Progressive Era Review

Question 1

Most progressives were part of which NEW social class in America in the early 1900s?

Answer 1

middle class

Question 2

Investigative journalists during the Progressive Era were called:

Answer 2

muckrackers

Question 3

Lincoln Steffens is best known for exposing which issue?

Answer 3

government corruption

Question 4

what journalist spent 5 years researching Standard Oil and called for equal transportation:

Answer 4

ida tarbell

Question 5

What journalist exposed the awful living conditions in New York City?

Answer 5

jacob riis

Question 6

Upton Sinclair’s book, The Jungle, exposed the terrible working conditions in:

Answer 6

chicago’s meatpacking plants

Question 7

What is one positive result of Nellie Bly’s undercover investigation of the Blackwell asylum?

Answer 7

the asylum was cleaned up and they hired more staff

Question 8

According to “Mother Jones” why did the children wail?

Answer 8

because they wanted to go to school

Question 9

what was NOT a goal of the progressives?

Answer 9

end Jim Crow

Question 10

The Keating-Owens Act only lasted for 2 years, but its purpose was to end:

Answer 10

child labor

Question 11

Why did the temperance movement want to rid society of alcohol? They believed alcohol:

Answer 11

caused men to abandon their families
it was a waste of money
caused men to beat their wives and children

Question 12

Which group led the temperance movement?

Answer 12

WCTU

Question 13

What was NOT an important goverment reform during the progressive era?

Answer 13

two-party system

Question 14

Industrial workers didn’t earn what?

Answer 14

minimum wage

Question 15

The most important impact the Populists had on the Progressives was:

Answer 15

a desire to put more political power into the hands of ordinary people

Question 16

How is the 16th Amendment considered progressive?

Answer 16

it created a federal income tax based on wealth

Question 17

Women FINALLY earned the right to vote with what amendment?

Answer 17

19th amendment

Question 18

Why did the woman suffrage movement splinter after the Civil War?

Answer 18

not all women supported Black men gaining suffrage before white women

Question 19

Carrie Chapman Catt’s “winning plan” didn’t include:

Answer 19

picketing the white house

Question 20

Why was the timing of the 1913 woman suffrage parade important?

Answer 20

it was the day before a presidential inauguration - maximum publicity

Question 21

The suffragists who picketed the White House with Alice Paul were called:

Answer 21

the silent sentinels

Question 22

Which minority rights group was founded to ensure the rights of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments?

Answer 22

NAACP

Question 23

Which president was known as both the “masculine” president and the “trust busting” president?

Answer 23

Theodore Roosevelt

Question 24

Teddy Roosevelt did not want to give handouts to the poor. Instead, his “Square Deal” called for:

Answer 24

giving all Americans a fighting chance to gain wealth

Question 25

this statement is accurate about William Howard Taft’s approach to monopolies?

Answer 25

he went after all the trusts, not just the “bad” ones

Question 26

The Underwood Tariff Act helped ordinary Americans because:

Answer 26

it lowered the tax on imported foreign goods, making them more affordable

Question 27

Teddy Roosevelt believed he used his office as a “bully pulpit” because:

Answer 27

he used his position to speak out on social issues

Question 28

In 1912, Teddy Roosevelt ran for a THIRD term as president as part of which political party?

Answer 28

Progressive / Bull Moose Party

Question 29

Upton Sinclair’s work directly led to the passage of the:

Answer 29

Meat Inspection Act

Question 30

What organization ensures that the food and medicines available to Americans are safe?

Answer 30

Food and Drug Administration

Question 31

The Hepburn Act and Mann-Elkins Act are similar because they both:

Answer 31

gave the federal government the ability to set rates for services

Question 32

President Wilson wanted to tackle the “triple wall of privilege” - what was his plan for America called?

Answer 32

New Freedom