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How did the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of 1911 impact the rights of workers?
a) The health and safety standard for factory workers increased significantly.
b) Because of the number of people who died in the fire, the government covered it up and there was no impact on labor rights.
c) There was no impact on labor rights because such incidents happened often.
d) The survivors were financially compensated, but public outrage subsided quickly and no other reforms were implemented.
Why was the Northern Securities case of 1904 significant?
a) The Supreme Court upheld the antitrust suit against the railroad monopoly.
b) The case had little effect on other antitrust law suits.
c) It showed that the Sherman Antitrust Act was not capable of helping to end bad trusts.
d) The Supreme Court overturned the antitrust suit against the railroad monopoly.
Why did progressive reformers work to get initiative, referendum and recall?
a) Because they gave more power to the voters.
b) Because they ended political machines.
c) Because it could overrule the President's executive orders
d) Because they could not get any legislation passed in a Republican Congress.
Why was Ida Tarbell considered an influential muckraker?
a) She was responsible for revealing abuses of the Standard Oil Trust in 1904.
b) She wrote The Treason of the Senate.
c) She wrote the book 'The Jungle', which exposed working conditions in Chicago.
d) She found out about a corruption scandal which involved Roosevelt in 1901.
How are the Elkins Act (1903) and the Hepburn Act (1906) comparable?
a) They aimed to regulate the railroad industry
b) They protected land conservation.
c) They wanted to protect consumers of beef and produce.
d) They wanted to protect consumers of beef and produce.
What was a key reason why the Wilson won the 1912 presidential election?
a) Taft and Roosevelt split the former Republican vote.
b) The large voter turn-out for the 1912 presidential election.
c) Wilson was able to win over Republicans and Progressives with his ideas.
d) His ideas were considerably different than any other candidate
Which of the following statements is NOT true of the 19th Amendment granting American women the right to vote in 1920?
a) President Wilson celebrated its passage as one of the earliest supporters of the suffrage movement.
b) It was referred to as the Susan B. Anthony Amendment.
c) It was considered to be the most significant democratic achievement of the Progressive Era.
d) It met tough opposition through anti-suffrage forces.
Which of the following is most closely associated with W.E.B. Du Bois?
a) He helped form the Niagara Movement and later edited 'The Crisis' for the NAACP.
b) He led journalistic crusades against lynchings.
c) He brought an end to legalized racial segregation.
d) He advocated hard work as a means of gradual gains in equality for African Americans.
Which of the following is an example of a home improvement that happened based on Progressive ideas at the start of the 20th century?
a) The Mann Act of 1910, which outlawed the interstate and international transportation of women for immoral purposes.
b) Progressives fought hard to stop child labor, and by 1918, nearly every state had enacted child labor laws.
c) The Narcotics Act of 1914, which helped assure the quality and safety of food and drugs.
d) Margaret Sanger pushed for building codes and improved municipal services, such as trash collection, street cleaning, and imp
Which of the following is a likely profile of a Progressive reformer?
a) A 34-year-old white male from Chicago who is an investigative journalist.
b) A 29-year-old white male from New York who works at the stock exchange.
c) A 37-year-old white male from Vermont who has been elected to Congress as an independent.
d) A 33-year-old white male from Texas who owns a ranch.
What was the name given to former Confederates who seized local and state offices in the South?
a) Redeemers
b) Reconstructors
c) Carpetbaggers
d) Sharecroppers
How did the period of Reconstruction change the representation of African American men?
a) They now participated in local and state legislatures, as well as the federal level of government.
b) This was a period of strong racism and the Ku Klux Klan where there were no African Americans in state legislature.
c) They still did not have elected representatives, but people were more aware of the issue.
d) They no longer received seats in the Senate like they did during the Civil War in the time of Lincoln.
Why was the 13th Amendment enacted?
a) To end slavery
b) To expand voting rights
c) To clear up the line of succession
d) To expand the power of Congress
What was the biggest change made by the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives in 1874?
a) They stopped funding Reconstruction legislation.
b) They passed Jim Crow laws.
c) They stopped paying for troops in the South.
d) They overturned the 13th Amendment.
How did carpetbaggers harm the Reconstruction Period?
a) With damage caused by their greed and corruption
b) With the promotion of violent groups, such as the Ku Klux Klan
c) With changes to equality laws
d) With voter suppression laws
Why are the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments referred to as the Reconstruction Amendments?
a) These amendments were aimed at fixing a broken, post-Civil War nation.
b) These amendments were created before the Civil War but were not ratified by the states until after the war was over.
c) These amendments were created after the Revolutionary War in order to unify a once fractured nation.
d) These amendments were used to further segregate slaves from the white population.
Which of the Reconstruction Amendments remains controversial to this day, with constant calls for its revisal?
a) The 14th Amendment
b) The 1st Amendment
c) The 13th Amendment
d) The 15th Amendment
Samuel was a slave who worked for a cotton farmer on a plantation in southern Alabama before the Civil War. Samuel was granted freedom, citizenship, and the right to vote during Reconstruction. How could his 15th Amendment rights be worked around?
a) Through things such as literacy tests and poll taxes.
b) Through continued open discrimination that persisted despite the 15th Amendment.
c) After the 15th Amendment, there were no problems with former slaves being able to vote.
d) Through laws that stated that former slaves could not vote.
Which of the following officially ended slavery in the United States?
a) The 13th Amendment
b) The Civil War
c) The Emancipation Proclamation
d) The 15th Amendment
Marianne immigrated to the United States from Europe in search of better opportunities for herself and her future family. While in the process of applying for US citizenship, Marianne gives birth to a child. Why was the 14th Amendment important to Ma
a) Because it gave her child citizenship.
b) Because it paved a way for equality between immigrants and Americans who were there for generations.
c) Because it finally resolved the tax system.
d) Because it gave her and her baby citizenship.
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