Review: The Progressive Era

Which of the following was approved by Congress in 1919 and ratified in 1920 that granted women the right to vote?

• 21st Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• 18th Amendment

• 2nd Amendment

Which of the following refers to an organization that spearheaded the Temperance Movement arguing that alcohol undermined American morals?

• Hatchetation Nation

• Mothers Against Drunk Driving

• Women's Christian Temperance Union

• Alcohol Prohibition Commission

Which law did Congress pass in 1906 to require that food and drugs be labeled correctly?

• The Pure Food and Drug Act

• The Sherman Anti-Trust Act

• The Interstate Commerce Act

• The Pendleton Act

President Theodore Roosevelt was very interested in the conservation movement that had evolved during the late 1800s. Which of the following best describes Roosevelt's role in the conservation movement?

• ​​​​​​He promoted recycling programs and encouraged people to consume less.

• ​​​​​​He became interested in renewable sources of energy and worked to increase energy efficiency.

• ​​​​​​He created new laws to reduce the amount of pollution emitted from factories.

• He expanded the national park system and supported government policies that managed natural resources.

Which practice does the photo show that Progressive leaders were trying to regulate?

• indentured servitude

• union organization

• child labor

• assembly lines

Which term best describes journalists who worked to expose abuses of corporate power, thereby gathering public support for regulation and reform, during the Progressive Era?

• suffragists

• muckrakers

• unionizers

• trustbusters

Which of the following placed a nation-wide ban on the production, distribution, and sale of alcoholic beverages in the U.S.?

• 19th Amendment

• 21st Amendment

• 18th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

The Progressive Movement was characterized by...

• politically active farmers who were united by a platform to abandon the gold standard for currency

• efforts to better American society through reform, expanded democracy, science, and government regulations

• constant civil disobedience on the part of activists, determined to secure equality for African Americans

• the belief that the United States should involve itself more actively in foreign affairs and become expansionist

What was the impact of muckraker journalist Ida Tarbell's History of the Standard Oil Company?

• It led to the breakup of the company as a trust.

• It led to the passage of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.

• It led to the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act.

• Helped to rid the United States of "wage slavery"

Upton Sinclair's novel The Jungle was intended as a criticism of the capitalist system but it actually...

• led to improved working conditions for women and children.

• led to greater oversight of the meatpacking industry and the production of food in the US.

• led to improved living conditions for the working class.

• helped to create a government organization to check workplace safety.