Progressive Era & Imperialism Review

True/False: Theodore Roosevelt set aside land for a national park system.

• True

• False

A muckraker was a(n) -

• unskilled immigrant who worked "raking muck" at the farms of wealthy landowners.

• Investigative reporter whose work "rakes up" the corruption and inequalities of society.

• steamboat traveling the shallow Mississippi River, where "muck" got caught in the paddle wheel.

• Chinese immigrant working in a textile factory.

Which of these influential women of the Progressive Era founded the National Woman Suffrage Association?

• Ida Tarbell

• Jane Addams

• Susan B. Anthony

• Liliuokalani

Which of these influential women of the Progressive era founded the Hull House, a settlement house in Chicago?

• Ida Tarbell

• Jane Addams

• Susan B. Anthony

• Liliuokalani

Whose work exposing sanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry led to the Pure Food and Drug Act?

• Ida Tarbell

• Ida B. Wells

• Jacob Riis

• Upton Sinclair

Eugene Debs was a(n)...

• Socialist

• Labor leader

• Union member

• Exoduster

What was the Square Deal?

• Woodrow Wilson's promise that all Americans would have three "square" meals a day.

• Teddy Roosevelt's agenda as president which included trust-busting and giving all Americans a "square" (fair) deal.

• William Taft's promise to European allies that we would stand with them during war, looking the enemy "square" in the face.

• None of the above.

The purpose of the Panama Canal was to--

• Make trade and travel easier and faster between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.

• Make travel safer between North America and Europe.

• Allow more ships to sail between South America and the United States.

• Provide a quicker route around Africa.

Which of the following was NEVER a Spanish colony?

• Guam

• Puerto Rico

• The Philippines

• Malaysia

What was "Yellow Journalism?"

• Reporting of events using sensational, and sometimes false, headlines.

• The very best journalism in the United States, considered the gold (or "yellow") standard.

• Muckraking

• None of the above