Progressive EOC Review Per 1

Both the Sherman Antitrust Act and the Clayton Antitrust Act were passed in response to the problem of

• companies refusing to hire minority workers
•  businesses choosing to hire illegal immigrants
• unsafe working conditions in factories 
• business combinations limiting competition

Based on your knowledge of written works in the late 19^th and early 20^th centuries, which of the following books most likely inspired the demand made by the women pictured?

• The Great American Fraud by Samuel Hopkins Adams
• The Shame of Cities by Lincoln Steffens
• The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
• How the Other Half Lives  by Jacob Riis

What was the purpose to the initiative, referendum, recall and direct primary? 

• Make the President more responsible to wishes of Congressgovernment. 
•  Reduce influence of media in elections
•  Give political parties more control of electoral process
•  Increase citizen participation in the government. 

 What did most Progressives believe the role of the government should be? 

•  Nationalize industries
• Abolish home rule in cities and states
• Protect workers and help the poor
•  Outlaw Labor Unions 

Which president supported progressive ideas such as conservation and the regulation of public health? 

• William McKinley
• Theodore Roosevelt
• Calvin Coolidge
• Herbert Hoover

What name was given to the journalists who exposed the public to corruption in the workplace during the Progressive Era?

• Yellow journalists
• Muckrakers
• Moguls
• Socialists

Which of these contributed to the ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment?

• Veteran soldiers protesting to obtain benefits
• The growing political influence of women
• Politicians campaigning for education reform
• The growing number of workers organizing into labor unions

The 19th Amendment was ratified to the US Constitution in 1920, what did it do?

• Gave suffrage to women
• Legalized drinking alcohol
• Created the income tax
• Set term limits on the president

Which of the following is Recall?

• People have the right to choose who will run for President
• People have the right to remove an elected official from office
• People have the right to propose a new law
• People have the right to vote on any law passed by their government for approval/veto

Belief that guided President Teddy Roosevelt's efforts as trustbuster? 

• Government needed to protect women and children in workplace
• City governments were incapable of fighting corruption
• Labor unions posed serious threat to country's economic stability
• Business monopolies harmful to public interest