Progressive Era Quiz

Who were the reformers known as during the Progressive Era?

• Liberals

• Conservatives

• Progressives

• Radicals

What was the impact of Upton Sinclair's novel, The Jungle?

• Supported child labor

• Exposed dangerous working conditions

• Promoted laissez-faire approach

• Exposed political corruption

Which muckraker wrote a series of articles exposing Standard Oil's unfair business practices?

• Jane Addams

• Ida Tarbell

• Jacob Riis

• Upton Sinclair

What was the purpose of the Settlement House Movement?

• To advocate for child labor

• To provide educational opportunities for immigrants

• To support big business

• To promote laissez-faire economics

What was the initial purpose of Jim Crow laws?

• To support civil rights movements

• To prevent Blacks from participating in the political process

• To encourage diversity

• To promote racial equality

What did the Supreme Court ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson affirm?

• Racial discrimination was unconstitutional

• Separate but equal was unconstitutional

• Separate but equal was constitutional

• Racial discrimination was legal

What did the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution provide for?

• Direct election of United States Senators

• Direct election of the President

• Expansion of federal government powers

• Expansion of state government powers

What was the purpose of the initiative/referendum and recall votes?

• To restrict voter participation

• To give more power to state legislatures

• To give more power to the people

• To promote political corruption

What was the Conservationist approach to conservation movement?

• Nature should be preserved in its undisturbed form

• Nature should be used responsibly and protected

• Nature was sacred and humans were the intruders

• Business should be allowed to do as they wished with public lands

Who increased national reserves of forests, mineral lands, and hydropower sites during the Progressive Era?

• Ida Tarbell

• Gifford Pinchot

• Theodore Roosevelt

• John Muir