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The Progressive Era

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8th - 12th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What term described a group of reformers who worked to improve social and political problems in the late 1800's and early 1900's?

Progressives 
Civil Rights Activist 
Reformers 
Corrupt Crusaders 

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What term described journalist who exposed corruption and problems of society?

Suffragists 
Muckrakers 
Populists 
Corrupt Reporters 

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who exposed unsanitary practices in the meat processing industry in their novel, The Jungle?

Ida Tarbell 
Jacob Riis
Upton Sinclair 
William Tweed 

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the result of the Homestead strike?

the workers received the benefits they wanted
Andrew Carnegie closed his steel plants
violent conflicts erupted, and the union lost
the workers and employers came to a civilized agreement

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

All of the following were new powers given to voters during the Progressive Era except_________

Referendum
Recall
Temperance 
Initiative

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

After the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, new laws fought to do which of the following?

Improve sanitation and fire safety in the workplace
eliminate child labor across the country
Improve wages
Improve benefits and vacations

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The 19th Amendment improved the lives of American women by ______________

raising their workplace wages
allowing them to vote
offering them easy access to college and further education
allowing them to join the army and the navy 

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