Unit 3: Progressive Era

Individual

100

homesteader : farmer :: muckraker : ___________

Journalist

200

John Muir : ____________ :: Upton Sinclair :: ____________ Describe a policy implemented by each of the individuals.

National Parks Service... Pure Food and Drug Act

300

How did the writing of W.E.B. DuBois affect American society?

It pushed Americans to think differently and act differently towards African Americans.

400

Which person is most identified with urban social reform in the late 1800s.

Jane Addams

500

According to the political cartoon, which of the following would MOST LIKELY be in a speech by Teddy Roosevelt? (A) attacks on all conservative views (B) support for both a democratic issue and a conservative issue (C) outrage over political parties (D) a brand new set of initiatives and issues

(B) support for both a democratic issue and a conservative issue

Democratic

100

Define reform.

To improve or change what is wrong, corrupt, or unsatisfactory.

200

All of the following actions demonstrate American patriotism and responsibility in the political process EXCEPT — (A) voting in elections at all levels (B) being active in political debate (C) joining a branch of the military (D) writing representatives in Congress

(C) joining a branch of the military

300

What was the most important effect of the Progressive Era reforms of initiative, referendum, and recall?

Made government more responsive to voters.

400

I. Public Protests II. Supreme Court Decisions III. Amendments to the Constitution IV. Legislation (a bill) Throughout history, many nonviolent methods have been used to expand voting rights in the United States. Which of the methods above were used to gain voting rights for women?

I, III

500

**Established in 1890s **Members were mostly southern and western farmers **Mainly opposed banks, railroads, and upper classes **Efforts resulted in hurting African American suffrage ---Which third party in the Progressive Era is described above?

Populist Party

Amendments

100

Describe the 18th Amendment.

Prohibition- bans alcohol.

200

Describe the 15th Amendment.

Gave African Americans the right to vote.

300

How did the 17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution give more political power to the individual voter?

It established the direct election of U.S. Senators by popular vote.

400

The activism of Susan B. Anthony impacted American government because it led to the passage of which Amendment?

19th Amendment

500

Which of the following amendments would Alexander Hamilton, a strong federal government advocate, MOST have supported?

16th Amendment

Acts

100

Which act was the first large scale effort of the U.S. government to regulate business for the public good?

Interstate Commerce Comission

200

What is the theory behind the Sherman Antitrust Act?

If a company has competition, it cannot raise rates at will leaving customers with no alternatives for purchases.

300

The issue of unemployment, declining wages, and limitations on immigration on the West Coast led to which foreign policy?

Chinese Exclusion Act

400

Describe the Federal Reserve Act of 1913.

Created the central banking system in the U.S. It granted legal authority to issue legal tender. And it created a system that still regulates U.S. monetary policy.

500

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all non-citizen Indians born within the territorial limits of the United States be, and they are hereby, declared to be citizens of the United States: Provided, That the granting of such citizenship shall not in any manner impair or otherwise affect the right of any Indian to tribal or other property. American Indian Citizenship Act, 1924 **Why would the above act have made some American Indians question its motives?

It could seem a way of destroying their identity.

Random

100

I. Woodrow Wilson II. Teddy Roosevelt III. Howard Taft What is the CORRECT chronological order for the above presidents?

Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson

200

The Progressive Era is defined by reform of all the following EXCEPT — (A) political parties (B) big business (C) labor practices (D) farming techniques

(D) Farming techniques

300

Which of the following contributed to the Progressive Era being identified as a significant era in U.S. history? (A) the distinctive feature of reform that is present throughout the time period (B) a set of prominent historical events that changed society (C) economic activity that is significant in the time sequence (D) all of these

(D) all of these

400

Which of the following is NOT an accurate causeeffect relationship? (A) eugenics – increased immigration (B) Social Darwinism – eugenics (C) nativism – birth of KKK (D) Red Scare – deportation of communists

(A) eugenics – increased immigration

500

Between the Civil War and 1900, steam and electricity replaced human muscle, iron replaced wood, and steel replaced iron (before the Bessemer process, iron was hardened into steel at a rate of 3 to 5 tons a day; now the same amount could be processed in 15 minutes). Howard Zinn, A People's History of the United States The quotation above MOST likely is the result of which of the following? (A) economic legislation (B) industrialization (C) Open Door Policy (D) business cycle

(B) industrialization