Progressive Era Unit Test Review

Muckrakers influenced American Society mainly through...

Which amendment says the right to vote cannot be denied because of race

Lincoln Steffens was the muckraker who used articles to expose...

Jacob Riis, Upton Sinclair, Ida Tarbell and other reformers fought to expose the problems due to

Which amendment provided the direct election of Senators

Who was known as "The Trustbuster" who was also the Bull Moose Party Presidential candidate in the 1912 election

Did reform legislation of the Progressive Era provided for an increased direct participation of people in government?

Teddy Roosevelt was a big believer in conservationism, which is when you

Choose the correct order that the American presidents served the country (first to last)

W.E.B. DuBois and Booker T. Washington differed most in their...

The Jungle, The Octopus and The Shame o fthe Cities are all boks that were written to...

Who said it: "The government is responsible for watching over the economy and protecting the people from abuse."

What was a major goal of the Progressive Era

Teddy (Theodore) Roosevelt felt the president's role was to

An income tax, or progressive tax, is based on the idea that tax rates should...

Who said it: "Workers should have the right to organize in order to gain better working conditions."

Who won the election of 1912 due the split in votes in the Republican Party

Activities of muckrakers influenced Congress to pass laws that...

Tried to make the public aware of harmful practices: bribery in politics, unsafe working conditions, poor housing etc...

Which amendment defines citizenship and equal protection under the law

The 19th amendment ...

What was Teddy (Theodore) Roosevelt's opinion of big business?

A vote whether or not to remove an elected public official from office

Who are the current senators from New York State

Upton Sinclair was the muckraker who exposed...

Which amendment establishes an income tax

Who pushed to expose the unfair practices of Industrialist John D. Rockefeller and his Standard Oil Company?

The movement to end the sale and used of alcohol

Gave voters’ the right to choose their parties candidates from among several people

Which former president was assassinated in 1901, elevating Teddy Roosevelt to President.

Efforts to regulate trusts were a reaction to...

The result of the tragic Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire was

The purpose of legislative acts such as the meat inspection act and creation of the Department labor was

All the following are laws enforced under president Teddy Roosevelt EXCEPT

What was the goal of those who supported the direct election of senators amendment?

Jacob Riis- "Step carefully over this baby spite of its rags...broken household goods...no man could climb from a fire."

A way for people to introduce a bill to the legislature

"rats were a nuisance... packers put poison bread out...they would die... go into the hoppers together," relates to the

A bad trust is described as

What did the addition of initiative, referendum, and recall do for the people

Which muckraker targeted Tammany Hall and Boss Tweed using political cartoons?

Which amendment imposed an income tax on citizens

What was the goal of the Sherman Anti-Trust act?

The Gilded Age was a time when

A way for people to approve changes in laws by a vote

The pure food and drug act of 1906 provided for the

Which party was known as the Bull Moose Party

"We are prone to think of the natural resources of this country as inexhaustible(endless)" relates to the

A major goal of the Progressive was to prevent unfair business practices

Upton Sinclair, "I aimed at the public's heart, and accidently hit them in the stomach," means he...