Progressive Era Quiz

Which belief was held by most Progressives?

• The government should be more accountable to its citizens.

• Housing and health care should remain private.

• The government should protect agricultural interests.

• The government shouldn’t intervene in unfair business practices.

Who published the book about the urban poor in New York City called, How the Other Half Lives?

• Upton Sinclair

• Thorstein Veblen

• Jacob Riis

• Teddy Roosevelt

Progressive authors who exposed political and corporate corruption with investigative reporting were called

• union busters

• trust busters

• muckrakers

• Burt Block Buster

Election in which voters cast ballots to select nominees for upcoming elections is called

• direct primary

• initiative

• referendum

• recall

Citizens can propose new laws through the ________ process.

• direct primary

• initiative

• referendum

• recall

Voters can remove public officials from office before the next election through the ________ procedure.

• direct primary

• initiative

• referendum

• recall

What action did President Roosevelt take in the United Mine Workers’ strike in 1902?

• He dissolved the union.

• He sent the army to seize and operate the mines.

• He insisted that labor and management submit the dispute to arbitration.

• He refused to interfere with labor and management relations.

Roosevelt led the effort to reform the meatpacking industry after reading

• The Jungle.

• Uncle Tom’s Cabin.

• The Shame of the Cities.

• “The History of the Standard Oil Company.”

The law that required truthful labels was the

• Pure Food and Drug Act.

• Meat Inspection Act.

• Sherman Antitrust Act.

• Interstate Commerce Act.

President Roosevelt's progressive record included all the following except

• conservation of forest land.

• break-up of several trusts deemed harmful to the public.

• regulation of food and drugs.

• establishment of the Federal Reserve System.