Make Up Progressive Era Quiz

Which of the following was not a goal of Progressivism?

• Protecting social welfare.

• Increasing the money supply.

• Ending government corruption.

• Reforming the economy.

Upton Sinclair’s book The Jungle caused reforms by exposing the horrors of

• the textile factories

• the building of the railroads

• slavery

• the meat packing industry

Jacob Riis helped the progressive movement by

• donating his money to charity, including women’s shelters and the red cross.

• advancing the rights of African Americans through writing books.

• photographing the living conditions in tenements.

• working for women’s suffrage

The term Muckraker refers to

• journalists who exposed government corruption and the abuses of big businesses.

• farmers who sought to control the government and use bi-metallism to increase the money supply.

• corrupt government officials who ran political machines in cities such as New York.

• civil rights activists who wanted women’s suffrage and rights for African Americans.

This man believed that African Americans would gain equality through skills and education.

• Booker T. Washington

• Susan B. Anthony

• W.E.B. Du Bois

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Jane Addams

This person founded Hull House and was one of the first social workers.

• Booker T. Washington

• Susan B. Anthony

• W.E.B. Du Bois

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Jane Addams

“Square Deal” was the name given to this person’s reforms.

• Booker T. Washington

• Susan B. Anthony

• W.E.B. Du Bois

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Jane Addams

The person founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

• Booker T. Washington

• Susan B. Anthony

• W.E.B. Du Bois

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Jane Addams

This woman was a prominent women’s rights activist who insisted on women’s suffrage.

• Booker T. Washington

• Susan B. Anthony

• W.E.B. Du Bois

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Jane Addams

This allowed the U.S. government to tax the income of its citizens.

• 16th Amendment

• 17th Amendment

• 18th Amendment

• 19th Amendment