What was the main purpose of the 1913 Washington, D.C., suffrage parade, occurring just before the presidential inauguration?
To get national attention on women’s rights to vote
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?
League of Women Voters
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?
National American Woman Suffrage Association
The Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914 strengthened the earlier Sherman Antitrust Act by doing what?
Prevented businesses to do certain business practices
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:
The Republican party was split in two because of TR and Taft rivalries
What specific action taken by President Taft primarily angered Theodore Roosevelt, leading to a breakdown in their relationship?
Shut down all monopolies, instead of those who were considered “good”
A key difference between William Howard Taft and Theodore Roosevelt’s approach to monopolies was that Taft:
Saw all monopolies as bad and none of them as beneficial
What was the primary impact of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire on American society?
Made government step in and create labor laws and regulations
Theodore Roosevelt’s nickname “Trust Buster” reflects his actions against monopolies. What differentiated his approach from wanting to eliminate all trusts?
He saw some monopolies as “good” and beneficial
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?
Keeping the wealthy and powerful from taking advantage of small businesses and the poor.
FDA or Pure Food and Drug Act.
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:
The condition of the meat that people were buying and eating
What is the most accurate definition of a “Muckraker” during the Progressive Era?
Writers or activists who address problems in society
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?
Focus on intelligence to demand rights
Which institution did Booker T. Washington establish in Tuskegee, Alabama, emphasizing vocational training and self-help for African Americans?
Tuskegee institute
The assassination of William McKinley in 1901 was historically significant because it immediately resulted in which event?
Teddy Roosevelt became president, which opened up the progressive era
Who were the three presidents historically associated with the Progressive Era between 1897 and 1920?
TR, William Taft, and Woodrow Wilson
What was the central problem the Progressives identified within the government during the Gilded Age?
Government wasn’t accountable or transparent
What was a common problem in the American workplace that fueled the Progressive desire for reform?
low wages and unsafe working conditions
The Progressive Movement was primarily a response to problems created by which two major historical trends in the late 19th and early 20th centuries?
Industrialization and urbanization
Which of the following best defines the primary goal of the Progressives in the early 20th century?
change
What did Teddy Roosevelt call himself after he was shot that eventually became the name of his political affiliation?
Bull Moose
