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Review of the Progressive Era
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1
In response to the Republican support of Taft in the 1912 election, TR ran as a 3rd party under
Know Nothings
Libertarians
Bull Moose
Populists
2
President Theodore Roosevelt was called a trustbuster because he
supported the building of the Panama Canal
supported legal action against business monopolies
negotiated peace between Russia and Japan
protected public lands from environmental damage
3
W. E. B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington most strongly disagreed over which issue?
the construction of the Panama Canal
support for the Allies in World War I
methods to achieve racial equality
the constitutionality of the Sherman Antitrust Act
4
Poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses were used in the South after 1890 to
undermine “separate but equal” ruling of the Supreme Court
deny suffrage rights to African Americans
support the goals of the Freedmen’s Bureau
enforce amendments passed during Reconstruction
5
The Federal Reserve Act of 1913 was passed in an attempt to
increase United States exports
regulate the amount of money in circulation
safeguard the health of workers
protect national forests from destruction
6
Which activity is illustrated in this photograph?
picketing against United States involvement in World War I
supporting punishment of Germany for causing World War I
making a statement of support for the League of Nations
protesting the nation’s denial of woman’s suffrage
7
The purpose of settlement houses such as Jane Addams Hull House was to...
push nativist propaganda
support big businesses
Provide immigrant & poor family with education & child care
Help register voters
8
Poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses were adopted in Southern States to
enforce the terms of the 15th amendment
eliminate bribery and corruption at polling places
stop criminals and immigrants from voting
keep African Americans from exercising their right to vote
9
The objective of this movement was to aid the poor (workplace & housing) and support temperance
Progressive Party
Social Gospel Movement
Populist Movement
Bull Moose Party
10
In an effort to fight racial inequality, this person created the NAACP in 1909
Booker T. Washington
Ida B. Wells
WEB DuBois
Ida Tarbell
11
Which best expresses President Theodore Roosevelt’s philosophy on regulating big business?
Regulation of big business should be left to the states.
Gov't ownership of key industries will benefit consumers
Any regulation of big business is undesirable
Abusive trusts should be broken up by watchful federal gov't
12
During the 1890s, many American farmers tried to resolve their economic problems by
asking Congress to end agricultural subsidies
staging violent protests against the government
joining the Populist Party
supporting government aid to railroads
13
Ida Tarbell’s The History of the Standard Oil Company in an example of the use of
muckraking
Social Darwinism
the melting pot theory
the Gospel of Wealth
14
Upton Sinclair, Ida M. Tarbell, and Lincoln Steffens were considered muckrakers because they
raised concerns about negative effects of industrialization
opposed railroad monopolies
supported the need for reforms in education
criticized the growing power of labor unions
15
Federal Trade Commission (1914) and the Clayton Antitrust Act (1914) are similar is that both
attempted to correct abusive business practices
helped to end child labor in factories
advanced laissez-faire economic principles
increased wages for factory workers
16
“Separate but equal” doctrine by Supreme Court in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) upheld legality of
racial segregation in public facilities
the activities of the Ku Klux Klan
woman’s suffrage in state elections
restrictions on voting rights of African Americans
17
One reason Jacob Riis published many photographs similar to this was to
promote the use of child labor
encourage government assistance for poor farmers
increase public concern over tenement conditions
disprove claims of yellow journalists
18
A goal set at the Seneca Falls Convention (1848) was achieved during the Progressive Era by the
creation of the League of Nations
formation of the federal Food and Drug Administration
adoption of a national income tax
ratification of the woman’s suffrage amendment
19
Why did states adopt initiative, referendum, and recall during the Progressive Era?
supporting new political parties
reestablishing property qualifications for voting
increasing the power of voters over the political process
extending voting rights to immigrants
20
President Theodore Roosevelt’s conservation efforts were influenced by a desire to
reduce the role of the federal government
return tribal lands to Native American Indians
protect natural resources for the future
increase revenues through land sales
21
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was created in response to
racism and prejudice
nationalism and patriotism
abolition and temperance
militarism and colonialism
22
The Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) affected African Americans by
upholding racial segregation
granting voting rights
expanding civil rights
guaranteeing equal wages
23
Presidents Roosevelt, Taft, & Wilson broke with the policies of previous presidents concerning
laissez-faire economic practices
colonial expansion
civil rights for African Americans
federal ownership of railroads
24
During the Progressive Era, support for a graduated income tax was based primarily on the
belief that all people should be taxed the same
resentment over the unequal distribution of wealth
need to raise income from the lower classes
desire of corporations to reduce their taxes
25
Progressives succeeded in strengthening federal control over the money supply by
establishing the gold standard
passing the Clayton Antitrust Act
creating the Federal Reserve System
enacting the Underwood Tariff bill
26
The Grange movement and the Populist Party were similar in that each was an effort to
increase profits for railroad companies
provide housing for urban dwellers
improve conditions for farmers
end the practice of sharecropping
27
Jim Crow laws passed in the South during the late 1800s were designed to
compensate landowners for damage done during the Civil War
support civil rights for African Americans
give free land to formerly enslaved persons
create a system of legal segregation
28
In 1906, the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act were passed in an attempt to
limit the power of Congress
establish price controls on the cattle industry
ensure the safety of American consumers
give big business greater control over the economy
29
Which action addressed the problem suggested by this Progressive Era headline?
decreasing the length of term of office for a senator
increasing the number of senators from each state
establishing voting rights for eighteen-yearold citizens
instituting the direct election of senators
30
The Great Migration during World War I refers to the movement of
factory workers from the Northeast to the Sun Belt
refugees fleeing from eastern Europe to the United States
African Americans to northern cities to find work
communists deported to Russia as undesirable aliens