Progressive Era Review Quiz

Why did American want to build the Panama Canal?

• Trading and Military Purposes
• To have an advantage at war.
• To control Panama
• To prevent future wars

Use the information to answer the following question. 

Upton Sinclair said of his 1906 novel 'The Jungle', "I aimed at the public's heart and by accident I hit it in the stomach."

What did Sinclair mean by this statement?

• Hoping to write a best-selling novel, his writing exposed the monopolistic practices of the meat packing industry.

• Hoping to write a best-selling novel, he instead exposed the exploitation of the workers in the meatpacking industry.

• Hoping to show the unsanitary conditions of meatpacking, he revealed more powerfully the treatment of that industry's workers.

• Hoping to show the troubles meatpacking workers experienced. Instead, he revealed the industry's extremely unsanitary working conditions.

How did Jane Addams' Hull House achieve social and economic change?

• It achieved it by embracing nativism.

• It achieved it by advocating socialist reform.

• It achieved it by educating the poor and women.

• It achieved it by encouraging government protests.

Use the 1890s image to answer the following question:

How did images such as this contribute to the progressive reforms of the early 20th century?

• Immigration quotas were enacted to prevent overcrowding in large cities.

• Housing codes were created to improve living conditions for the working class.

• Welfare programs created to reduce poverty levels in urban communities.

• Voting restrictions were created to limit the influence of immigrants on the political process.

How did the Supreme Court's decision in Plessy vs Ferguson (1896) affect race relations in the South in the late 19th century?

• The decision allowed Southern states to legally segregate facilities and institutions.

• The court ordered Southern states to enforce the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments.

• The decision awarded African Americans new political freedoms such as the right to hold office.

• The court struck down a law that would have declared Jim Crow laws to be unconstitutional

Use the political cartoon to answer the following question:

Based on this cartoon, what did the artist think of the court's decision of Plessy vs Ferguson?

• Both African Americans and whites benefited from Jim Crow laws despite unequal facilities.

• Under Jim Crow laws, African Americans worked hard to improve the conditions of their facilities.

• Segregation under Jim Crow laws was causing violence between African Americans and whites.

• Under Jim Crow laws, separate facilities for African Americans were not equal to facilities for whites.

How could the actions of the United States in the Spanish-American War be viewed as hypocritical?

• The United States was upset over the imperialist policies of European countries, but then sought to expand its own territory during the war.

• The United States declared its plan to end the slave trade dominated by Spain, but continued to permit slavery in its own territory.

• The United States entered the war because of human rights violations by Spain, but then committed worse violations while occupying Cuba.

• The United States sought to remove European influence from Latin America, but then sold the Latin American territory it gained from Spain to England.

What response BEST accounts for the trend shown in this graph?

• An increase in skilled laborers from immigration.

• An increase in state minimum working ages.

• A decrease in productivity from the Spanish-American War.

• An decrease in charitable donations from big businesses.

How did supporters of the United States justify its imperialism and actions in the South Pacific during the 20th century?

• They argued that nations must be allowed the opportunity to realize their potential without foreign intervention.

• They argued that the United States had a duty to spread its political, economic, and cultural beliefs and institutions to other nations.

• They argued that it is up to the United States to act as the "defender" of the Western Hemisphere in the interests of global security.

• They argued that in order to protect its economic interests, the United States must compete with European nations for global influence.

Why did many critics of the early women's suffrage movement consider it to be radical?

• It was the first progressive reform movement that was dominated by women.

• It challenged monopolistic businesses and both of the existing political parties.

• It overwhelmingly demanded an amendment to end discrimination against women.

• It challenged the view that women's most important roles were as wives and mothers.