Chapter 6 Test(Progressive Era)

Which 1883 law established the Civil Service Commission?

• Federal Trade Act

• Pendleton Act

• Sherman Antitrust Act

• Interstate Commerce Act

Why did more than 100,000 members of the United Mine Workers go on strike in 1902?

• They wanted to end talks with the mine owners.

• They wanted federal troops to work in the mines.

• They wanted better pay and an eight-hour work day.

• They wanted a union without recognition.

What was the motto of the National Association of Colored Women?

• Helping Hands

• Mothers of America

• The World Is Our Neighborhood

• Lifting As We Climb

Two woman suffrage associations merged in 1890 to form which of the following groups?

• National American Woman Suffrage Association

• Women's Christian Temperance Union

• National Woman Suffrage Association

• Women's Trade Union League

What happened after William Tweed’s corruption ring was exposed by Thomas Nast’s political cartoons?

• Tweed was made a commissioner.

• Tweed collected money from the city.

• Tweed became a city boss.

• Tweed was sent to prison.

Which amendment provided for the direct election of senators?

• Fifteenth Amendment

• Sixteenth Amendment

• Seventeenth Amendment

• Eighteenth Amendment

Which amendment made it illegal to make, transport, or sell alcohol?

• Eighteenth Amendment

• Fifteenth Amendment

• Twentieth Amendment

• Nineteenth Amendment

What did Theodore Roosevelt promise the American people in his run for the presidency in 1904?

• new housing

• laissez-faire government

• a square deal

• temperance

What is a primary?

• the right of voters to remove incompetent elected officials from office

• the right of voters to accept or reject laws

• an election in which an issue is placed on the ballot

• an election in which a political party chooses its candidates

How did muckrakers such as Ida Tarbell let the public know about corrupt practices?

• by writing newspaper and magazine articles

• by running for political office on reform platforms

• by calling for protest rallies and industrial strikes

• by petitioning Congress for reform regulation