Progressive Era Vocabulary Quiz

Who was an investigative journalist that exposed issues in American society?

• Ida B. Wells

• Upton Sinclair

• Muckraker

• Susan B. Anthony

Ida B. Wells was a ______ who exposed the lynchings in the South.

• Politician

• Muckraker

• Lawyer

• Teacher

State reforms such as initiative, referendum, and recall led to what?

• Decreased taxes

• Increased participation in government

• More political parties

• Less regulation

A direct primary is a political reform in which party members vote for a (a)   to run in the general election.

• Policy
• Candidate
• Law
• Amendment

The 17th Amendment allowed for the direct election of whom?

• President

• Governors

• Senators

• Judges

The Woman's Rights Convention was held in which location?

• Chicago

• New York

• Seneca Falls

• Washington D.C.

Susan B. Anthony was a leader in which movement?

• Civil Rights

• Labor Rights

• Women's Suffrage

• Environmental

The 19th Amendment is associated with which right?

• Freedom of speech

• Right to vote

• Right to bear arms

• Right to privacy

W.E.B. Dubois was the founder of which organization?

• NAACP

• Federal Reserve

• National Park Service

• Tuskegee Institute

Booker T. Washington founded the Tuskegee Institute in which state?

• Alabama

• Georgia

• Mississippi

• Florida