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1
What amendment prohibited the sale and distribution of alcohol?
Seventeenth Amendment
Sixteenth Amendment
Eighteenth Amendment
Nineteenth Amendment
2
Which act bolstered the Sherman Antitrust Act, helping and strenghtening labor unions?
Underwood Act
Clayton Antitrust Act
The Federal Trade Act
Federal Reserve Act
3
Although Roosevelt is known as a “Trust Buster, “ who was the next who broke up more trusts?
Woodrow Wilson
Burt Block
Franklin D. Roosevelt
William H. Taft
4
Who was an advocate for women and fought to end child labor?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Florence Kelly
Jane Addams
Carry Nation
5
Which belief was held by most Progressives?
Government shouldn’t intervene in unfair business practices.
The government should be more accountable to its citizens.
Housing and health care should remain private.
The government should protect agricultural interests.
6
What is an election in which voters cast ballots to select nominees for upcoming elections?
direct primary
initiative
recall
referendum
7
Who was the
TWO
founders of the National Woman Suffrage Association?
Susan B. Anthony
Carry Nation
Jane Addams
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
8
What was one goal of the Federal Reserve Act?
control businesses
destroy trusts
regulate interest rates
regulate labor
9
Who marched into saloons to destroy bottles of booze and kegs of beer?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Carry Nation
Florence Kelly
Jane Addams
10
Who was the founder of Hull House which provided services to its community?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Florence Kelly
Jane Addams
Carry Nation
11
What amendment created the direct election of Senators?
Nineteenth Amendment
Eighteenth Amendment
Sixteenth Amendment
Seventeenth Amendment
12
Which statement best characterizes Roosevelt's position on trusts?
Some trusts were harmful to the public interest.
Trusts were legal and could not be abolished.
Trusts were of benefit to the public interest.
All trusts should be busted.
13
Who gained most from the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment?
ordinary citizens
industrial leaders
state legislators
party bosses
14
What action did President Roosevelt take in the United Mine Workers’ strike in 1902?
He refused to interfere with labor and management relations.
He insisted that labor and management arbitrate the dispute.
He sent the army to seize and operate the mines.
He dissolved the union.
15
What is the correct order of Progressive Presidents based on their term of office?
Taft, Wilson, T. Roosevelt
Wilson, McKinley, T. Roosevelt
McKinley, Taft, T. Roosevelt
T. Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson
16
What amendment established a national income tax?
Nineteenth Amendment
Sixteenth Amendment
Eighteenth Amendment
Seventeenth Amendment
17
What is a term meaning abstinence from alcoholic beverages?
distribution
prohibition
dissonance
temperance
18
Who switched parties and ran for President as a 3rd party Bull Moose candidate?
Woodrow Wilson
William H. Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Burt Block
19
Which was a major contributor to Woodrow Wilson’s winning the presidency in 1912?
Taft’s decision not to run for a second term
a split between northern and southern Democrats
the candidacy of Eugene V. Debs
Roosevelt’s splitting the Republican vote
20
What was the law that required truthful labels on food product packages?
Pure Food and Drug Act
Interstate Commerce Act
Meat Inspection Act
Sherman Antitrust Act
21
Which of the following best states the primary goal of prohibitionists?
to eliminate the use of alcohol in society
to reduce the availability of alcohol to minors
to reduce accidents in the workplace
to eliminate the sale of alcohol to minors
22
What procedure allows voters to remove public officials from office before the next election?
referendum
recall
direct primary
initiative
23
What book did Roosevelt read that led to his effort to reform the meatpacking industry?
The Jungle
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
The Shame of the Cities
The History of the Standard Oil Company
24
Citizens can propose new laws through the ___________________ process
direct primary
referendum
initiative
recall
25
What number is the women’s suffrage amendment?
Seventeenth Amendment
Sixteenth Amendent
Nineteenth Amendment
Eighteen Amendment
26
What is the term meaning the banning of the production, transportation, and sale of alcohol?
temperance
distribution
prohibition
dissonance
27
When Theodore Roosevelt promised a “Square Deal” to all Americans. What was he was pledging?
encourage trusts
use government to protect the people
give voters a tax break
give lumber companies the right to cut timber
28
What did Theodore Roosevelt’s conservation program include?
national parks
wetland preservation
clean water provision
pesticide control
29
As a measure to prevent bank failures, President Wilson helped create the
Federal Farm Loan Board
Federal Trade Commission
Sherman Antitrust Act
Federal Reserve System
30
Jacob Riis was most notable for his efforts to
treat the wounded during World War I
aid the urban poor
legalize birth control for women
stop the spread of disease in Wyoming
31
Who published the book about the urban poor in New York City called,
How the Other Half Lives?
Thorstein Veblen
Jacob Riis
Teddy Roosevelt
Upton Sinclair
32
What were authors who exposed political and corporate corruption with investigative reporting?
private investigators
muckrakers
police investigators
attornies
