Q 01/05

Which witness to the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist fire later became the first woman in a presidential cabinet?

A) Florence Kelley

B) Frances Perkins

C) Rose Schneiderman

D) Lillian Wald

Answer · why

B) Frances Perkins

Frances Perkins went on to serve 12 years as Franklin Roosevelt's secretary of labor. Watching garment workers die in the New York blaze was a turning...

Q 02/05

Which novel did Upton Sinclair say aimed at the public's heart and by accident hit its stomach?

A) The Jungle

B) The Octopus

C) Sister Carrie

D) The Iron Heel

Answer · why

A) The Jungle

The Jungle was written as a plea for immigrant packinghouse workers. Readers fixed on the filthy meat instead, and Congress passed the Meat Inspection...

Q 03/05

In which city was Theodore Roosevelt shot in 1912 before insisting on delivering his campaign speech?

A) Chicago

B) Detroit

C) Milwaukee

D) Pittsburgh

Answer · why

C) Milwaukee

Milwaukee doctors found the bullet had been slowed by a steel eyeglass case and a folded 50-page speech in his pocket. Roosevelt carried it in his che...

Q 04/05

Which state sealed women's right to vote in 1920 after its youngest legislator obeyed a letter from his mother?

A) Kentucky

B) North Carolina

C) Virginia

D) Tennessee

Answer · why

D) Tennessee

Tennessee became the last state needed when Harry Burn, wearing the red rose of the opposition, switched sides. His mother's letter told him to "vote ...

Q 05/05

Which Hull House founder became the first American woman awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931?

A) Jane Addams

B) Clara Barton

C) Emily Balch

D) Dorothea Dix

Answer · why

A) Jane Addams

Jane Addams opened her settlement house in Chicago in 1889 to serve poor, largely immigrant families. She is remembered as the founder of the social w...