Progressive Era Quiz

What does the word **suffrage** mean?

• The right to own land

• The right to vote

• The right to free speech

• The right to go to school

Which amendment gave American women the right to vote?

• 17th Amendment

• 18th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• 20th Amendment

What book exposed the unsafe conditions in meatpacking plants?

• Common Sense

• The Jungle

• Uncle Tom’s Cabin

• Silent Spring

Which organization was created to make sure food and medicines are safe?

• AFL

• FDA

• NAACP

• Hull House

What law required companies to pay families of workers hurt or killed on the job?

• Compulsory Attendance Law

• Workers’ Compensation Laws

• Tenement Act

• Pure Food and Drug Act

Samuel Gompers is best remembered for:

• Fighting for women’s right to vote

• Helping organize workers into unions

• Writing The Jungle

• Creating compulsory school laws

What were the crowded, dirty apartments many poor families lived in called?

• Cottages

• Tenements

• Settlement Houses

• Saloons

Hull House was an example of a Settlement House. What was its purpose?

• To provide clean water to cities

• To train factory workers

• To help the poor with services like job training and healthcare

• To stop alcohol use

Who led protests and strikes against child labor?

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• Booker T. Washington

• “Mother Mary” Jones

• Ida Tarbell

Which law finally set a minimum age for children to work in the U.S.?

• Pure Food and Drug Act

• Fair Labor Standards Act

• Tenement Act

• Compulsory Attendance Law