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The goal of the photographs in Jacob Riis' How the Other Half Lives were intended to show
laws are needed to protect American consumers
Cities are unable to handle the flow of new arrivals
Farmers will have a better life if they move to the city
Treatment of African Americans remains as bad as slavery
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Initiative, Referendum, and Recall were Progressive reforms intended to
Let voters select each state's Presidential electors
Allow residents to bring lawsuits against another state
Give citizens a more direct voice in government
Extend voting rights to 18 year olds
3
The main message of this cartoon is that the Standard Oil Company
Used its economic power to sway government decisions
protected Americans from foreign competitors
Used its size to lower its prices
Employed violence to gain unfair advatages for its workers
4
Progressive reformers attacked "political machines" because they often
wasted money on military spending
denied votes to the poor
stole public money through overpriced contracts
discriminated against migrant workers
5
When Susan B. Anthony refused to pay a fine for her actions in the election, she was supporting
16th Amendment
Women's Suffrage
Judicial Review
Settlement Houses
6
This quotation most closely represents the views of
Upton Sinclair
Susan B. Anthony
Ida B. Wells
William Jennings Bryan
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Members of the Progressive Movement supported the idea that the federal government should
restrict immigration to the United States
reduce the number of small farms
abolish private property
prevent unfair business practices
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National income tax, unlimited coinage of silver, and direct election of senators
Federal Reserve Act
Declaration of Sentiments
Populist Party Platform
16th Amendment
9
Books such as
The Jungle
by Upton Sinclair are examples of
Fake News
Expose Writing
Yellow Journalism
Muckrakers
10
The publication of
The Jungle
by Upton Sinclair in 1906 led to Congress
legalizing strikes by labor unions
supporting conservation of public lands
enacting stronger antitrust laws
establishing a system for meat inspection
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In the late 1800s, free and unlimited coinage of silver was supported by farmers primarily to
make foreign crop prices less competitive
allow farmers to grow a greater variety of crops
increase crop prices and make it easier to repay loans
bring about political equality between rural & urban people
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Progressivism is
The Populist Movement
Insurance for home & auto
The goal to correct political and economic injustices
Change in locomotion
13
Progressive reformers sought to expand voter participation in government by adopting
Tougher literacy tests
Civil Service Reform
Additional Poll Taxes
Initiative and referendum
14
In the early 1900s, Progressive reformers sought to increase public participation in govt thru
Formation of the Federal Reserve
expansion of the spoils system
direct election of senators (17th Amendment)
Creation of the electoral college
15
The Social Gospel Movement were consistent with the ideas of
Laissez Faire Economics
The Populist Party
Trust-Busting
The Progressives
16
To guarantee an adequate money supply in the national economy, President Wilson introduced
insurance for all bank deposits
limits on foreign investments
an end to the gold standard
the Federal Reserve Banking System
17
Which goal, from the 1848 Seneca Falls convention, was finally achieved in the Progressive Era?
Creation of the Interstate Commerce Commission
Passage of the Food and Drug Act
Adoption of a graduated income tax
Ratification of the 19th Amendment
18
During the early 1900s the term
Muckrake
r was used to describe
writers who exposed the evils in American society
politicians who criticized Progressive era Presidents
people who cleaned out pig farms
people who demonstrate against war
19
What was the goal of those who supported the 17th Amendment?
basing Senate representation on state population
provide equal voting rights for minority groups
expand the power of the legislative branch
make the Senate more responsive to the people
20
Books such as
How the Other Half Lives
by Jacob Riis exposed problems that resulted from
Westward Expansion
The naturalization of immigrants
Rapid Industrialization
Environmental Conservation
21
During the Progressive Era, public demand for direct consumer protection led to passage of the
Pure food and drug act
Federal Reserve Act
Pendleton Act
Interstate Commerce Commission
22
Which reformer was a leader in the support of the ideas expressed in this flyer
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
WEB DuBois
William Jennings Bryan
Margaret Thatcher