Progressivism and Reform — Test

Question 1

What was one way Progressives wanted to regulate railroads?

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by limiting the fees railroads could charge for carrying freight

Question 2

In 1954, the Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education

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overturned Plessy v. Ferguson by ruling segregation unconstitutional.

Question 3

Read the quotation from Booker T. Washington's 1895 Atlanta Compromise Speech. In the great leap from slavery to freedom . . . the masses of us are to live by the production of our hands . . . we shall prosper . . . as we learn to dignify and glorify common labor. According to this quotation, Washington believed that

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hard work had its own kind of dignity.

Question 4

In the late 1800s and early 1900s, reformers helped immigrants assimilate into American culture by

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teaching them how to speak English.

Question 5

Which best illustrates a direct consequence of the social gospel movement?

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The Salvation Army offered different kinds of services to less-fortunate people.

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