Progressive Era Study Guide

The first large-scale effort by the United States government to regulate business involved

• creation of the Food and Drug Administration

• adoption of the Eighteenth Amendment

• establishment of the Interstate Commerce Commission

• passage of the Sherman Anti-trust Act

What reform did Francis Willard support?

• suffrage

• temperance

• NAACP

• workers rights

How did the Seventeenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution give more political power to the individual voter?

• It established the direct election of U.S. Senators by popular vote.

• It allowed for the number of senators per state to be determined by population.

• It allowed citizens to vote regardless of race, creed, or ethnicity.

• It freed citizens to vote without paying a poll tax or passing a literacy test.

How did the actions of Progressive reformers reflect the stated goal expressed in the preamble, "We the people of the United States, in order to form a perfect Union.?"

• The Progressive reformers inspired others to support them by using the free press.

• The Progressive reformers supported causes that exemplified the will of the majority.

• The Progressive reformers consisted of individuals from various racial and ethnic groups

• The Progressive reformers participated in the democratic process to make change.

What is Jane Addams best remembered for?

• women's suffrage

• temperance

• creating social reform programs for the poor and establishing Hull House.

• Working for equal protection amendment

Ida B. Wells exposed the brutality associated with _______?

• lynching

• drinking

• poll taxes

• disenfranchisement

W.E.B. DuBois and other progressive leaders founded the ______.

• Women's Lib Movement

• Civil Rights Movement

• NAACP

• NWASA

Upton Sinclair wrote The Jungle which drew attention to the meat packing industry but also drew attention to ________.

• horrible conditions many workers faced

• pathetic quality of housing in many cities

• inequalities between the rich and the poor

• lack of social services available at the time

he writings of W.E.B. DuBois promoted the idea that ____.

• African Americans deserved racial equality immediately

• African Americans needed to organize as a political party

• African Americans must leave the country to obtain rights

• African Americans should seek to gradually gain civil rights

After approving the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, Pure Food and Drug Act, and the Interstate Commerce Act, what was the relationship between the federal government and business during the Progressive Era?

• The federal government took an active part in regulating business practices.

• The federal government created mandated protections for businesses.

• The federal government passed laws promoting improved working conditions.

• The federal government gave funding to further business development.