Progressive Era Test

Name

Voters selecting their own candidates is called what?

• Referendum
• Initiative
• 17th Amendment
• Recall
• Direct Primary

Voters can put bills before legislature is called what?

• Referendum
• Initiative
• 17th Amendment
• Recall
• Direct Primary

Voters can vote on bills directly is called what?

• Referendum
• Initiative
• 17th Amendment
• Recall
• Direct Primary

Voters can remove elected officials from office is called what?

• Referendum
• Initiative
• 17th Amendment
• Recall
• Direct Primary

6. Which of the following would NOT be considered a GOAL of the Progressives?

• The government should be more accountable to the people
• The wealthy's influenced should be curbed (decreased)
• Expand the powers to the people and of the government
• Promote the power of large corporations and businesses

7. Journalists who report on the problems within society are called?

• Robber Barons
• Political Bosses
• Muckrakers
• Yellow Journalists

8. Along with Lincoln Steffens, Ida Tarbell was arguably the most famous of the "muckrakers". What was her most famous target of scrutiny?

• Meatpacking conditions
• Urban Poverty
• Standard Oil
• Railroad corruption

9. Which means a shift in focus from farming to manufacturing

• Immigration
• Urbanization
• Nationalization
• Industrialization

10. Which means a shift in focus from the countryside to cities and towns

• Immigration
• Urbanization
• Nationalization
• Industrialization