the United States?

• by encouraging African Americans to achieve equality through vocational education

• by directly supporting Marcus Garvey's Black Star Steamship Line

• by encouraging African Americans to accept Jim Crow Laws

• by forming the basis for the Nation Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

These rights were formally obtained by the ratification of--

Match the answers and amendments

• Suffrage for African American men

• 14th Amendment

• Suffrage for Women

• 26th Amendment

• Suffrage for 18-year-old men and women

• 19th Amendment