The American Journey: Reconstruction to the Present

Chapter 21: Progressive Reforms

Progressive Reforms

1
One of the most corrupt city bosses was __________, who headed New York City’s Democratic political machine.
A)Jacob Riis
B)William Tweed
C)Thomas Nast
D)Robert La Follette
2
The assassination of President __________ helped lead to civil service reform.
A)Harding
B)Lincoln
C)McKinley
D)Garfield
3
Upton Sinclair’s novel The Jungle described __________.
A)the Standard Oil Company
B)corrupt political machines
C)the meatpacking industry
D)problems of tenement life
4
The Nineteenth Amendment __________.
A)provided for the direct election of senators
B)gave women the right to vote
C)established an income tax
D)forbid the production and sale of alcoholic beverages
5
Carry Nation is most closely associated with __________.
A)the temperance movement
B)reorganizing city governments
C)her political cartoons
D)reform of the meatpacking industry
6
The youngest president in United States history was __________.
A)Theodore Roosevelt
B)John Kennedy
C)William McKinley
D)William Howard Taft
7
During the United Mine Workers’ coal strike, Roosevelt supported the __________.
A)owners
B)managers
C)miners
D)journalists
8
The Bull Moose Party split the Republican vote in 1912 and allowed __________ to win the presidential election.
A)William Howard Taft
B)Woodrow Wilson
C)Warren Harding
D)Theodore Roosevelt
9
The Tuskegee Institute was founded by __________.
A)W.E.B. Du Bois
B)George Washington Carver
C)Booker T. Washington
D)Ida B. Wells
10
Unequal treatment because of race, religion, ethnic background, or place of birth is called __________.
A)patronage
B)muckraking
C)prohibition
D)discrimination
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