Module 5 Progressivism

Why were muckrakers important during the progressive era?

• They improved work efficiency by breaking taks into simpler parts

• They fought to help politcal machines maintain their powr

• They spearheaded the crusade for prohibition

• They helped to increase the public's awareness of troubling issues in society

Which of the following was a part of the government reforms led by Governor Robert La Follette in Wisconsin?

• The decision to recruit professors to help write laws and provide advice

• The idea that the government should be controlled by big business

• The idea of giving citizens less direct say in the government

• The decision to give tax breaks to railroad companies

Which of the following correctly describes a change in public education in the late 1800s?

• Fewer students attended schools since families needed every member to work

• Public education became available to the majority of black children living in the south

• Formal education became more important as the U.S. moved to a more industrial economy

• High schools began emphasizing reading, writing, and arithmetic to meet the demand of the agricultural economy

What was the result of the Plessy v. Ferguson case?

• The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Plessy saying segregation was illegal.

• The Supreme Court never made a ruling.

• The Supreme Court ruled that segregation was legal.

• Plessy never took the case to the Supreme Court.

It established that the separation of races violated the Constitution.

• Racial ettiquette was a set of informal customs that governed how people interacted

• Racial ettiquette was a system of laws created by the federal government

• There was no punishment for violating racial ettiquette

• The purpose of racial ettiquette was to increase equality between blacks and whites

Which of the following was true of women in the workforce in the late 1800s?

• Most women joined unions

• Most women were unable to keep their wages

• Women who worked on farms had a diferent role than in the past

• Women earned the same pay as men

Which of the following effects did the increase in opportunities for higher education have on women?

• Many women attended highly ranked men's colleges

• Most women left the workforce after receiving an education

• Most college-educated women chose not to work outside of their home

• Many college-educated women applied their new life skills to social reform

Which of the following was not a part of the strategy for women's suffrage?

• Pursuing court cases to test the 14th Amendment

• Pushing for a constitutional amendment to grant the right to vote to women nationwide

• Convincing state legislatures to grant the right to vote for women

• Fighting to repeal the 14th Amendment

Which of the following reforms did the Bull Moose Party not support?

• women suffrage
• laws against child labor
• higher tariffs
• direct election of senators

Which of the following was true of President Roosevelt as a trust buster?

• He aggressively used the Shaerman Antitrust Act to attack businesses that hurt the public interest

• He won most of the antitrust lawsuits filed and slowed the merger movement in business

• He changed the language of the Sherman Antitrust Act to make it more effective

• He believed in destroying all trusts since they were harmful to the public