Progressivism and Reform — Test Answers

When were Jim Crow laws first legislated and enforced on Black people?

Populists believed that bankers, landowners, and political parties

In 1867, one way many American farmers responded to the difficulties they faced was to

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

Which of these did the Interstate Commerce Act ban in 1887?

In both the sharecropping system and crop-lien system, many farmers in the late 1800s

What was one provision of the Dawes Act of 1887?

Which of these was a reason that Roosevelt sued the Northern Securities Company?

The government’s continuous changing of Indigenous people policy caused

Which of these women’s rights advocates fought for women’s suffrage, abolishment of slavery, and co-authored the Declaration of Sentiments declaring that women were created equal with men?

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

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

What was one way Progressives wanted to regulate railroads?

Which best describes Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony?

Which best describes William Jennings Bryan’s political experience?

Which statement best describes how the Grange tried to help farmers financially in the late 1800s?

One of the main problems with the Indian reservation system was that government agents

Which reform measure could voters use if they wanted to change a law about taxes?

In the early 1800s, female reformers focused on the issue(s) of:

How could William Jennings Bryan oppose the gold standard and also support bimetallism?