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12. This act required a company to advertise the make-up of a product on its label.
This was required by:
A. 16th Amendment
B. Pure Food and Drug Act
C. Government Regulation Act
D. Meat Inspection Act
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13. What Progressive reform allows a voter to remove an elected official from
office?
A. Referendum C. Recall
B. Australian Ballot D. Initiative
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14. What did the Clayton-Anti-Trust Act do?
A. It outlawed what practices were legal and illegal for businesses.
B. Prohibited all child labor.
C. It required large companies to split into numerous smaller businesses.
D. Stopped all imports from foreign nations.
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15. Which statement reflects the ideas of MOST Progressives?
A. The government should outlaw all unions.
B. The government should protect workers and provide services for the poor.
C. Home rule should be stopped.
D. The government should own all businesses.
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16. Progressives sought municipal reforms to:
A. Eliminate unions.
B. Stop the corruption within the government.
C. Increase the power of women.
D. Solve all rural problems.
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17. Which author wrote The Jungle?
A. Ida Tarbell
B. Upton Sinclair
C. John Steinbeck
D. Booker T. Washington
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18. President Teddy Roosevelt’s Progressive record consist of all of the
following EXCEPT:
A. He enforced the Clayton-Antitrust Act.
B. He reorganized the Federal Banking System.
C. He made federal loans to farmers.
D. He ended child labor.
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19. What ended the Progressive Era?
A. Teddy Roosevelt switching to the Bull-Moose Party.
B. The 21st Amendment.
C. The United States getting involved with World War I.
D. The efforts of the NACCP to fight for equality.
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20. Journalist whose main goal was to expose and clean up corrupt business
practices were called:
A. Yellow Journalists
B. Muckrakers
C. Anti-Progressives
D. Liberals
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21. This progressive saw the creation of the Federal reserve System, Federal
Trade Commission and the passage of the 18th and 19th Amendment. Who
is this progressive being described?
A. William Howard Taft C. Woodrow Wilson
B. Teddy Roosevelt D. Robert La Follett
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22. He/she was one of the most prominent black militants of the Progressive Era:
A. Booker T. Washington C. W.E.B. DuBois
B. Ida Tarbell D. Upton Sinclair
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23. The Ballinger-Pinchot affair of 1910 was a scandal about:
A. Conservation issues C. Pure Food & Drug Act
B. Meat-packing industry D. Railroad Industry
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24. The Progressives fought for political reforms. One example of political reforms
passed by the progressives was the 17th Amendment. What did this U.S.
amendment state?
A. women were granted suffrage rights
B. blacks were granted suffrage rights
C. Senators were elected by the people by popular vote
D. House of Representatives were elected by popular vote
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25. He was the first Progressive President of the United States. He also advocated
a “Square Deal” for Americans. He switched parties and ran for President as
a 3rd party Bull Moose candidate. Who was this man?
A. Woodrow Wilson C. William McKinley
B. Teddy Roosevelt D. William Howard Taft
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26. This act prohibited child labor in the United States:
A. Hepburn Act C. Sherman Anti-trust Act
B. Interstate Commerce Act D. Pure Food and Drug Act
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27. The main idea of Upton Sinclair’s novel, The Jungle was:
A. filthy conditions of the Chicago’s slaughterhouses
B. the corrupt practices of the Millionaire’s Club
C. deaths from lack of food and drug regulation
D. the number of trust and monopolies in the United States
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28. Progressives focused their political reforms on:
A. cities C. political machines
B. Millionaire’s Club D. the federal government
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29. During the Progressive Era government powers were expanded in:
A. the workplace C. rights of children
B. rights of women D. all of the above
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The Labor Movement Populism
Socialism Muckrakers
45. Which statement is NOT true when discussing the Women’s Christian
Temperance Union?
A. there were some radical and violent members
B. they believed alcohol was responsible for unemployment, crime and
Broken homes
C. they wanted alcohol outlawed
D. they never achieved federal legislation
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46. Which statement is TRUE when evaluating the Women’s Suffrage Movement?
A. the 19th Amendment was ratified in 1920 granting voting rights
B. World War I weakened opposition to the 19th Amendment
C. The National Women’s Suffrage Association pushed for suffrage rights for
women
D. All of the above
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47. Who were the leaders of the National Women’s Suffrage Association?
A. Lucretia Mott & Elizabeth Blackwell
B. Henry Stone & Lucretia Mott
C. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Carrie Chapman Catt & Susan B. Anthony
D. Susan B. Anthony and Myra Blackwell
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49. This Progressive settled over 90 anti-trust suits, saw the passage of the 16th and
17th Amendment, created the Department of Labor, and established an 8-hour
workday. Who is this progressive being described?
A. William Howard Taft C. Woodrow Wilson
B. Teddy Roosevelt D. Robert La Follette
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PLEASE EXAMINE THE TEDDY ROOSEVELT CARTOON ON THE NEXT
PAGE AND ANSWER QUESTIONS 50-51.
51. All of the following are TRUE about the cartoon EXCEPT:
A. Teddy Roosevelt is drawn as an outdoorsmen
B. Teddy Roosevelt strongly opposed trust and monopolies
C. Teddy Roosevelt allowed some trust and eliminated others.
D. Teddy Roosevelt did not regulate businesses
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ESSAY
The Progressive Era solved many Gilded Age problems. Select two
problems from the Gilded Age and discuss how the Progressive Era
offered solutions.
The Progressive Era Exam Key
1. C 39. A
2. A 40. B
3. A 41. C
4. B 42. D
5. A 43. A
6. B 44. C
7. A 45. D
8. B 46. D
9. B 47. C
10. C 48. B
11. D 49. A
12. B 50. D
13. C 51. D
14. A
15. B
16. B
17. B
18. A
19. C
20. B
21. C
22. C
23. A
24. C
25. B
26. A
27. A
28. A
29. D
30. B
31. A
32. C
33. B
34. A
35. B
36. D
37. B
38. C