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Which woman founded the National Association of Colored Women to help African American families and those who were less fortunate?

Ida B. Wells

W.E.B. Du Bois was an outspoken critic of

Booker T. Washington.

Many Progressives who followed Walter Rauschenbusch's Social Gospel program believed that

Christianity should be the basis of social reform.

Which of the following statements about Woodrow Wilson is true?

He wanted to place strict government controls on corporations.

Which group formed the Anti-Defamation League to defend itself against verbal attacks and false statements?

Jewish Americans

Which of the following resulted from the 1913 coal miners' strike in Ludlow?

The Colorado National Guard opened fire on the miners' tent city.

Why did the United States banking system need to be reformed in the early 1900s?

The nation had no central authority to supervise banks.

Under President William Howard Taft, the federal government

brought lawsuits against many corporations.

How did Wilson compensate for the reduced government income resulting from his lowering of tariffs?

creating an income tax

Theodore Roosevelt supported powerful corporations that

did business fairly.

Wilson's New Freedom worked to improve which of the following?

economic policy

Progressives that promoted Americanization efforts

encouraged immigrants to follow white, middle-class ways of life.

The concept of "rational use" suggested that

forests be preserved for public use.

Naturalist novels

honestly portrayed human misery and the struggles of common people.

Progressive women reformers worked to

limit the workday.

The 1903 Muller v. Oregon decision upheld

limited work hours for women

Wilson tried to protect workers by

lowering tariffs on goods imported from foreign countries.

In 1914, Congress formed the Federal Trade Commission to

monitor business practices that might lead to monopoly.

Many Progressive reformers targeted city officials who built corrupt organizations called

political machines

President Wilson pushed for the passage of the Adamson Act to

prevent a nationwide railroad strike.

The efforts of the Women's Christian Temperance Union eventually led to which change?

prohibition

A 1913 California law forced Japanese Americans to

sell their land.

The NWP and the NAWSA primarily differed in their

strategies

Which event led to the formation of the NAACP?

the 1908 Springfield riot

Which political party did Woodrow Wilson represent in the 1912 presidential election?

the Democratic Party

Which legislation gave the government the authority to set and limit shipping costs?

the Hepburn Act

What social problem did Upton Sinclair's novel The Jungle describe?

the living and working conditions in Chicago's stockyards

During the 1902 coal miners' strike in Pennsylvania, President Roosevelt

threatened to send federal troops to take control of the mines.

What was one goal of the Americanization movement during the Progressive Era?

to make immigrants more loyal and moral citizens

What was one way Progressives differed from Populists?

Progressives were typically middle class city dwellers, and Populists were mostly farmers.

Industrial workers often labored

with unsafe machinery.

Which reform did the Nineteenth Amendment enact?

women's suffrage

Which reform resulted from the fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory?

workers' compensation laws

Why did minority groups receive limited benefits from Progressivism?

Many Progressives held racist ideas about minority groups.

Which of the following resulted from the passage of the Dawes Act in 1887?

Native American reservations were divided into smaller plots.

Which of the following reformers outlined the Social Gospel in a book entitled Christianity and the Social Crisis?

Walter Rauschenbusch

Use the excerpt and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following questions. Local Union Catechism Q. What is the Women's Christian Temperance Union? A. It is an organization of Christian women banded together for the protection of the hoe, the abolition o the liquor traffic and the triumph of Christ's golden rule in custom and law. Q. How can a women become a member of the Women's Christian Temperance Union? A. By signing the pledge and paying yearly dues. Q. What is the pledge? A. Pledge--"I hearby solemnly promise, God helping me, to abstain from all distilled, fermented, and malt liquors, including wine, beer, and cider,and to employ all proper means to enforce the Eighteenth Amendment." Q. What are the membership dues? A. One dollar per year. Q. To whom should dues be paid? A. To the treasurer of the local union... --Handbook for the Women's Christian Temperance Union, 1920 For what purpose was the Women's Christian Temperance Union formed?

to protect the home and ban liquor

The National Reclamation Act directly affected the management of which natural resource?

water