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1
Influencing legislators in favor of a cause
Petitioning
Lobbying
Initiating
Arguing
2
How many children under the age of 15 worked in factories mines and mills
500,000
1 million
1.25 million
1.75 million
3
Another word for temperance is
Control
Release
Prohibition
Suffrage
4
Which of these were things progressives fought for
Higher pay for immigrants
Better working conditions
More education programs
Harsher punishments for criminals
5
Remove officials
Initiative
Recall
Veto
Referendum
6
Exposed the horrors of child labor by working in factories and mills
Marie van Vorst
Robert La Follette
Susan B Anthony
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
7
Author of The Jungle
Upton Sinclair
WEB Du Bois
Ida Tarbell
Lincoln Steffens
8
Which of these was not a job performed by children
Steel workers
Shoe shining
News paper routes
Sewing
9
Lynching is
Robbing someone’s home
Kidnapping
Robbing in groups
Murder by mobs
10
Creator of the NAACP
Ida Tarbell
Booker T. Washington
WEB Du Bois
Lincoln Steffens
11
How many workers died in the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
146
126
142
122
12
During the progressive era what academic grade was created
Pre-K
First
Nursery
Kindergarten
13
Journalist who wrote about unequal education for African-American children
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Upton Sinclair
Ida Tarbell
Ida Wells
14
The time period marked by inequality between business owners and workers
The Industrial Age
The Spoile Age
The Political Age
The Gilded Age
15
The National Woman’s Suffrage Association was founded by
Susan B Anthony
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Alice Paul
Ida Tarbell
16
Put in place to determine if someone was fit for their job
Civil service test
Interviews
Background check
Financial agreement
17
Which of these were a benefit of muckrakers
Challenge authority
Sparked reform
United progressives
Changed laws
18
Joseph Lochner wanted to
Reduce working hours
Extend working hours
19
What amendment gave women the right to vote
16th
18th
17th
19th
20
Children worked for how much money per day
$.50 per day
One dollar a day
$.40 per day
Two dollars a day
21
Journalists who wrote stories describing problems in US society
Political machines
Progressives
Bosses
Muckrakers
22
Giving jobs to winning candidates supporters
Corruption
Spoils system
Nepotism
Muckraking
23
Which was NOT a problem progressives tried to eliminate
Child labor
Poverty
Crime
Disease
24
Group of reformers looking to improve society
Muckrakers
Progressives
Bosses
Political machines
25
The National Woman’s Suffrage Association was founded by
Alice Paul
Susan B Anthony
Ida Tarbell
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
26
Suffrage means
Practicing religion
Avoidance of alcohol
Controlling emotions
The right to vote
27
What amendment banned the production, sale, and transportation of alcohol through the US
19th
18th
16th
17th
28
Who lobbied for women and children’s working rights
Ida Tarbell
Florence Kelley
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Susan B Anthony
29
System in which the government owns and operates a country’s means of production
Capitalism
Communism
Governmentism
Socialism
30
Voters approve or reject laws that are already passed by a government body
Referendum
Initiative
Recall
Veto
31
Which of these people were NOT a famous muckraker
Ida Tarbell
Lincoln Steffens
Upton Sinclair
WEB Du Bois
32
Who sparked the tenement house act
Jacob Riis
Lawrence Veiller
Ida Tarbell
Florence Kelley
33
Muckrakers wrote about
Child labor
Slum housing
Racial discrimination
Corruption in business and politics
34
Temperance means
The right to vote
Avoidance from alcohol
Practicing religion
Controlling Emotions
35
African-American man who is famous for being a respected educator
Aretha Franklin
Ida Wells
Booker T. Washington
WEB Du Bois
36
Inequality was caused by
Economic problems
Politics
Discrimination
Social issues
37
Voters propose laws through petitions
Veto
Recall
Referendum
Initiative
38
The term muckrakers stems from journalists raking up...
Leaves
Filth in society
Corruption
Gossip
39
Criticized unfair business practices of the standard oil company
Susan B Anthony
Lincoln Steffens
Ida Tarbell
Upton Sinclair
40
Using legal and illegal methods to get elected into public office
Political machines
Political suffrage
Political nepotism
Political fraud
41
Progressives favor laws for all of the following reasons except
Freedom to choose careers
Ensuring workers safety
Limiting work hours
Protecting workers rights
42
Which amendment called for Americans to vote for their senators
17th
19th
16th
18th
43
Exposed unsanitary practices in meat processing industry
Lincoln Steffens
Upton Sinclair
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Ida Tarbell
44
Economic system where private systems run most industries
Privatism
Socialism
Capitalism
Communism
45
He publicized Missouri government officials using their positions to earn money illegally
Ida Tarbell
Lincoln Steffens
WEB Du Bois
Upton Sinclair
