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Individuals who attempted to expose corruption and inequality during the Progressive Era were known as -
a) muckrackers
b) populists
c) suffragists
d) funamentalists

The Progressive Movement wanted to -
a) give more political power to the public
b) protect big business interests
c) expand America's landholdings overseas
d) promote civil rights for African Americans

Clayton Anti-Trust Act
a) required federal inspection of meat shipped across state lines
b) used to describe the various progressive reforms sponsored by Theodore Roosevelt
c) added to Monroe Doctrine that states the US would be an international police power
d) Outlawed holding company's from buying all the stock

The Progressive Movement had all of the following goals except -
a) protecting social welfare
b) promoting business monopolies
c) creating economic reform
d) fostering efficiency in the workplace

Muckraker Ida Tarbell wrote about the -
a) ruthless methods used by the Standard Oil Company in its rise to power
b) evils of the political machines found in large, eastern industrial cities
c) bribery schemes practiced by the owners of the nation's largest railroad systems
d) selfish motives behind the rise of the feminist movement and temperance leagues

Why did the US formulate the Open-Door Policy toward China?
a) to prevent a European and Japanese monopoly of Chinese trade
b) To bring democracy to China
c) to support Japanese efforts to industrialize China
d) to establish a military presence on the Chinese mainland

The Spanish-American War expanded the power of the United States by -
a) assisting the Philippines in gaining their independence
b) gaining Haiti as a colonial territory
c) obtaining Puerto Rico as a American territory
d) encouraging Panama to seek independence from Colombia

The Open Door Policy proposed by Secretary of State John Hay -
a) encouraged foreigners to immigrate to the United States
b) established tariff-free policies for imports from England
c) eliminated immigration restrictions against the Chinese
d) proposed equal trading rights in China

President Woodrow Wilson's progressive platform was nicknamed the -
a) Square Deal
b) League of Nations
c) New Freedom
d) Dollar Diplomacy

Muckraker Upton Sinclair's book The Jungle exposed the practices of what industry?
a) farming
b) logging
c) meatpacking
d) mining

Which best describes the practice of Yellow Journalism?
a) Exaggerating and sensationalizing events to sell papers.
b) Accurately reporting just the facts of a news story.
c) Opinion-based stories meant to support 1-side of an issue.
d) A balanced approach to news that is fair to all sides.

In 1898, the mysterious and controversial destruction of the battleship USS Maine was viewed by many in the United States as -
a) an accident with nobody to blame
b) an act of sabotage by unhappy Americans
c) cause for war with Spain
d) the beginning of yellow journalism

Which Progressive reform outlawed price-fixing?
a) The Sherman Antitrust Act
b) The Clayton Antitrust Act
c) The Federal Trade Commission Act
d) The Federal Reserve Act

Which statement would MOST likely have been made by a suffragist?
a) Women should not exercise political power; rather, they should manage the home.
b) Alcohol is the root of all evil in society and must be outlawed.
c) Big businesses are exploiting the general public. The government must regulate them.
d) The right to vote should be expanded to include all citizens of the United States.

The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes . . .
a) 16th amendment
b) 17th amendment
c) 18th amendment
d) 19th amendment

The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof . . .
a) 16th amendment
b) 17th amendment
c) 18th amendment
d) 19th amendment

Fearing exclusion, the United States asserted that all countries should have equal trading rights in China. This was known as -
a) the Open Door policy
b) right to self-determination
c) the Boxer Rebellion
d) freedom of the seas

Susan B. Anthony was best known as -
a) a leading female union leader
b) a leader in the women's suffrage movement
c) the first American woman to become a doctor
d) the first American woman to win an election

What effect did compulsory education laws have on the workplace?
a) A decline in wages for children
b) A decrease in child factory workers
c) Better working conditions for children
d) Longer work weeks for children

What areas did the US acquire as a result of its win of Spanish American war?
a) Guam
b) Puerto Rico
c) The Philippines
d) All of the above

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