Progressive Era Test

This time period focused on social and political reforms in the United States in the early 1900s:

• Civil War Era

• Industrialization Era

• Progressive Era

• Reconstruction Era

This U.S. president made significant contributions to breaking up big business during the Progressive Era:

• Howard Taft

• Woodrow Wilson

• William McKinley

• Theodore Roosevelt

Why did the Progressive Era grow in the United States?

• because of the negative impact of industrialization

• because of the negative impact of the civil war

• because industrial tycoons were appalled by the conditions of factories

• because the American people were disillusioned by WWI

Why did we want to get rid of political machines?

• it was too easy to be corrupt and it was considered to be undemocratic

• people didn't participate in the elections

• there wasn't anyone willing to become a part of the machines

• most people thought they were too much like a labor union

People who were trying to get the 19th Amendment passed were supporting what?

• Right to vote for 18 year olds

• Right to vote for African Americans

• Right to vote for women

• Right to vote for those in prison

What was the name of the political machine in NYC in the 1800s?

• Rockefeller Hall

• Carnegie Hall

• Ordway Hall

• Tammany Hall

People like W.E.B. du Bois participated in the movement against what?

• Racism

• Women's suffrage

• Child Labor

• Prohibition

writer who exposes wrongdoing

• suffrage

• referendum

• recall

• muckraker

winner of the 1912 Presidential election

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Woodrow Wilson

• William Howard Taft

• Upton Sinclair

Book that exposed the meatpacking industry's flaws

• The Jungle

• The Sinclair

• Chicago Exposed

• Unionize Now