THE PROGRESSIVE ERA EXAM
Please select the answer that BEST complete each question.
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1. Which belief MOST represents the ideas of the Progressives:
A. The government should intervene and eliminate unfair business
practices.
B. All agriculture should be monitored and protected buy the government.
C. Businesses need to be allowed to operate in response to demand of
consumers and not the government.
D. The government should own and run all businesses that operate within the
50 states.
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2. Which Progressive President was known as “The Great Conservationist?”
A. William Howard Taft
B. Theodore Roosevelt
C. Woodrow Wilson
D. William McKinley
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3. What is the correct order of Progressive Presidents based on their term of office?
A. T. Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson
B. McKinley, Taft, T. Roosevelt
C. Wilson, McKinley, T. Roosevelt
D. Taft, Wilson, T. Roosevelt
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4. Which US Amendment was started to collect income taxes from the general
public?
A. 18th Amendment
B. 21st Amendment
C. 16th Amendment
D. 19th Amendment
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5. This 1914 legislation sought eliminate monopolies by strengthening federal
laws against them:
A. Clayton Anti-Trust Act
B. Chinese Exclusion Act
C. Underwood Tariff Act
D. Adamson Act
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6. In 1906, Teddy Roosevelt and Congress enacted federal laws to protect the
consumer. This act was passed to ensure the quality of meat prior to
consumption. What was it called?
A. The Meat and Drug Act
B. The Meat Inspection Act
C. Government Regulations Act
D. Mann-Elkins Act.
7. In 1906, Teddy Roosevelt and Congress enacted federal laws to protect the
consumer. This act was passed to ensure the quality of food and medication
prior to consumption. What was it called?
A. The Meat and Drug Act
B. The Pure Food and Drug Act
C. Government Regulations Act
D. Mann-Elkins Act.
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8. 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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9. Which author wrote The Jungle?
A. Ida Tarbell
B. Upton Sinclair
C. John Steinbeck
D. Booker T. Washington
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10. 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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11. 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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12. 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
B. William McKinley
C. Teddy Roosevelt
D. William Howard Taft
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13. 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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14. During the Progressive Era government powers were expanded in:
A. the workplace
B. rights of children
C. rights of women
D. all of the above
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15. In this incident 146 people died, many of them jumped to their death. This event
caused safety standards to be passed outlawing overcrowding in buildings.
What event is being described?
A. a Chicago slaughterhouse
B. Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
C. Haymarket Riot
D. Pullman Strike
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16. This Amendment established a graduated income tax:
A. 16th Amendment
B. 18th Amendment
C. 17th Amendment
D. 19th Amendment
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17. This Amendment called for the direct election of US Senators:
A. 16th Amendment
B. 18th Amendment
C. 17th Amendment
D. 19th Amendment
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18. This Amendment repealed prohibition:
A. 16th Amendment
B. 18th Amendment
C. 17th Amendment
D. 19th Amendment
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19. This Amendment granted suffrage rights to women in 1920:
A. 16th Amendment
B. 18th Amendment
C. 17th Amendment
D. 19th Amendment
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20. He settled labor strikes, was a conservationist, passed legislation to protect the
consumer and ran once as a 3rd party candidate. Who is the progressive being
described?
A. William Howard Taft
B. Woodrow Wilson
C. Teddy Roosevelt
D. Robert La Follette
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21. 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
B. Woodrow Wilson
C. Teddy Roosevelt
D. Robert La Follette
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