The Progressive Movement

Question 1

William H. Taft was a Progressive president who passed the Federal Reserve Act which regulated the banking industry.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 2

Which president was known as the trust-buster?

Accepted Answer

Theodore Roosevelt

Question 3

What is it called when workers walk off the job for higher pay or better working conditions?

Accepted Answer

strike

Question 4

Which law required officials to come in to check meet to make sure it was safe to eat?

Accepted Answer

Meat Inspection Act

Question 5

What is one way workers fought against long working hours and poor working conditions?

Accepted Answer

joined together to form labor unions

Question 6

Which amendment did away with Prohibition?

Accepted Answer

21st Amendment

Question 7

Elizabeth Cady Stanton is a well known leader of the Temperance Movement who sang hymns and smashed whiskey bottles.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 8

Which of the following is a reform that occurred during Roosevelt's presidency?

Accepted Answer

the breakup of trusts

Question 9

Who wrote essays about conserving some of America's most beautiful places?

Accepted Answer

John Muir

Question 10

Which amendment made it illegal to make, sell, drink, or buy alcohol?

Accepted Answer

18th

Question 11

Which amendment gave women the right to vote?

Accepted Answer

19th

Question 12

What was the time period called in which alcohol was forbidden?

Accepted Answer

Prohibition

Question 13

Who wrote articles to expose the dangers of the oil industry?

Accepted Answer

Ida Tarbell

Question 14

The goal of the Temperance Movement was to end the consumption of alcohol.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 15

Who exposed the dangerous practices in the meat industry?

Accepted Answer

Upton Sinclair

Question 16

Which group of people worked to reform problems in labor and businesses?

Accepted Answer

Progressives

Question 17

What word means to protect something from being destroyed or used up?

Accepted Answer

conservation

Question 18

Who is a famous person that fought for women's suffrage?

Accepted Answer

Susan B. Anthony

Question 19

The Progressives MAIN goal was to improve working conditions.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 20

Who founded the American Federation of Labor?

Accepted Answer

Samuel Gompers

Question 21

New York passed laws that required alarm systems after the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 22

All of the following were achievements of the Progressives EXCEPT...

Accepted Answer

building the Panama Canal

Question 23

Which amendment gave the government the right to tax income?

Accepted Answer

16th

Question 24

What was the term given to people who uncovered shameful working condition?

Accepted Answer

muckrakers

Question 25

What caused the progressive movement to develop?

Accepted Answer

the growth of industry and cities

Question 26

What is the MAIN goal of labor unions like the AFL?

Accepted Answer

to get higher pay, shorter working hours, and safer conditions

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