Imperialism and Progressive Era Test Review

What amendment provided suffrage for women (1920)?

• 17th

• 18th

• 16th

• 19th

Which Progressive President used Big Stick Diplomacy and was known as a Trust buster?

• Taft

• Woodrow Wilson

• Teddy Roosevelt

• Luke Skywalker

The Spanish-American War marked a turning point in American foreign policy because the United States-

• refused to become a colonial power

• pledged neutrality in future European conflicts

• emerged as a new world power

• focused on fixing issues in the U.S.

The publication of The Jungle by Upton Sinclair in 1906 was important in getting members of Congress to-

• legalize strikes by labor unions

• support conservation of public lands

• enact stronger anti-trust laws

• establish a system for meat inspection

Who wrote the expose piece of literature that revealed the extensive corrupt monopolistic business practices of Standard Oil?

• Ida Tarbell

• Jacob Riis

• Upton Sinclair

• Lewis Hines

What amendment banned people from making, drinking or selling alcohol?

• 21st Amendment

• 17th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• 18th Amendment

Which of the following newspaper headlines BEST illustrates the practice of yellow journalism in 1898?

• 266 Killed in USS Maine Accident

• USS Maine Sinks in Havana Harbor

• USS Maine Destroyed by Spanish Treachery

• Investigators Search for Cause of USS Maine Explosion

What was the goal of those who supported the 17th Amendment, providing the direct election of U.S. Senators?

• expand the power of the legislative branch

• allow voters more power to decide

• provide equal voting to minority groups

• base Senate representation on state populations

Name the man who exposed the terrible tenement houses.

• Booker T. Washington

• W.E.B. DuBois

• Upton Sinclair

• Jacob Riis

The creation of initiative, referendum and recall procedures during the Progressive Era resulted in -

• a redistribution of the tax burden among citizens

• a system of separate schools for new immigrants

• more sources of revenue for state government

• the expansion of citizen's direct participation in democracy