Progressive Movement

This woman helped found Hull House and was one of the founders of the Progressive Movement in the US

• Ida B. Wells

• Jane Addams

• Jeannette Rankin

• Margaret Thatcher

Muckraking journalists were known primarily for their

• willingness to expose corruption in society

• Supporting laissez-faire policies

• Support for US Alliances in Europe during WW1

• Support for US Expansion worldwide

Direct Primaries, Recalls, Secret Ballots: what was the purpose of these reforms

• Increase democracy and transparency
• Decrease democracy and transparency
• Limit citizen participation
• Promote corruption and fraud

The followers of the Social Gospel Movement believed that organized religion should place a greater emphasis on

• Raising tax revenue

• Supporting farmers in the East

• Limiting Immigration

• Reconstructing American Society

Woodrow Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt, and William Howard Taft are commonly referred to as the Progressive Presidents

• True

• False

The Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act were attempts by Congress to

• regulate and ensure the safety of food and drugs
• ban the sale of food and drugs
• bring transportation activities under government ownership

• impost the government regulations on agricultural production

Prior to 1900 many cities were controlled by

• Mayors

• City Managers

• Political Machines

• Muckrakers

Before the 17th Amendment, Senators were chosen by State Legislatures

• True

• False

Which of the following were policies supported by Progressives

• Child Labor Laws

• Political Reforms

• Juvenile Courts

• Women's suffrage

An organization created during the Progressive Era to promote an end to segregation, racial violence, and fight for the advancement of civil rights and liberties for African Americans was:

• The Tuskegee Inst.

• Women's League

• International Workers Party

• NAACP