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Chapter 21 Quiz
Enduring Vision - 21 - Quiz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which of the following muckrakers is correctly paired with the evils he/she exposed? | a)Lincoln Steffens--banking and financial abuses. b)Ida Wells-Barnett--lynching and racism. c)Ida Tarbell--railroad abuses of small shippers and farmers. d)David Graham Phillips--government corruption in New York and many other cities. |
| The moral crusades of Progressive reformers led to: | a)the closing down of red-light districts in many cities b)creation of city and state film censorship boards c)all of these choices d)passage of the Mann Act (1910) |
| All of the following federal legislation was aimed at regulating railroads and other big business corporations | a)the Payne-Aldrich Act. b)the Federal Trade Commission Act. c)the Clayton Act. d)the Hepburn Act. |
| Which of the following statements about the Niagara Movement is correct? | b)Brought together W. E. B. Du Bois, Ida Wells-Barnett, William Monroe Trotter, and other African-Americans who rejected Washington's leadership and called for militant resistance to racism. |
| Which of the following Progressive Era laws aimed at protecting workers was declared unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court? | a)Oregon's Ten-Hour Law b)Federal Workmen's Compensation Act c)Adamson Act d)Keating-Owen Act |
| Which of the following statements about the National American Woman Suffrage Association is correct? | a)Made up of white, middle-class women. b)Succeeded in its goal of winning the vote for women everywhere in the US just before World War I. c)All of these choices. d)Led by Alice Paul to put pressure on Congress to pass an amendment enfranchising women |
| Which of the following was not an electoral reform designed to give people a more direct voice in politics and government? | a)initiative and referendum b)Eighteenth Amendment c)Seventeenth Amendment d)direct primary |
| Which statement about the Progressive movement is correct? | a)respected civil liberties & rejected any legislation that dealt with personal morals. b)wanted to use the powers of govt to restrain business and protect the $ vulnerable. c)primarily agrarian based. d)wanted system based on cooperation |
| All of the following promoted racism during the progressive era except: | a)D. W. Griffith. b)Madison Grant. c)James K. Vardaman. d)Mary White Ovington. |
| Which of these progressive women activists is incorrectly paired with the reform she fought for? | a)Florence Kelley--banning child labor b)Margaret Sanger--birth control c)Elizabeth Gurley Flynn--temperance d)Carrie Chapman Catt--woman suffrage |