Progressive Era Quiz

Who wrote the dystopian novel The Iron Heel in 1908?

• Upton Sinclair

• Jack London

• Edward Bellamy

• Jacob Riis

What term did Theodore Roosevelt use to describe journalists who exposed business practices, poverty, and corruption?

• Muckrakers

• Reformers

• Truth-seekers

• Activists

Which book led to housing reform in New York and other cities by documenting urban poverty with photography?

• Looking Backward

• How the Other Half Lives

• In His Steps

• The Jungle

What did Upton Sinclair's novel The Jungle lead to the passage of in 1906?

• Labor Rights Act

• Environmental Protection Act

• Consumer Rights Act

• Meat Inspection Act

Which novel by Edward Bellamy became a national sensation in the nineteenth century?

• The Iron Heel

• The Jungle

• Looking Backward

• How the Other Half Lives

In what year did Charles Sheldon publish the novel In His Steps: What Would Jesus Do?

• 1906

• 1896

• 1888

• 1910

What movement transforming American religion did Charles Sheldon's novel connect with?

• Social Gospel

• Christian Socialism

• Progressive Christianity

• Religious Reform

Where did Walter Rauschenbusch accept the pastorate of a German Baptist church?

• Topeka

• Boston

• New York City

• Chicago

What phrase did Walter Rauschenbusch revive to encompass every aspect of life and make every part of society a purview of the proper Christian?

• The Utopian Society

• The Social Harmony

• The Kingdom of God

• The Beloved Community

What did most social gospel advocates refuse to support?

• Environmental Protection

• Civil Rights

• Women's Suffrage

• Labor Rights