The Progressive Era

The Women's Trade Union League educated people about the potential abuses of drinking.

The 16th Amend. allowed Congress to pass a personal income tax as a source of gov't revenue.

Ida Tarbell was a muckraker.

President Woodrow Wilson was known for

In how many states could women vote in the 1920 presidential election?

Progressives thought that government should own and operate major resources for the people.

Congress passed the Sherman Antitrust Act mainly to counter the railroad oligopoly.

Which of the following was a corrupt political party boss?

White Americans claimed that Chinese immigrants accepted lower wages and took jobs from them.

W.E.B. Du Bois believed that gaining the right to vote would help African Am. achieve equality.

Women were not able to sponsor laws or pressure Congress for reforms before they could vote.

What was one result of the formation of mutualistas, or aid groups?

Under the spoils system, people did not have to take exams for Federal jobs.

The Woman's Christian Temperance Union was known for its support for ________.

The goal of the suffrage movement was women's right to vote.

The Clayton Antitrust Act took effect during the term of _____.

Before the ratification of the Nineteenth Amend. no woman could vote in the United States.

_________ was the founder of the National Woman's Party.

Anti-Semitism means discrimination against Catholics.

Who is known for starting a national effort to stop the practice of lynching?

The Oregon System introduced important reforms like _____________.

What was the result of the Interstate Commerce Act?

In the 1800s, the government was actively involved in fighting discrimination in many ways.

Both William Taft and Theodore Roosevelt fought against trusts in business.

Theodore Roosevelt was known for his _______.

Progressive Party happened because Roosevelt lost votes for Rep. Party in the election of 1912

Grouping Trusts into "good" and "bad" was characteristic of:

The Seventeenth Amendment allowed people to _______________.

Native American leaders believed in teaching white America about native cultures.

Women were not able to sponsor laws or pressure Congress for reforms before they could vote.

Roosevelt's Square Deal was focused on creating an income tax.

The Pure Food and Drug Act took effect during the term of _______.

Booker T. Washington believed that

Because of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle, Congress passed the _____________.

Presidents who favored the progressive goal of lowering tariffs included Taft and Wilson.

________ led to the creation of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

The Federal Reserve Act created ________.

___________ founded the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.

What was the result of the Eighteenth Amendment?

_____________ founded the American Socialist Party.

What was the spoils system?

The gentleman's agreement limited __________ imigration to the U.S.

Which of the following best explains how Woodrow Wilson was elected President?

Mary Church Terrell was the founder of the ________.