Total Recall: Progressive Era

What were the main goals of the Progressive Era reformers?

• To promote social welfare, expand democracy, and create economic reform

• To increase government corruption, limit voting rights, and reduce worker protections

• To encourage monopolies, restrict education, and oppose civil rights

• To maintain the status quo, discourage innovation, and support child labor

How did muckrakers influence public opinion during the Progressive Era?

• By exposing corruption and social injustices through investigative journalism

• By supporting monopolies and suppressing reform movements

• By promoting government secrecy and discouraging public debate

• By encouraging citizens to ignore political and social issues

Which U.S. president is most closely associated with the "Square Deal"?

• William McKinley

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Woodrow Wilson

• William H. Taft

Which amendment gave women the right to vote?

• 16th

• 17th

• 18th

• 19th

Which of the following was NOT a goal of the Progressive Movement?

• Protecting social welfare

• Expanding business monopolies

• Creating economic reform

• Fostering efficiency

Which muckraker exposed the unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry?

• Ida Tarbell

• Upton Sinclair

• Jacob Riis

• Lincoln Steffens

The 19th Amendment gave women the right to:

• Vote

• Prohibition of alcohol

• Hold public office

• Equal pay

The Federal Reserve System was created to:

• Break up monopolies

• Regulate the banking system

• Enforce Prohibition

• Expand westward

Which U.S. President is most associated with the “Square Deal”?

• William Howard Taft

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Woodrow Wilson

• Warren G. Harding

What was the main purpose of the Sherman Antitrust Act?

• To increase tariffs on foreign goods

• To limit monopolies

• To regulate the banking system

• To establish labor unions