Progressive Era Quiz II

Who exposed the corruption of the oil industry with her 1904 work A History of Standard Oil?

• Jane Addams

• Ida Tarbell

• Lincoln Steffens

• Florence Kelley

Who worked for New York City newspapers and was managing editor of McClure's Magazine, where he began his famous muckraking articles?

• Jane Addams

• Lincoln Steffens

• Florence Kelley

• Ida Tarbell

In which magazine did progressive muckraker journalists like Lincoln Steffens and Ida Tarbell get their start?

• Vogue

• National Geographic

• Time Magazine

• McClure's Magazine

What is a settlement house?

• A library

• A museum

• A government building

• A house where immigrants came to live upon entering the U.S.

Where was the first Settlement House opened by Jane Addams?

• New York City

• Chicago

• Los Angeles

• Boston

Who installed the Hull House in a ghetto of Chicago?

• Ida Tarbell

• Lincoln Steffens

• Florence Kelley

• Jane Addams

Who was a lifelong fighter for the welfare of women, children, blacks, and consumers?

• Florence Kelley

• Lincoln Steffens

• Ida Tarbell

• Jane Addams

What was the Payne-Aldrich Tariff of 1909?

• A bill lowering certain tariffs on goods entering the United States

• A bill related to education

• A bill related to healthcare

• A bill increasing tariffs on goods entering the United States

What was the Ballinger-Pinchot Affair about?

• Labor rights

• Conservation policies

• Taxation policies

• Foreign policy

Which party stemmed from the Taft-Roosevelt split and supported progressivism and reform?

• Republican Party

• Democratic Party

• Progressive Party

• Green Party