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1
Three rights that the common people wanted were
Fabulous wealth
No child labor
8 hour workday
Shorter workdays
2
He was assassinated only a few months after his election
James A. Garfield
Grover Cleveland
William McKinley
William Jennings Bryan
3
Theodore Roosevelt broke up monopolies with a
anti-trust act
big stick
muckrake
baseball bat
4
Which group did Progressivists want to restrict?
unions
immigrants
children
women
5
Jane Addams is a reformer who is most often associated with -
Hull House
Salvation Army
Women's Suffrage
Red Cross
6
Worker's compensation was designed to
provide income to workers who were laid off from jobs
provided back pay to workers who had suffered discrimination
provide income to workers who had been injured on jobs
provide training for illiterate workers
7
He was the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms
William Jennings Bryan
James A. Garfield
William McKinley
Grover Cleveland
8
Local governments were restructured, eliminating political machines, due to -
The Galveston Plan
the passage of the 17th Amendment
Numerous recall elections nationwide
the efforts of muckraker, Upton Sinclair
9
The Progressive Era is a period characterized by
expansion into new territories
social and political reform led by average Americans
social reform led by big business and government
poplitical reform led by former political machines
10
Who was elected as a Progressive president?
Benjamin Harrison
Teddy Roosevelt
William Taft
Grover Cleveland
11
The Gilded Age can best be described as a period of
corruption followed by reform
agricultural expansion and decline of industry
high unemployment and low standards of living
social and economic chaos
12
William "Boss" Tweed's nemesis (enemy) was . . .
Everyone
Al Capone
Thomas Nast
Grover Cleveland
13
Graft is defined as -
To help or furnish support for political reasons
A flat structure, typically made of logs, that floats
money or advantage gained by dishonest means
A diagram that exhibits a relationship between numbers
14
Writers, artists and photographers that worked to expose the variety of ills afflicting industrial and urban America
Muckraker
Muffler
Mugwump
Muggles
15
Of all the domestic legislation passed by Teddy Roosevelt, he is most remembered for -
siding with labor groups against big corporations
conservation policy and establishing national parks
foreign policy to control Latin America
economic policy for busting up monopolies
16
Bringing attention to the "ills" of industrial society
Mother Jones
Jacob Riis
Andrew Carnagie
Upton Sinclair
17
A muckraker is a person who
assists immigrants in finding jobs and housing
uses investigative journalism to expose problems
uses journalism to promote literary works
helps farmers develop new methods of farming
18
During the Gilded Age, graft was taking place at which level of government?
state
all levels
local
national
19
The Gilded Age (rapid industrialization) was from
1870-1900
1776-1781
1937-1947
2010-2019
20
The opportunity for citizens to vote on legislation is called a
recall
referendum
initiative
amendment
21
Theodore Roosevelt was given the nickname "Trust Buster", but the person who broke more trusts was
William McKinley
Woodrow Wilson
William Taft
Grover Cleveland
22
Boss Tweed's political macine was known as -
Tammany Hall
The Graft Gang
Tweed's Tigers
Tweed's Toughs
23
The Progressive Movement began when
President Lincoln was elected
the common people began to ask for more rights
the U.S. went to war
The Gilded Age started
24
Upton Sinclair's work, The Jungle, exposed
the dangers of steel-aking mining and oil drilling
labor and sanitary condition of the meatpacking industry
conditions of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company
labor condition in textile factories
25
The 17th Amendment to the Constitution resulted in -
limiting the president to two terms
direct election of Senators
prohibited the sale of alcohol
creating the federal income tax
26
If a student got a petition to change the curfew law - what political reform would he/she use?
Recall
Initiative
Political lobbying
Referendum
27
The Progressives worked for
Increasing tariffs on imports
Lowering taxes on imports
Income tax reform
Lowering the drinking age to 21
28
Which people or groups practiced the notion of "Social Gospel"?
Tammany Hall
Andrew Carnagie
Gladden House
Settlement House
29
The origins of the Progressive Party reaches back in U.S. History to the
Republican Party
Democratic Party
American Party
Populist Party
30
Which author and which president are most responsible for the Pure Food and Drug Act?
Upton Sinclair and Theodore Roosevelt
Frank Norris and Woodrow Wilson
Theodore Dresser and William McKinley
John Spargo and William Taft
31
In 1906, the publication of The Jungle, written by Upton Sinclair, led Congress to Enact
Legalize strikes and boycotts by labor unions
stronger prohibition laws
Support the national conservation movement
Establish a system for meat inspection
32
In the Gilded Age, business leaders often influenced politics by
importing more foreign goods
giving money to government officials
running for political office
offering to pay higher taxes
33
An important piece of legislation under Roosevelt was the
Meat Inspection Act
Food Safety Act
Railraod Regulation Act
Settlement House Act
34
At the turn of the century, most immigrants settled in cities because ...
that is where the jobs were
labor unions prohibited them from settling anywhere else
immigrants were not permitted to buy farmland
that was a government requirement