Period 7.2 Progressive Era Quiz

Which president was influenced by Jacob Riis' book 'How the Other Half Lives'?

• William Jennings Bryan

• William Howard Taft

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Woodrow Wilson

What did the Muckrakers do?

• Supported big businesses and trusts

• Exposed social problems through journalism

• Promoted religious doctrine for social reform

• Fought for women's suffrage

What was the purpose of the 17th Amendment?

• To bring about popular election of US senators

• To regulate the hours and working conditions in sweat shops

• To protect women workers

• To establish national parks

What was the focus of women's activism during the Progressive Era?

• Medical and nursing reform for Civil War veterans

• Focus on teaching their children Republican virtues

• Support of laissez-faire policies

• Factory reform, settlement house movement and temperance

Who was known as the 'Trust Buster'?

• Woodrow Wilson

• Theodore Roosevelt

• William Jennings Bryan

• William Howard Taft

What did the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act establish?

• Federal meat inspectors in meat packing plants, and food and drug administration

• Laws regulating the long cattle drives from Texas to commercial railroads in Kansas and Colorado.

• Establishment of regulations for sweatshops

• Establishing laws for child laborers

What was the nickname for Taft's foreign policy?

• Monroe Doctrine

• Dollar Diplomacy

• Open Door Policy

• Big Stick Diplomacy

What caused the split in the Republican Party during Taft's presidency?

• The firing of Gifford Pinchot

• The Ballinger-Pinchot quarrel

• All of the above

• The Payne-Aldrich Bill

Who won the election of 1912?

• William Jennings Bryan

• Theodore Roosevelt

• William Howard Taft

• Woodrow Wilson

What was the platform of Woodrow Wilson's New Freedom program?

• Stronger control of trusts and social welfare programs

• Stronger antitrust laws and banking reform

• Both A and B

• None of the above