Progressive Era Quiz

Who coined the term 'muckraker'?

• Ida Tarbell

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Upton Sinclair

• Jacob Riis

Which book exposed the unclean procedures in the Chicago meatpacking industry?

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

• The History of the Standard Oil Company

• The Jungle

• How the Other Half Lives

Who wrote a series of articles exposing Standard Oil's unfair business practices?

• Upton Sinclair

• Ida Tarbell

• Jacob Riis

• Jane Addams

Which muckraker documented the living conditions of the urban poor?

• Jane Addams

• Jacob Riis

• Ida Tarbell

• Upton Sinclair

What was the Supreme Court ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson?

• Racial discrimination was unconstitutional

• Separate but equal was constitutional

• Jim Crow laws were abolished

• Blacks gained voting rights

What did the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution do?

• Provided for the direct election of Senators

• Abolished slavery

• Ended child labor

• Established women's suffrage

What did the initiative/referendum allow voters to do?

• Elect United States Senators

• Remove politicians from office

• Suggest and approve laws directly

• Vote on an issue directly

Which Progressive reform set a minimum age for employment and restricted child labor?

• Minimum wage laws

• Work site inspections

• Worker's compensation laws

• Child labor laws

Who was a key figure in the conservation movement during the Progressive Era?

• Theodore Roosevelt

• John Muir

• Gifford Pinchot

• All of the above

What is the economic philosophy that opposes government intervention?

• Laissez-faire

• Progressive

• Muckraker

• Recall