Progressive Era Quiz

Who wrote the expose piece of literature that revealed the extensive corrupt monopolistic business practices of Standard Oil?

• Ida Tarbell
• Lewis Hines 
• Jacob Riis
• Upton Sinclair

Suffrage refers to:

• Discrimination
• Women’s Rights
• The Right To Vote
• The Denial of Voting

The founder of the NAACP who encouraged African Americans to fight to end segregation

• Booker T. Washington
• George Washington Carver
• WEB Dubois
• Upton Sinclair

What amendment provided suffrage for women (1920)?

• 16th
• 17th
• 18th
• 19th

Base your answer to the question on the speakers’ statements below and on your knowledge of social studies.

Speaker A: It is disgraceful that we allow children in this country to work long hours in unsanitary, unsafe conditions. The government must step in and protect our children.

Speaker B: We must allow businesses to compete freely without government intervention. The best will survive.

Speaker C: Monopolies and trusts make it impossible for small businesses to compete. Monopolies lower their prices to eliminate competition, and then they charge consumers even higher prices.

Speaker D: Big business is good for the country. It increases the nation’s wealth, provides jobs, and strengthens the country.

Which two speakers represent the beliefs of many reformers during the Progressive Era?

• A & B

• A & C

• B & C

• B & D

Base your answer to the question on the photograph and on your knowledge of social studies.

One reason Jacob Riis published many photographs similar to this was to

• disprove claims of yellow journalists

• encourage government assistance for poor farmers

• promote the use of child labor

• increase public concern over tenement conditions

Which development was a result of the Progressive movement?

• Government increased its regulation of business practices.

• Women become less active in public life.

• The influence of the national government was reduced.

• Congress failed to balance the federal budget.

Base your answer to the question on the cartoon and on your knowledge of social studies.

In 1906, the federal government responded to the situation shown in the cartoon by

• taking control of meatpacking facilities

• sending federal troops to end a strike by meatpackers

• banning imported meat products

• authorizing government inspection of meat processing plants

Which statement best summarizes the perspective of President Theodore Roosevelt concerning natural resources?

• Decisions about conservation are best left to the states.

• Corporations can be trusted to use natural resources wisely.

• The federal government must protect the nation’s lands from exploitation.

• The free market should set the value of the nation’s natural resources.

The term muckraker was used during the Progressive Era to describe

• dissatisfied workers who went on strike

• Northerners who went South following the Civil War

• investigative journalists who exposed societal problems

• women who supported the Prohibition movement