THE PROGRESSIVE ERA EXAM
Please select the answer that BEST complete each question.
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1. Which reform is reflective of municipal reforms ideas during the early 1900’s?
A. Federal regulations on city businesses.
B. Home rule should be abolished.
C. Utilities should fall under the city control.
D. Political machines should be strong and independent.
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2. The goal of the Progressives was to:
A. Eliminate the control and power of the city bosses by reforming election
processes.
B. To have each political party listed on different colored ballots.
C. Permit city managers to run the city as if it were a business.
D. To adopt a laissez-fairre approach with businesses.
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3. 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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4. 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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5. 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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6. Which US Amendment was started to collect income taxes from the general
public?
A. 18th Amendment
C. 21st Amendment
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B. 16 Amendment
D. 19th Amendment
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7. This 1914 legislation sought eliminate monopolies by strengthening federal laws
against them:
A. Clayton Anti-Trust Act
C. Chinese Exclusion Act
B. Underwood Tariff Act
D. Adamson Act
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8. 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.
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9. 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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10. Which Progressive President favored the government running the banking
system to ensure stability and fairness?
A. William Howard Taft
B. Theodore Roosevelt
C. Woodrow Wilson
D. William McKinley
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11. The muckrakers wrote numerous articles to generate public support for:
A. Taft’s decision in the Ballinger-Pinchot Affair.
B. The passing of the 16th Amendment.
C. the creation of the Federal reserve System.
D. Roosevelt’s plan to expand regulatory powers of the federal government.
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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
30. The terms listed above ALL:
A. failed to get legislation passed
B. were the origin of the Progressive Movement
C. each were successful in federal legislative attempts
D. failed to influence the Progressive Movement
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31. The city-manager plan was:
A. a municipal reform
C. a federal reform
B. a state reform
D. all of the above
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32. The 16th, 18th and 19th Amendments were:
A. a municipal reform
C. a federal reform
B. a state reform
D. all of the above
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Direct primary
Secret ballot
Initiative
Australian Ballot
Recall
Referendum
33. All of the terms listed above were:
A. municipal reforms
C. federal reforms
B. state reforms
D. all of the above
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34. This allows voters to REMOVE an elected official by holding a new election:
A. recall
C. initiative
B. referendum
D. Australian Ballot
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35. This allows voters to introduce new legislation by gathering signatures on a
petition:
A. recall
C. referendum
B. initiative
D. secret ballot
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36. This allows voters to select candidates in a general election who will run for
each party:
A. recall
C. referendum
B. initiative
D. direct primary
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37. Why is the 17th Amendment considered a piece of legislation that falls under
state reforms instead of federal reforms?
A. because it calls for the people to elect the governor
B. it mandates that the people directly elect senators
C. it calls for the direct election of the House of Representatives
D. All of the above
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38. 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
C. Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
B. Haymarket Riot
D. Pullman Strike
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39. This Amendment established a graduated income tax:
A. 16th Amendment
C. 18th Amendment
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B. 17 Amendment
D. 19th Amendment
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40. This Amendment called for the direct election of US Senators:
A. 16th Amendment
C. 18th Amendment
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B. 17 Amendment
D. 19th Amendment
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41. This Amendment repealed prohibition:
A. 16th Amendment
C. 18th Amendment
B. 17th Amendment
D. 19th Amendment
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42. This Amendment granted suffrage rights to women in 1920:
A. 16th Amendment
C. 18th Amendment
B. 17th Amendment
D. 19th Amendment
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43. This progressive reformer was a Wisconsin governor who instituted the
direct primary, backed labor legislation, supported conservation, and created
a federal commission system. Who is this reformer?
A. Robert La Follette
C. Jane Addams
B. Florence Kelley
D. Teddy Roosevelt
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44. He was the founder of the NAACP which fought to gain equal treatment for
African Americans. Who is this reformer?
A. Teddy Roosevelt
C. W.E.B. DuBois
B. Booker T. Washington
D. Robert La Follette
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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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48. 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
C. Woodrow Wilson
B. Teddy Roosevelt
D. Robert La Follette
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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.
50. Which statement MOST accurately describes this cartoon?
A. Theodore was a strong conservationist who loved the outdoors.
B. Theodore Roosevelt laid the foundation for all antitrust laws.
C. Theodore Roosevelt was a President who enforced Pr
D. Theodore Roosevelt was able to regulate business.
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.
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