Progressive Era

The period between 1900 and the start of World War I is known as the

• Gilded Age

• Roaring 20s

• Progressive Era

• Imperialism

creator of settlement houses to assist immigrants moving to the United States

• W.E.B. Dubios

• Elizabeth Canton

• Jane Addams

• Ida B. Wells

gave women the right to suffrage

• 17th Amendment

• 18th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• 21st Amendment

Which was NOT true of President Theodore Roosevelt?

• Encouraged government to break up monopolies and trusts.
• Ran for re-election as a candidate for the Bull Moose party in 1912
• Supported conservation of natural resources.
• Selected as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court after leaving the presidency.

A _________________ was a journalist who sought to uncover problems like the ones Upton Sinclair discovered in the meatpacking industry.

• carpetbagger
• muckraker
• suffragette
• scalawag

What was the name of the "muckraking" novel authored by Upton Sinclair?

• The Shame of the Cities
• The History of the Standard Oil Company
• The Jungle
• The Hunger Games

What was the Progressive Era movement called that supported the prohibition of alcohol?

• Social Darwinism
• Labor Movement
• Women's Suffrage Movement
• Temperance Movement

What name was given to a famous group of soldiers organized by Theodore Roosevelt during the Spanish-American War?

• Rough Riders
• Navy Seals
• Buffalo Soldiers
• Doughboys

Who was the Secretary of the Navy that resigned his position to go fight in the Spanish-American War with a group of volunteers in Cuba?

• Alfred Thayer
• Walter Reed
• Theodore Roosevelt
• William McKinley

What was the purpose of the 18th Amendment, ratified in 1919?

• It established the personal income tax.
• It established the prohibition of alcohol.
• It established the direct election of senators.
• It allowed for voters to select their party candidates.