Progressive Era Quiz II

Which of the following was implemented in 1913 to solve these problems with the election of U.S. Senators?

• 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.

How did the ideas of W.E.B Dubois 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 NAACP.

The Passage of the Clayton Antitrust Act, Ratification of the 18th Amendment, and Passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act occurred in what time period?

• The Great Society

• The Progressive Era

• The Great Depression

• The Jazz Age

The percentage of workers ages 10-14 steadily decreased between 1890 and 1930. Which reason contributed to this trend?

• The number of factories using the assembly line decreased.

• A progressive movement worked to stop the use of child labor.

• A political movement worked to lower taxes for business.

• The number of people joining the labor unions decreased.

What was the immediate response to the unsanitary practices mentioned in Upton Sinclair's book, The Jungle?

• Monopolies formed to control competition in the mean-processing industry.

• Meat packers developed refrigerated railroad cars to ship meat nationwide.

• Congress passed legislation to protect consumer health and safety.

• Farmers demanded government regulation of livestock sales and distribution.

These demands of the Populist party: regulation of railroad shipping charges, a graduated income tax, and free and unlimited coinage of silver reflected the concerns of

• small farmers in need of affordable credit

• robber barons pursuing higher profits

• prominent bankers who controlled the money supply

• immigrant workers seeking economic justic.