Quiz on Progressive Reformers and Voting Reforms

Which of the following tactics did bosses and political machines use to gain control of local governments? Choose the three correct answers.

• stuffing ballot boxes

• hiring repeaters

• using secret ballots

• using a merit system

• trading favors for votes

What was the major goal of Progressive reformers?

• to write articles that exposed troubling issues

• to create changes that would help the urban poor

• to push for changes in the government job system

• to end the corrupt methods used by political machines

Which of the following is an example of a legal success that reformers had in improving the conditions for child laborers?

• the passage of laws that completely eliminated child labor

• the creation of a committee that established rates for child workers

• the upholding of the federal child labor laws by the Supreme Court

• the passage of laws that punished parents for ignoring child labor laws

Which of the following are successes that labor unions and reformers had in improving working conditions? Choose the three correct answers.

• longer workweeks

• higher wages

• workers’ compensation laws

• a twelve-hour workday

• laws ending child labor

How did women’s involvement in the Progressive movement lead to constitutional change?

• Women reformers fought for the right to vote, which led to the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment.

• Many women took up the cause of temperance, which led to the passage of the Seventeenth Amendment.

• Women reformers campaigned for senators to be directly chosen, which led to the passage of the Sixteenth Amendment.

• Many women pushed for the government to impose direct income taxes, which led to the passage of the Eighteenth Amendment.

Which of the following correctly shows a limitation of Progressive reforms?

• The temperance movement largely failed to meet its goals.

• Women were not granted the right to vote in federal elections.

• African Americans were unsuccessful in using the courts to fight discrimination.

• New labor laws did not improve the living and working conditions of migrant workers.

Which of the following correctly shows how President Theodore Roosevelt supported Progressive reforms?

• He created a new, modern banking system.

• He convinced Congress to pass a meat inspection law.

• He viewed the protection of nature and its resources as unimportant.

• He started an agency to investigate and punish unfair trade practices.

How was the administration of William Howard Taft different from that of Theodore Roosevelt?

• Taft did not start any antitrust lawsuits.

• Taft was strongly opposed to socialism.

• Taft favored the regulation of big business.

• Taft moved cautiously with reform and regulation.

____________ are changes for the better.

• Improvements

• Upgrades

• Reforms

Cause _____?______
Effects: Improved safety conditions, Reduced work hours, Restrictions on child labor
Which of the following best completes this diagram?

• Mechanization of agriculture
• Progressive reforms
• Assembly line
• Women's Suffrage Movement