Progressive Era Mastery test

Question 1

Which THREE conditions did the progressive movement work to improve?

Accepted Answer

Corruption in all levels of government, Children working long hours in factories, lack of representation for women in politics

Question 2

why was the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 significant?

Accepted Answer

It was the first time the federal government regulated a private industry.

Question 3

which conclusion can you draw from this excerpt about women's contributions to the progressive movement?

Accepted Answer

Women were committed to reforming society.

Question 4

In what TWO ways did southern states keep African Americans from voting without violating the Fifteenth Amendment?

Accepted Answer

by requiring voters to pay poll taxes, by requiring voters to pass literacy tests

Question 5

The need for child labor reform became clear in the nineteenth century with the sharp rise in child___

Accepted Answer

workers

Question 6

How was the national income tax different from state taxes during the Progressive Era?

Accepted Answer

C

Question 7

In this passage, what is Du Bois saying about the importance of voting laws?

Accepted Answer

A. A. will never be free from slavery unless their right to vote is secure

Question 8

In this Excerpt, which point is Wells making about the relationship between progressivism and business?

Accepted Answer

White men rarely embrace progressive ideas without a financial motive.

Question 9

businesses often exploited child workers and gave them less ___

Accepted Answer

pay

Question 10

NUMBER 4 ON TEST-Which novel was important during the progressive era

Accepted Answer

How the other half lives- Jacob Ris, History of the standard oil company- Ida M. Tarbell, The jungle- Upton Sinclair, ten days in the mad house- Nellie Bly

Progressive Era Mastery test

Questions 10

Progressive Era Mastery test

Questions 10