Progressive Era Legislation Quiz
Test your knowledge of Progressive Era laws with these 14 questions. Learn about key legislation from income tax to labor reforms.
#1
What was the primary goal of the Sherman Antitrust Act?
To regulate the stock market
To prevent unfair business practices and monopolies
To provide funding for public education
To establish labor rights
#2
Which Progressive Era legislation aimed to improve public health standards in food production?
Pure Food and Drug Act
Federal Reserve Act
Sherman Antitrust Act
Clayton Antitrust Act
#3
Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted women the right to vote?
Thirteenth Amendment
Nineteenth Amendment
Twenty-First Amendment
Eighteenth Amendment
#4
Which Progressive Era president is known for his advocacy of the 'Square Deal'?
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
#5
Which Progressive Era president signed the Federal Reserve Act into law?
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
#6
Which Progressive Era legislation aimed to prohibit the sale of misbranded or adulterated food and drugs?
Federal Trade Commission Act
Interstate Commerce Act
Pure Food and Drug Act
Keating-Owen Child Labor Act
#7
Which legislation established the first federal income tax in the United States?
Pure Food and Drug Act
Federal Reserve Act
Clayton Antitrust Act
Sixteenth Amendment
#8
Which legislation was aimed at regulating and breaking up monopolistic practices in the United States?
Clayton Antitrust Act
Sherman Antitrust Act
Federal Trade Commission Act
Meat Inspection Act
#9
What was the main purpose of the Clayton Antitrust Act?
To regulate working conditions in factories
To prevent unfair business practices and monopolies
To establish a federal income tax
To regulate immigration
#10
Which legislation established the Federal Trade Commission to regulate unfair business practices?
Pure Food and Drug Act
Sherman Antitrust Act
Federal Trade Commission Act
Meat Inspection Act
#11
Which Progressive Era reform aimed to improve workplace safety and reduce child labor?
Pure Food and Drug Act
Federal Reserve Act
Keating-Owen Child Labor Act
Sherman Antitrust Act
#12
Which Progressive Era legislation aimed to regulate railroad rates and prevent discrimination?
Clayton Antitrust Act
Federal Trade Commission Act
Interstate Commerce Act
Pure Food and Drug Act
#13
What was the primary purpose of the Federal Reserve Act of 1913?
To regulate interstate commerce
To establish national parks
To create a central banking system
To promote agricultural subsidies
#14
Which Progressive Era legislation granted the federal government the authority to regulate the production and sale of alcoholic beverages?
Pure Food and Drug Act
Federal Reserve Act
Clayton Antitrust Act
Eighteenth Amendment
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