20th Century America

During the Progressive Era, the work week was limited to 30-40 hours per week.

• True

• False

Muckrakers were republicans who refused to support their party's presidential candidate because they opposed reform.

• True

• False

Political groups of the early 1900s included Progressives, Populists, and Socialists.

• True

• False

The issues of the Progressive Era are no longer present today.

• True

• False

Jacob Riis led a reform in Wisconsin to help improve his state's govt.

• True

• False

Jane Addams co-founded a settlement house to solve neighborhood problems.

• True

• False

In 1919, the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, providing suffrage to women.

• True

• False

How did the governor of Wisconsin, Robert M. La Follette, improve his state's government?

• Enlisted experts for a council-manager form of government

• Established a tax based on income

• Created the first public hearing meeting

• Became a muckraker and wrote a book about government corruption

For which cause did Jane Addams NOT provide support?

• Creating a community center to solve neighborhood problem

• Establishing the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

• Women's suffrage

• She provided support for all of these causes

• She only provided support for settlement houses for immigrants

What was the main political reform that Socialists worked toward?

• End capitalism

• Stop private ownership

• Create taxes to support govt rather than charge tariffs

• Make the govt more responsive to social inequities