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THE PROGRESSIVE ERA
Section 5 Quiz
Key Terms and People
Match the correct term in the right column with the definition or description in the left
column.
Column I
Column II
1. set out President Woodrow Wilson’s plan
for government in the United States
2. gave Congress the power to create an
income tax
3. placed national banks under the control
of a central authority
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
Woodrow Wilson
New Freedom
Sixteenth Amendment
Federal Reserve Act
FTC
Clayton Antitrust Act
4. established to monitor business practices
that might lead to monopoly
5. spelled out activities in which businesses
could not engage
6. sent federal troops to break up the
miner’s strike in Ludlow
Key Concepts
Circle the letter of the correct answer for each item below.
7. Which party did Woodrow Wilson represent in the 1912 presidential election?
c. the Republican Party
a. the Democratic Party
d. the Congressional Government Party
b. the Progressive Party
8. Wilson tried to protect workers by
a. vetoing an income tax.
b. relaxing corporate controls.
c. lowering import tariffs.
d. encouraging price hikes.
9. Why did the United States banking system need to be reformed in the early 1900s?
a. Interest rates for loans rarely fluctuated.
b. The nation had no central authority to supervise banks.
c. Too many people controlled the reserve funds of the nation’s banks.
d. Banks could access their reserves too easily.
10. President Wilson pushed for the passage of the Adamson Act to
a. protect labor unions.
b. prevent a nationwide railroad strike.
c. give wages to disabled workers.
d. prosecute illegal stock trading.
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