Quiz Me! - People: Progressive Era

Test your knowledge about people in the Progressive Era!

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After working hard to pass the Nineteenth Amendment, Carrie Chapman Catt then founded the -

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The authority of the Congress to establish a Bank of the United States is derived from which U. S. Supreme Court decision?

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This notable progressive used his right to freedom of the press to bring about change with his novel, The Jungle.

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This notable progressive used the freedom of speech and press to combat the crime of lynching. She also went on to help cofound the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909.

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Which of the following novels was a major catalyst for the Meat Inspection Act.?

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This militant suffragist alienated some suffragists with more moderate views by actions such as burning President Woodrow Wilson’s speeches, a daily picket in front of the White House and beginning a H unger strike while she was in jail for a peaceful march for Women’s suffrage.

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Which of the following laws was the 1st consumer protection law?

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The Meat Inspection Act applied to which of the following?

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This suffragist followed Susan B. Anthony as president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association in 1900 and again in 1915. She introduced the “winning plan”,  a strategy to work for reform at the state and federal levels simultaneously.

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This 1895 report was written by Ida B. Wells and became the first documented statistical report about the crime of lynching.

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