Progressive ERA

Which of the following was approved by Congress in 1919 and ratified in 1920 that granted women the right to vote?

• 21st Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• 18th Amendment

• 2nd Amendment

Which of the following refers to an organization that spearheaded the Temperance Movement arguing that alcohol undermined American morals?

• Hatchetation Nation

• Mothers Against Drunk Driving

• Women's Christian Temperance Union

• Alcohol Prohibition Commission

Which law did Congress pass in 1906 to require that food and drugs be labeled correctly?

• The Pure Food and Drug Act

• The Sherman Anti-Trust Act

• The Interstate Commerce Act

• The Pendleton Act

Which term best describes journalists who worked to expose abuses of corporate power, thereby gathering public support for regulation and reform, during the Progressive Era?

• suffragists

• muckrakers

• unionizers

• trustbusters

Which of the following placed a nation-wide ban on the production, distribution, and sale of alcoholic beverages in the U.S.?

• 19th Amendment

• 21st Amendment

• 18th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

The Progressive Movement was characterized by...

• politically active farmers who were united by a platform to abandon the gold standard for currency

• efforts to better American society through reform, expanded democracy, science, and government regulations

• constant civil disobedience on the part of activists, determined to secure equality for African Americans

• the belief that the United States should involve itself more actively in foreign affairs and become expansionist

Upton Sinclair's novel The Jungle was intended as a criticism of the capitalist system but it actually...

• led to improved working conditions for women and children.

• led to greater oversight of the meatpacking industry and the production of food in the US.

• led to improved living conditions for the working class.

• helped to create a government organization to check workplace safety.

Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall is a famous example of this: Corrupt local & state governments run by political "bosses"

• Pendleton Mafia

• Political Machine

• Spoils System

• Monopoly

Which muckraker journalists famously said, "I aimed at the public's heart and by accident I hit it in the stomach"?

• Ida Tarbell

• Sam McClure

• Upton Sinclair

• Jacob Riis

What is the Sherman Anti-Trust Act?

• 1890 law that broke up the massive monopolies that dominated key industries.

• Nickname for Teddy Roosevelt’s agenda as president which included trust- busting and giving all Americans a “square” or fair deal.

• Investigative reporter who sought to make public the ills of society during the Gilded Age.