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Zody The Progressive Era
Zody The Progressive Era
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A US History review of the Progressive Era
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1
Who was Susan B Anthony?
A leader in the women's suffrage movement
A muckraking journalist
A leading business woman of the early 1900's
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This allowed poor white Southerners, who could not read, a chance to vote in elections
Grandfather Clause
Poll Taxes
Literacy Tests
3
What was the most important impact of the Progressive Movement?
American were able to stop working
People's lives actually got worse.
Government started to regulate activities of big business.
4
Which Supreme Court case established the "separate but equal" rule?
Lochner v. New York
Holden v. Hardy
Plessy v. Ferguson
5
What amendment allows for a federal income tax?
16th Amendment
18th Amendment
17th Amendment
6
Upton Sinclair's book,
The Jungle
, led to the passage of
Food Labeling Act
Meat Inspection Act & Pure Food and Drug Act
The Safety Standards for Clean Workplaces
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What was the purpose of Jim Crow Laws?
To force people to vote
To provide education
To institute racial segregation
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Which organization was set up to make sure businesses did not break the law?
Better Business Bureau
Business Venture Inc.
Federal Trade Commission
9
In the 1912 election, which candidate represented the Bull Moose Party?
Teddy Roosevelt
William McKinley
William Howard Taft
10
The type of monetary system that wanted to use gold and silver to back the US dollar was
Gold and Copper Economics
Bimetallism
Single Metabolism
11
Bimetallism would allow for the exchange of paper currency for
Either gold or silver
Gold only
Silver only
12
Which journalist wrote about the horrible conditions of the meat packing industry?
Carl Woodward
Upton Sinclair
Daniel Bernstein
13
What is conservation?
The saving of money for government programs to feed the poor
Programs designed to preserve America's natural resources
A government program designed to stop big business
14
What was the main goal of the NAACP?
Better working conditions
Equality among the races
Voting rights for women
15
This political party wanted an increase in the money supply and a graduated income tax
The Democratic Party
The Republican Party
Populist Party
16
As a result of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, what reforms were set up?
Only men were allowed to work
Changes in local labor laws for women and children
Industries paid workers less so the workplace could be safe
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What is suffrage?
The right to vote
The right to beat slaves
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What was the purpose of the 18th Amendment?
To stop child labor
To allow women the right to vote
To prevent the sale and distribution of alcohol
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This political party was formed to help, specifically, the farmers
The Agricultural Party
Farmers Inc
The Grange
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The Federal Reserve System was established to help with
Financial reform
Controlling Big Business
Working conditions
