What did the 18th Amendment do?

Prohibited the sale and manufacture of alcohol

A famous photographer who exposed poverty in New York City

What was the Great Migration?

Mass movement of African Americans to northern cities

What is philanthropy?

Using personal wealth to benefit society?

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1
What progressive victory is Alice Paul associated with?
Women's Suffrage
Mental Health reform
Rights for miners
Better Roads Clubs
2
What is a trust?
Large businesses that control entire industries
Something friends have for one another
A place where the elderly are send to live their last days
A part of the construction of a roof
3
Who was NOT a president of the eProgressive Era?
Chester A. Arthur
William Howard Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
4
Which of these was an achievement of the Progressives?
Winning the Crimean War
The end of child labor
A halt to all immigration from Asia
Dominance of the Socialist party
5
What major advance was made by passage of the 19th Amendment?
Women had the right to vote
You could not be drafted to serve in the military
People could own an unlimited number of firearms
Every town go its own library
6
What is a muckraker?
A foreman at a factory to oversee the cleaning of the plant
A person who cleans stables for a living
A journalist who specializes in sports news
A reporter who tries to expose wrong doing to the public
7
Who became the first female governor of any American state?
Minnie Ripperton
Nellie Tayloe Ross
Anita Bryant
Carla K. Hill
8
What did the 18th Amendment do?
Prohibited the sale and manufacture of alcohol
Made it illegal to elect a king
Gained the lands of Northern Kentucky from Canadian control
Limited the president to serving only 2 terms
9
What was the goal of the Eugenics movement?
Make children fit
Gain dominance over the Pacific Islands
Improve agriculture in order to feed more people
Create a perfect human race
10
What book by Upton Sinclair changed laws regarding meat packing?
Journal of a Wuss Boy
The Jungle
Lady Chatterly's Pool Boy
Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus
11
The idea government directors should experts instead of political friends is part of what plan?
Wisconsin Idea
Schlieffen Plan
Monroe Doctrine
Missouri Compromise
12
Who was Jacob Riis
A corrupt government official who was jailed for 16 years.
The alias of a famous bank robber
A famous photographer who exposed poverty in New York City
A middle linebacker for Penn State
13
What did Labor Unions NOT want from employers?
An end to the spoils system
Fair Treatment
Fair Wages
Shorter working hours
14
What does suffrage mean?
Putting up with a great deal of pain
The right to own property
The right to vote
The right to own a business
15
What size shoes does Mr. Chollak wear?
11
13 1/2
10
10 1/2
16
Which of these was an achievement of the Progressives?
Fairer tax system
Free public education for immigrants
National Highway System
Better food for prisoners
17
What was the Great Migration?
Mass movement of African Americans to northern cities
Trump's plan to slow down illegal immigration.
A description of the number of immigrants from Italy
An annual migration of deer across western Wyoming
18
What is philanthropy?
The study of guys named Phil.
Using personal wealth to benefit society?
The practice of consolidating 3 or more businesses
A small town outside of De Buque Iowa
19
Who wrote the famous book The Jungle?
Upton Sinclair
Mary Shelley
Robert Louis Stevenson
Uptown Funk
20
What was the major accomplishment of the 16th amendment
The US was finally free from British rule
Women could join the military
No forced quartering of soldiers in private homes
National Income Tax

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