The American Journey, Illinois Edition

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)outlawed 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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