The Populist Party Answers

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Which of the following best describes progressivism?

a way of doing business in the late nineteenth century

a political movement that brings reform

the way a government views its laws

Why were muckrakers important to the progressive movement?

The needed progressive reformers and other allies in government.

They informed the public and supported the goals of the reformers.

They only published articles on issues relating to unfair business practices.

Which of these was not a goal of the progressive movement?

to stop unfair business practices

to restrict child labor

to eliminate corruption in government

to decrease business

Why were some achievements of progressive reformers short-lived?

Most people did not support the new laws.

The Supreme Court struck down many new laws.

State and federal legislatures would only pass new laws.

How did the Supreme Court case Lochner v. New York limit reform?

It overturned a state law that set a legal maximum workday to ten hours.

It said that workplace laws should be left up to the federal government.

It said that workplace laws could not be enacted until 1930.

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