Quiz Me! - People: Progressive Era Test your knowledge about people in the Progressive Era! 1 / 10 Jane Addams created a settlement house to help poor immigrants who had come to Chicago. This settlement house provided education, day and after-school care for children of working mothers among other things such as an art gallery and library to name a few. This facility was known as - Lowell House Hull House Lenox Hill Neighborhood House Children’s Bureau 2 / 10 The authority of the Congress to establish a Bank of the United States is derived from which U. S. Supreme Court decision? McCulloch v. Maryland U. S. v. Morrison Gibbons v. Ogden Wickard v. Filburn 3 / 10 The Federal Reserve System today is supervised by which of the following? The Interstate Commerce Commission A 7-member Board of Governors appointed by the President w/Senate approval The U. S. House of Representatives Ways and Means committee The United States Senate Commerce committee 4 / 10 This notable woman was the first woman awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her work promoting the rights of children, African Americans, and women and her work in the peace movement during World War I. Carrie Chapman Catt Jane Addams Ida B. Wells Alice Paul 5 / 10 This notable progressive used his right to freedom of the press to bring about change with his novel, The Jungle. Henry David Thoreau Upton Sinclair Philip Bazaar W.E.B. Dubois 6 / 10 Who is this past president whose motto “Speak softly and carry a big stick. ” described his philosophy on foreign policy? Theodore Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt Warren G. Harding Woodrow Wilson 7 / 10 This notable person was the first African American to receive a PhD from Harvard and later went on to help cofound the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Vernon Baker Ida B. Wells Alvin York W.E.B. DuBois 8 / 10 Which of the following laws was the 1st consumer protection law? Clean Air Act Pure Food & Drug Act Meat Inspection Act Federal Reserve Act 9 / 10 Which of the following novels was a major catalyst for the Meat Inspection Act.? The Fasting Cure The Jungle Animal Farm It Can’t Happen Here 10 / 10 The Pure Food and Drug Act was adopted in which time period? Post-Civil War Period Progressive Era Anti-Trusr Period Gilded Age Your score is Try another 10!
