Progressive Era

In Plessy v Ferguson (1896), the US Supreme Court established that "separate but equal" laws did not violate the US Constitution. This decision allowed stated to enact

• zoning laws

• Jim Crown laws

• immigration quotas

• the Chinese Exclusion Act

What was the purpose behind the formation of the American Federation of Labor, led by Samuel Gompers, in 1881?

• to plan social gatherings for laborers

• to improve labor relations with management

• to create small unions specific to each trade

• to fight for better working conditions in America's industries

What was the result of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle?

• the book was banned from libraries

• the federal government began oversight if the meat-packing industry

• there was backlash against labor union organizers

• there were further restrictions placed on civil liberties

Muckrakers like Ida Tarbell hoped to

• oversee the Tennessee Valley Authority

• stop ratification of the 18th Amendment

• expose abuses in business and corruption in politics

• improved methods of mass production

What role did Jane Addams play in the Progressive Era?

• She provided nursing care to tenement dwellers in New York City

• She helped lobby for the 17th Amendment

• She focused on the needs of poor people living in Chicago

• She formed the Women's Trade Union League (WTUL)

What was the difference between Angel Island and Ellis Island in terms of immigration?

• Ellis Island turned away more immigrants

• Angel Island received Asian immigrants and Ellis Island received European immigrants

• Angel Island rejected more immigrants

• People did not change their name when they came to Ellis Island

The construction of this federal project ended Manifest Destiny (WESTWARD EXPANSION) and connected east to the west coast.

• Panama Canal

• Golden Gate Bridge

• Transcontinental Railroad

• Transatlantic Telegraph

What was the significance of Teddy Roosevelt’s Conservation Movement?

• Preserve millions of acres of wilderness land such as the Grand Canyon and Yellowstone Park

• Decrease in taxes, increase in military spending, decrease in social programs

• Developed federal laws restricting immigrants from communist and socialist countries, Western Europe

• Creates the Environmental Protection Agency, conducts environmental research, and to assists state and local governments in the clean-up of polluted sites

What was the purpose of the American Federation of Labor?

• Provided education, medical care, pension, and mortgage loans for military veterans

• A political group that fought for the full social and economic equality for African Americans

• Journalist who brought attention to the social and political problems of the early 1900’s

• A labor union, designed to convince employers to give workers shorter workdays and better working conditions.

Her article about the Standard Oil Company led to demands for tighter controls on corporate monopolies.

• Jane Addams

• Eleanor Roosevelt

• Elizabeth C. Stanton

• Ida Tarbell