Progressive Era Test

Who was primarily responsible for the passage of the 18th Amendment?

• The suffragettes

• The temperance movement

• The abolitionists

• The civil rights movement

The system that includes all federal jobs except for the military and elected positions is known as the

• bureaucracy

• civil service

• patronage system

• temperance movement

Who was a key figure in the push for women's suffrage and used methods such as hunger strikes and picketing the White House?

• George Washington

• Alice Paul

• Abraham Lincoln

• Thomas Jefferson

Who among the following was a muckraker who wrote about business corruption and the injustice of the Standard Oil Company?

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Ida Tarbell

• Booker T. Washington

• Susan B. Anthony

What was a major concern for many Americans during the Gilded Age?

• The rise of political corruption and deteriorating living and working conditions

• The dominance of a single party in Congress

• The presidency of Chester Arthur

• The advent of green energy technologies

Which of the following was not advocated by President Roosevelt?

• The Pure Food and Drug Act

• Conservation of natural resources

• The Meat Inspection Act

• The complete break-up of all trusts

What did the 19th Amendment guarantee?

• The right to bear arms

• The right to free speech

• The right to vote for women

• The right to a fair trial

Before the referendum was adopted,

• Party leaders pick candidates for state and local office
• Only courts could remove corrupt officials
• Only legislators could pass laws
• Only voters can vote on bills directly

After the adoption of primaries, voters could

• Select their party's candidates
• Put bills before the legislature
• Pass laws
• Remove corrupt officials from government

What power did the initiative give to voters?

• Voters could select their Party's candidate
• Voters could put bills before the legislature
• Voters could decide on bills directly
• Voters could remove corrupt officials from office