USII Chapter 6 Test Prep Progressive Era

Question 1

Tragedy at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company led to-

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building codes requiring fire escapes.

Question 2

The Constitution originally specified that, in each state, US senators would be elected by the

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legislature of each state.

Question 3

Provided for direct election of US senators

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17th Amendment

Question 4

A meeting in 1905 of W.E.B. Du Bois & African-American leaders resulted in the launching of

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the Niagara Movement.

Question 5

Name the tariff that provided for a 30% reduction in tariff rates?

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Underwood

Question 6

As governor of New Jersey, he introduced many progressive reforms.

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Woodrow Wilson

Question 7

This banned the manufacture, sale, & consumption of alcohol (Prohibition)

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18th Amendment

Question 8

This gave women the right to vote (suffrage)

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19th Amendment

Question 9

A tax based on the net income of a person or business

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income tax

Question 10

The laissez-faire argument for the best way to preserve public land was to

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sell it to lumber companies who would conserve it

Question 11

Crusading journalists who investigated social conditions & political corruption were called

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muckrakers

Question 12

President who established 5 new national parks & 51 wildlife reservations.

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Teddy TR Roosevelt

Question 13

These derive a gain at the expense of competition

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unfair trade practices

Question 14

Companies became more efficient by breaking tasks down into small parts and ___

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using standardized tools.

Question 15

In early 1902, Roosevelt ordered a lawsuit under the Sherman Antitrust Act against

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Northern Securities

Question 16

Made it legal for the federal gov’t to tax the income of individuals directly (income tax)

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16th Amendment

Question 17

Passed in response to The Jungle

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Meat Inspection Act

Question 18

Who won the Northern Securities v. U.S. case?

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United States

Question 19

Public official who tried to open nearly a million acres of public land to private development.

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Richard A. Ballinger

Question 20

She wrote articles criticizing Standard Oil.

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Ida Tarbell

Question 21

Introduced progressive reform to tariffs but included a provision for levying an income tax.

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Underwood Tariff

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