Quiz Me! - People: Progressive EraTest your knowledge about people in the Progressive Era! 1 / 10The Pure Food and Drug Act was adopted in which time period? Anti-Trusr Period Post-Civil War Period Progressive Era Gilded Age 2 / 10This 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. Alice Paul Ida B. Wells Carrie Chapman Catt Susan B. Anthony 3 / 10Which of the following laws was the 1st consumer protection law? Pure Food & Drug Act Federal Reserve Act Clean Air Act Meat Inspection Act 4 / 10This 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 Alice Paul Jane Addams Ida B. Wells 5 / 10W.E.B. DuBois is most closely associated with which movement? Prohibition Civil Rights Abolition of Slavery Women’s Suffrage 6 / 10This notable progressive used his right to freedom of the press to bring about change with his novel, The Jungle. W.E.B. Dubois Philip Bazaar Upton Sinclair Henry David Thoreau 7 / 10This 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. Susan B. Anthony Carrie Chapman Catt Alice Paul Elizabeth Cady Stanton 8 / 10Jane 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 - Hull House Lowell House Children’s Bureau Lenox Hill Neighborhood House 9 / 10The Federal Reserve System today is supervised by which of the following? The U. S. House of Representatives Ways and Means committee The Interstate Commerce Commission A 7-member Board of Governors appointed by the President w/Senate approval The United States Senate Commerce committee 10 / 10Creating national parks, expanding eminent domain, fighting for a “square deal” for Americans, this president was known for using the “bully pulpit” to make his ideas happen. William Howard Taft William McKinley Theodore Roosevelt Grover Cleveland Your score is Try another 10!
