What was the main purpose of the 1913 Washington, D.C., suffrage parade, occurring just before the presidential inauguration?
So that she could get the governments attention and grant the women rights
What long-term organization did Carrie Chapman Catt found after the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified, with the goal of integrating women into the political process?
She founded the League of Women Voters which brought women into the political mainstream.
The 1913 Woman Suffrage Parade in Washington, D.C., organized by Alice Paul, took place on the day before whose presidential inauguration?
Woodrow Wilson
Which organization did Carrie Chapman Catt direct, using political strategies to secure the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment?
The National American Women’s Suffrage Association
The Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914 strengthened the earlier Sherman Antitrust Act by doing what?
spelling out specific activities businesses could not do.
Woodrow Wilson’s “New Freedom” platform in the 1912 presidential election primarily centered on which three areas of progressive reform?
Tariff reform, business reform, and bank reform.
Which of the following constitutional amendments, passed during the Wilson presidency, granted women the right to vote?
19th Amendment
The key reason Woodrow Wilson, a Democrat, was able to win the Election of 1912 despite being an initial “underdog” was:
Because Roosevelt ran a third party and the republicans didn’t know which republican to choose for so because the votes where split Woodrow won by default.
What specific action taken by President Taft primarily angered Theodore Roosevelt, leading to a breakdown in their relationship?
Roosevelt removed monopolies but he left some unbothered because he believed they were ¨good¨ monopolies but Taft didn’t leave any monopolies removing every one which made Roosevelt mad
A key difference between William Howard Taft and Theodore Roosevelt’s approach to monopolies was that Taft:
Taft didn’t leave any monopolies removing every one while Roosevelt kept the ones he believed were ¨good¨ monopolies
What was the primary impact of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire on American society?
Theodore Roosevelt’s nickname “Trust Buster” reflects his actions against monopolies. What differentiated his approach from wanting to eliminate all trusts?
A student is analyzing a situation where a powerful corporation is unfairly crushing small, independent businesses in its industry. Which component of Theodore Roosevelt’s “Square Deal” would be directly relevant to addressing this problem?
The public’s reaction to Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle directly led to the passage of which landmark federal legislation?
Upton Sinclair’s primary intent in writing The Jungle was to bring public awareness to the terrible working conditions and exploitation of labor in meatpacking plants. However, the consequence that actually concerned readers the most was:
What is the most accurate definition of a “Muckraker” during the Progressive Era?
W.E.B. Du Bois advocated that the “Talented Tenth”—the most intelligent 10% of the Black population—should focus on what primary action to advance the race?
Which institution did Booker T. Washington establish in Tuskegee, Alabama, emphasizing vocational training and self-help for African Americans?
The assassination of William McKinley in 1901 was historically significant because it immediately resulted in which event?
Who were the three presidents historically associated with the Progressive Era between 1897 and 1920?
What was the central problem the Progressives identified within the government during the Gilded Age?
What was a common problem in the American workplace that fueled the Progressive desire for reform?
The Progressive Movement was primarily a response to problems created by which two major historical trends in the late 19th and early 20th centuries?
Which of the following best defines the primary goal of the Progressives in the early 20th century?
