Progressive Era 2023

During the Progressive Era, reformers succeeded in making the political process more democratic by enacting legislation that---

• made education mandatory in every state

• provided for the direct election of senators

• allowed 18-year-olds to vote

• provided funds for settlement houses

The women in this photograph would be excited about the announcement of the...

• 17th Amendment

• 18th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• 16th Amendment

"...there would come all the way back from Europe old sausage that had been rejected, and that was moldy and white-it would be dosed with borax and glycerin, and dumped into the hoppers, and made over again for home consumption."

What is this quote from The Jungle shedding light on?

• hazardous working conditions faced by child factory workers

• unsanitary living conditions of immigrants in large urban centers

• poor quality of products sold by the meatpacking industry

• ways political bosses used their influence to cut corners in business

The cover of this book illustrates that Ida B. Wells worked---

• to support the Temperance movement to improve the family life of children and women

• for women's suffrage, so that women could take a step toward equality with men

• for the Populist Party through publishing books and pamphlets on behalf of farmers

• to expose the unfair treatment of African Americans in the late 1800s

The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 was passed with the intent to---

• make food safer to consume

• ensure farmers stopped using chemicals on their crops

• help Americans lose weight

• allow businesses to have greater control over the production of food

What was the goal of the Progressive State Reforms of initiative, referendum and recall?

• preserve the nation's landscape by establishing national parks

• allow government officials to serve longer term limits

• give citizens a larger role in the democratic process

• prevent factories from using child labor

The women in this picture most likely favored the passing of the ---

• 19th Amendment

• 18th Amendment

• Pendleton Act

• Sherman Antitrust Act

These modern muckrakers and muckrakers in the early 1900s had in common that they both worked to---

• expose unfair government and business practices

• allow immigration to continue without any established quotas or limits

• prevent the sale of alcohol at public events such as fairs and carnivals

• create a communist based government where the government provided for the needs of the people

The Department of Labor was created to ---

• limit the growing power of labor unions

• mediate disputes between labor unions and factory owners

• improve the working conditions of laborers

• promote foreign trade to increase company profits

Pictures like this one put pressure on congress to pass the ---

• Child Labor Act

• Clayton Anti-Trust Act

• 18th Amendment

• Pendleton Act