Progressive Era Quiz

What was the main concern of the American farmers in the late 19th century?

• The lack of technological advancements

• High costs of shipping, overproduction of goods, and natural disasters

• The decline of the Populist Party

• The government's inability to regulate business

What was the purpose of the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887?

• To deregulate business

• To regulate business

• To promote unlimited coinage of silver

• To establish term limits for President

Which political party was formed in 1892 to represent the "common man"?

• The Progressive Party

• The Republican Party

• The Democratic Party

• The Populist Party

What was one of the key proposals of the Populist Party?

Who did the Populist Party endorse in the Presidential Election of 1896?

• William McKinley

• William Howard Taft

• William Jennings Bryan

• Theodore Roosevelt

What was the main focus of the Progressive Movement era?

• To promote the interests of the upper-middle class

• To address problems caused by industrialization and urbanization

• To support the unlimited coinage of silver

• To establish term limits for President

What was the primary goal of the Social Gospel Movement?

• To control utilities and basic industries

• To help the less fortunate as a Christian duty

• To expose corruption in business

• To assimilate immigrants into mainstream culture

What did the Muckrakers aim to do?

• Establish settlement houses

• Found the NAACP

• Expose corruption and abuses of the industrial age

• Control the government

Which book by Upton Sinclair led to the passing of the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act?

• How the Other Half Lives

• The History of Standard Oil

• The Jungle

• The Promised Land

What was the purpose of the Pure Food and Drug Act?

• To require meat to be inspected by the USDA

• To ensure that products labeled as drugs were effective

• To prevent the sale of food and drugs that were falsely labeled

• To establish the Food and Drug Administration