USH 3 Progressive Era Reforms

This U.S. president made significant contributions to breaking up big business during the Progressive Era:

• Howard Taft

• Woodrow Wilson

• William McKinley

• Theodore Roosevelt

What goal are you trying to achieve if you're looking to make urban reforms?

• getting rid of a capitalistic economy

• eliminating political machines/bosses

• conservation of natural resources

• ending racial discrimination

People who were trying to get the 19th Amendment passed were supporting what?

• Right to vote for 18 year olds

• Right to vote for African Americans

• Right to vote for women

• Right to vote for those in prison

Those who wanted to make economic reform may have been concerned about which issue?

• the influence of monopolies and trusts

• eliminating political machines/bosses

• conservation of natural resources

• ending racial discrimination

Women like Alice Paul participated in which movement?

• African American suffrage

• Immigrant rights

• Women's suffrage

• Prohibition

People like W.E.B. du Bois participated in the movement against what?

• Racism

• Women's suffrage

• Child Labor

• Prohibition

What does the power of referendum give voters the right to do?

• select a candidate to run in the general election

• to propose a law by getting signatures on a petition

• remove elected officials from public office

• to approve or reject a law (especially one that imposes taxes)

Which of the following is an example of a federal reform made during the Progressive Era?

• taking over city utilities

• establishing national parks

• creating settlement houses in poor communities

• providing jobs for young, single men

During the Progressive Era, new amendments were added to the U.S. Constitution. Which amendment number allowed citizens to directly elect senators?

• 14th

• 15th

• 16th

• 17th

In 1906, the United States Congress passed the Meat Inspection Act which allowed government officials to inspect meat sold in interstate trade. What type of reform was this law?

• Grassroots

• State

• National

• International