Progressive Era Quiz

What was the purpose of the secret ballot reform during the Progressive Era?

• To allow voters to directly introduce bills into the state legislature

• To make government more responsive to the people by allowing private voting

• To enable voters to repeal laws through a special election

• To recall elected officials from office

What did the 17th Amendment to the Constitution change regarding the election of U.S. Senators?

• It allowed voters to directly elect their Senators

• It gave state legislatures the power to select U.S. Senators

• It introduced the concept of direct primaries for party members

• It established the right to vote for women

Which group was particularly active during the Progressive Era in the struggle to achieve voting rights for women?

• The National Woman Suffrage Association founded in 1869

• The US Supreme Court

• The state legislatures

• The Populists

What was one of the outcomes of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire?

How were the actions of state reformers limited during the Progressive Era?

• By the direct election of Senators

• By the National Woman Suffrage Association

• By the US Supreme Court

• By the secret ballot reform

What was the Supreme Court's decision in Lochner v. New York?

• The court upheld a New York State law limiting the working hours of bakers.

• The court struck down a New York State law limiting the working hours of bakers as unconstitutional.

• The court upheld a New York State law allowing unlimited working hours for bakers.

• The court struck down an Oregon law limiting the working hours of women.

What was the outcome of Mueller v. Oregon?

• The Supreme Court struck down an Oregon law limiting the working hours of women.

• The Supreme Court upheld an Oregon law limiting the working hours of women.

• The Supreme Court declared that women should not work at all.

• The Supreme Court increased the working hours of women.

Which of the following was not one of the four women reformers mentioned in the text?

• Susan B. Anthony

• Florence Kelly

• Carrie Chapman Catt

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

What did Susan B. Anthony co-found?

• The National Women's Health Association

• The National Women's Suffrage Association

• The League of Women's Voters

• The American Civil Liberties Union

What was Florence Kelly's role in Illinois?

• She was the governor of Illinois.

• She was a state's chief factory inspector.

• She was a Supreme Court Justice in Illinois.

• She was the president of the National American Women Suffrage Association.