EOC Review USHC.3.CE Spot Check

These movements sought mostly different objectives in U.S. History. Choose the statements that describe either the Populist or the Progressive movement.

Groups:

(a) Populists

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(b) Progressives

• Early-20th Century

• Rural, Farmer

• Upton Sinclair

• Muckrakers

• Free Silver Movement

• Late-19th Century

• Urban, Industrial

• Farmers Alliance

Match each of these Progressive Era people and terms with the correct definition or description.

• Muckrakers

• This was one of the first settlement houses in the US established in 1889 by Jane Addams in Chicago, Illinois.

• Hull House

• This group of authors and journalists wrote of horrible working conditions in American industry in the early 20th century, resulting in more governmental protection of workers.

• Ida Tarbell

• This amendment provided for the direct election of U.S. Senators.

• Recall

• She was a leading Muckraker who wrote the 1904 book The History of the Standard Oil Company.

• 17th Amendment

• This is the process the people use to remove an elected official from office.

Match each term with the correct description. Not all terms will be used.

• Ida Tarbell

• This famous novel described the difficult life of immigrants working in Chicago's Union Stock Yards and meat industry at the end of the 19th century.

• Lincoln Steffens

• This was written in 1904 and exposed many of the business practices of John D. Rockefeller and his powerful company.

• The History of Standard Oil Company

• She wrote a famous 1904 book that exposed the business practices of John D. Rockefeller.

• Jacob Riis

• He influenced the late-19th century social movements through exposing the conditions of New York's working class in "How the Other Half Lives"

• The Jungle

• He was best known for his "The Shame of the Cities" which exposed the political corruption found in major U.S. cities.

Identify the three statements that CORRECTLY describe the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

• It was passed as a result of the Seneca Falls Convention.

• Before the amendment, women in some states had the right to vote.

• The amendment was ratified more quickly than any amendment in history.

• It was ratified after World War I.

• President Wilson eventually supported the women's suffrage movement.

Answer explanation

The correct statements are: Before the amendment, women in some states had the right to vote. It was ratified after World War I. President Wilson eventually supported the women's suffrage movement.

What developed throughout the South as result of the decision in Plessy v. Ferguson?

• poll taxes and voting restrictions

• "Jim Crow" laws that supported segregation

• overturned laws that legalized segregation

• Black codes whose purpose was to restrict African-Americans

The NAACP argued that Plessy v. Ferguson was a violation of which amendment that offers equal protection under the Constitution?

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

• 16th

Which of these BEST describes the point of Washington in this excerpt?

• African Americans must demand immediate social equality.

• African Americans must be patient and let change come gradually.

• African Americans can only prosper once "separate but equal" policies end.

• African Americans need greater government-funded job training to improve their economic situations.

Which of these took place CLOSEST to the Washington's speech?

• the passage of the Voting Rights Act

• the end of the period of Reconstruction

• the decision in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson

• the decision in the case of Brown v. Board of Education

Drag and drop each Amendment description to the correct location.

Four Amendments from the Progressive Era

Groups:

(a) Early 1913

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(b) 1919

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(c) 1920

• Prohibition of Alchohol

• Women Guaranteed Suffrage

• Federal Income Tax Created

• Direct Election of U.S. Senators

Based on this map, one can infer that in 1919

• men were opposed to women getting the right to vote.

• there was no organized suffrage effort in the Midwest.

• there was no federal law guaranteeing women suffrage across the United States.

• Western states were slower than Southern states in granting women the right to vote.

Answer explanation

Based on the map, one can infer that in 1919, there was no federal law guaranteeing women suffrage across the United States.