Unit 6: Quiz 20--Early Progressivism

All of the following is a way citizens can legally let the government know they are unhappy with laws or conditions; EXCEPT?

• Writing a Letter to Congress

• Protesting

• Armed rebellion

• Signing a petition

What political movement was created to bring about reform in how the government provides services?

• Progressivism

• Socialism

• Communism

• Referendum

Investigative journalists who brought to light the social ills and injustices of the time, and influenced the public to call for reform, were known as...?

• Investigators

• Scoop reporters

• Muckrackers

• Troublemakers

Whic of the following is an issue reformers wanted to change concerning working conditions?

• Demanded a 4-day work week

• Restricting child labor

• Forbidding women in the workplace

• Requiring African Americans be paid the same as whites

How did the US Supreme Court limit reforms during the Progressive Era?

• Stuck down many new laws designed to reform policies

• Required workers to accept pay determined by employers

• Made strikes illegal

• Denied women the right to equal pay

How did the Supreme Court case Lochner v. New York limit reform?

• It overturned a state law that set a legal maximum workday to 10 hours

• It said that workplace laws should be left up to the federal government

• It said that workplace laws could not be enacted until 1930

According to the Supreme Court ruling in Lochner v. New York (1905), why did the court strike down a law limiting a workday to 10 hours?

• To ensure businesses were able to make a profit

• As a favor to wealthy business owners

• They believed states had no right to intervene in such matters

• They believed the action interfered with the power of the federal government

All of the following are examples of Progressive successes; EXCEPT?

• Making food and medicine safer

• Eliminating corruption

• Protecting consumers

• Making workplaces safer