Progressive Era Test

What was the goal of the Progressive Era?

• To limit the role of government in businesses

• To limit individual freedoms for all Americans.

• To fix issues that came from the Industrial Revolution

• To prevent any changes in society.

Which of these was NOT a focus for Progressives?

• Expanding voting rights
• Improving civil rights for African-Americans

• Regulating big business
• Improving working conditions

Which Amendment regarded the Prohibition of Alcohol?

• 16th

• 17th

• 18th

• 19th

What was the name of journalists who tried to uncover and expose corruption and tell the stories of the poor?

• Prohibitionists

• Muckrakers

• Suffragists

• Senators

Which of these was NOT a way things "progressed" during the Progressive Era?

• Introducing new ways for people to get more involved in government

• Expanding women's suffrage
• A conservative approach to making sure life and peoples' rights stayed the same

• Improving factory conditions

A bill originated by the people and often voted on by the government:

• Recall

• Initiative
• Referendum
• Primary

A vote on a law done by the voters rather than the legislature:

• Referendum

• Initiative

• Recall

• Primary

Enables voters to remove a politician from office before the next scheduled election:

• Referendum

• Recall

• Initiative

• Primary

Enables voters to choose a party's candidate to run in a future election:

• Referedum

• Recall

• Initiative

• Primary

This gave people the ability to directly elect their senators

• 16th Amendment

• 17th Amendment

• 18th Amendment

• 19th Amendment