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WorksheetsProgressive Era (Second 1/2)
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who wrote the History of the Standard Oil Company?
a)
Upton Sinclair
b)
Ida Tarbell
c)
Lincoln Steffens
d)
Joseph Pulitzer
2.
The Wisconsin Idea and Oregon System proposed to do what?
a)
Use university professors to study problems and reccomend solutions
b)
Allow citizens to remove politicians from office
c)
Allow citizens to recommend new laws to the government
d)
Allow citizens to select who would run for President
3.
Which of the following is initiative?
a)
People have the right to remove a politician from office
b)
People have the right to choose who will run for President
c)
People have the right to propose a new law
d)
People have the right to veto or accept a law passed by the government
4.
Which of the following is Referendum?
a)
People have the right to remove an elected official from office
b)
People have the right to choose who will run for President
c)
People have the right to propose their own law
d)
Any law passed by the government can be voted on for approval or veto by the people
5.
Which of the following is Recall?
a)
People have the right to choose who will run for President
b)
People have the right to remove an elected official from office
c)
People have the right to propose a new law
d)
People have the right to vote on any law passed by their government for approval/veto
6.
Which of the following is the Primary system?
a)
People have the right to choose who will run for President of the US
b)
People have the right to remove an elected official from office
c)
People have the right to propose their own law
d)
People have the right to vote on
7.
Who was the leader of the American Federation of Labor (AFL)?
a)
Eugene Debs
b)
Jacob Riis
c)
Samuel Gompers
d)
Upton Sinclair
8.
Women's Suffrage refers to what?
a)
The suffereing of women
b)
Women being allowed to vote
9.
The Granger Laws were passed to...
a)
Protect farmers from price discrimination
b)
Destroy the railroad monopolies once and for all
c)
Help farmers use proper farming techniques
d)
Restrict the rights of farmers
10.
Which President used the Sherman Anti-Trust Act?
a)
Woodrow Wilson
b)
Taft
c)
Cleveland
d)
Teddy Roosevelt
11.
Which president passed the 16th amendment which made an income tax?
a)
Wilson
b)
Teddy Roosevelt
c)
Taft
d)
Lincoln
12.
Which President used the Clayton Anti-Trust Act?
a)
Wilson
b)
Teddy Roosevelt
c)
Taft
d)
Jimmy Carter
13.
Which of the following is not true about the Underwood Tariff?
a)
It was created by Wilson
b)
It lowered Tariff rates in the US
c)
It raised tariff rates in the US
d)
It caused more countries to trade with the US
14.
Whose book caused the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act to be passed?
a)
Upton Sinclair
b)
Lincoln Steffens
c)
Ida Tarbell
d)
Jacob Riis
15.
What did the 17th Amendment do?
a)
Created an income tax
b)
Direct election of senators
c)
Prohibition of alcohol
d)
Women's suffrage
16.
Which of the following is blacklisting?
a)
Process by which Unions and businesses negotiate
b)
You do not have to join a Union to get a job
c)
You have to join a Union to get a job
d)
When you are placed on a list to not get a job because you joined a Union
17.
What is Open Shop?
a)
When you do not have to join a Union to get a job
b)
When you do have to join a Union to get a job
18.
What was the Shame of the Cities about?
a)
The conditions in meat packing plants
b)
The link between big business and the government
c)
The corrupt monopoly John D Rockefeller had established
d)
The need in the US to go to war with Spain
19.
What happened in the Haymarket Square in Chicago?
a)
It was the location where Pullman's workers flipped a train over
b)
It was the town square where the Coal Creek workers held a protest
c)
It was where the workers of the McCormick Harvesting Company held a protest that turned violent
d)
Haymarket Square doesn't exist
20.
Why was the Checkweighman so important to Coal Creek Miners?
a)
He was the leader in the Collective Bargaining with the mine onwers
b)
He weighed the miners' coal which is how they got paid
c)
The Checkweighman was not really important
d)
He was the leader of the miners Union
21.
Which of the following is not true about the Federal Reserve Act?
a)
It controlled interest rates on loans
b)
It was created by Wilson
c)
It served as a bank for banks
d)
It was created by Taft
22.
Which of the following definitions is collective bargaining?
a)
Process by which Unions negotiate with a business for better rights
b)
You do not have to join a Union to get a job
c)
When you are placed on a list to not get a job because you joined a Union
d)
When you do have to join a Union to get a job
23.
Which of the following women would have supported Women's Suffrage?
a)
Anne Dallas Dudley
b)
Josephine Pearson
24.
Which Amendment gave women the right to vote?
a)
16
b)
17
c)
18
d)
19
25.
Women like the ones featured in this picture would have been petitioning the President for what?
a)
Suffrage
b)
Better Pay
c)
Better Jobs
d)
Equality with men in the work place
26.
Who was the Tennessee Senator that was the deciding vote for the 19th Amendment?
a)
Albert Roberts
b)
Charles Darwin
c)
Harry Burn
d)
Eugene Debs
27.
What major change in American history does the picture demonstrate?
a)
Yellow Fever Epidemic
b)
The Great Migration
c)
The Sun Belt Migration
d)
The Dust Bowl Migration
28.
Which African American cultural leader believed in Accommodation and Assimilation and is pictured here?
a)
Booker T Washington
b)
Marcus Garvey
c)
WEB DuBois
29.
Which African American cultural leader created the NAACP and wanted to end racial inequality now?
a)
Booker T Washington
b)
Marcus Garvey
c)
WEB DuBois
30.
Which African American cultural leader started the Back to Africa Movement and believed in Black Nationalism?
a)
Booker T Washington
b)
Marcus Garvey
c)
WEB DuBois
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