Progressive Reformers

Progressive Era reformers sought to expand voter participation by adopting

• tougher literacy tests.

• additional poll taxes.

• initiative and referendum.

• a civil service system.

Members of the Progressive Movement generally supported the idea that the federal government should

• prevent unfair business practices.

• restrict immigration to the U.S.

• abolish private property ownership.

• reduce the number of small farms.

Books such as The Octupus by Frank Norris and The Jungle by Upton Sinclair exposed problems that resulted from

• the naturalization of immigrants.

• westward expansion.

• rapid industrialization.

• environmental conservation.

The Progressive Movement drew its strength from

• big business.

• farmers.

• middle-class reformers.

• socialists.

What was the goal of those who supported the 17th Amendment?

• expanding the power of the legislative branch

• providing equal voting rights to minority groups

• basing Senate representation on state population

• making the Senate more responsive to the people

Which goal was shared by both Populists and Progressives?

• the free coinage of silver

• greater control of the government by the people

• expansion of opportunities for immigrants

• equality for African Americans

Jane Addams

• was a birth control advocate.

• believed in Social Darwinism.

• advocated for the working poor.

• was an economist.

A major purpose of the Progressive movement (1900-1917) was to....

• stimulate the economy

• support government control of factory production

• encourage immigration from southern and eastern Europe

• correct the economic and social abuses of industrial society

Which "muckraker" (progressive writer) exposed unsanitary and dangerous working conditions of meat packing plants with the book "The Jungle?"

• Jacob Riis

• Ida Tarbell

• Thomas Nast

• Upton Sinclair

In the cartoon above, President Theodore Roosevelt is depicted doing which of the following?

• Standing guard to protect big business

• Enforcing the Sherman Anti-Trust Act

• Leading a government take-over of large industries

• Putting an end to industries that might harm the environment