EOC Review Progressive Era

1.                      In serious labor disputes, which arose before 1900, the U.S. government

• usually supported the owners.      

• tended to support the organized workers.

• usually remained strictly neutral, refusing to mediate the disputes

• sometimes supported the workers and other times supported the owners

The growing labor unrest of the late-1800s was MOST influenced by

• the much-disputed result of the Presidential election in 1877.

• Poor working conditions and a widening income gap between industrial laborers and factory bosses.

• popular resistance to the idea of going to war with Spain over Cuba.

• the Federal government's decision to end its use of the Gold Standard.

Carrie Nation and the Women’s Christian Temperance Union were MOST known for their work in what late- 19th and early-20th century movement?

• abolition

• prohibition

• women's labor

• women's suffrage

What was the nickname given for Teddy Roosevelt’s progressive plan for the American people after he

became President?

• New Deal

• Progressive Deal

• Square Deal

• Deal or No Deal

The direct election of U.S. Senators, women's suffrage, and greater government regulation of large industries were all issues of importance in the early 1900s to the

• Democrats

• Federalists

• Know-Nothings

• Progressives

This photograph shows

• the effects of the stock market crash in 1929.

• the economic and social benefits of the Industrial Revolution.

• the conditions faced by workers in the south in the early 20th century.

• the common conditions faced by child laborers in the early 20th century.

In the early 1900s, what was a common belief held by most Progressives

• Deficit spending was essential to raise capital needed for reforms.

• A return to a weak central government would encourage business leaders to eliminate abuses

• Legislation could help solve social and economic problems.

• Federal ownership of industry was necessary to correct society’s problems

Women in the United States were MOST affected by which amendment?

• The Nineteenth Amendment

• The Twentieth Amendment

• The Twenty-first Amendment

• The Eighteenth Amendment

Which of the following was NOT a goal of the Progressive movement in the early 1900s?

• improve working conditions

• support the role of big businesses

• remove corruption in government

• eliminate discrimination in minorities

Which phrase best describes the purpose of Hull House during the early twentieth century?

• providing religious instruction to future clergy members

• serving as meeting halls for nativist political organizations

• influencing the political practices of newly arrived immigrants

• offering social services to economically disadvantaged neighborhoods