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WorksheetsAmerica Transformed Part III and IV
Total questions: 43
Worksheet time: 31mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which Progressive President was given the nickname of the "trustbuster"?
a)
Taft
b)
Wilson
c)
T Roosevelt
d)
Obama
2.
What was the purpose of Muckrakers?
a)
Writers who wanted to make money by selling newspapers
b)
Writers who wanted to cause change with their writings
c)
Writers who supported big business and corruption in politics
d)
Writers who wrote patriotic short stories
3.
Pictures like this would have been discussed in what book?
a)
The Jungle
b)
History of the Standard Oil Company
c)
The Shame of the Cities
d)
How the Other Half Lives
4.
Jacob Riis, Jane Addams, and Margaret Sanger are most closely associated with efforts to...
a)
educate and train formerly enslaved persons
b)
preserve the natural environment
c)
advance the interests of organized labor
d)
improve conditions for the poor
5.
Based on your knowledge of written works in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, which of the following books most likely inspired the demand made by the women pictured?
a)
The Great American Fraud by Samuel Hopkins Adams
b)
The Shame of Cities by Lincoln Steffens
c)
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
d)
How the Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis
6.
In the late 19th century, labor unions developed chiefly as a result of the need for
a)
white collar workers
b)
improved working conditions
c)
workers who would work for low wages
d)
improved methods of production
7.
What did most Progressives believe the role of the government should be?
a)
Nationalize industries
b)
Abolish home rule in cities and states
c)
Protect workers and help the poor
d)
Outlaw Labor Unions
8.
Which president supported progressive ideas such as conservation and the regulation of public health?
a)
William McKinley
b)
Teddy Roosevelt
c)
Calvin Coolidge
d)
Herbert Hoover
9.
What name was given to the journalists who exposed the public to corruption in the workplace during the Progressive Era?
a)
Yellow journalists
b)
Muckrakers
c)
Moguls
d)
Socialists
10.
The ________Amendment started Prohibition.
a)
10th
b)
19th
c)
20th
d)
18th
11.
What was the name of the group of women involved in Prohibition ?
a)
Women Against Drinking
b)
Mothers against drinking
c)
Women's Temperance Society
d)
Women against Alcohol
12.
In the Great Migration, African Americans moved from
a)
South to West
b)
East to West
c)
South to North
d)
North to South
13.
The 19th Amendment was ratified to the US Constitution in 1920, what did it do?
a)
Give women the right to vote
b)
Legalized drinking alcohol
c)
Created the income tax
d)
Set term limits on the president
14.
What was the name given to people who illegally transported and sold alcohol during Prohibition?
a)
Diabolical Drivers
b)
Bootleggers
c)
Rule Breakers
d)
Tricksters
15.
This Amendment repealed the 18th Amendment (ended Prohibition).
a)
19th
b)
21st
c)
22nd
d)
24th
16.
The picture above shows Jane Adams with some of the children being served by Hull House in Chicago, Illinois. What goal of the Progressive Era is represented by this image and the existence of Hull House?
a)
Fostering efficiency
b)
Protecting social welfare
c)
Creating economic reform
d)
Promoting moral improvement
17.
Which received LEAST attention among Progressive policymakers?
a)
Food and Drug purity
b)
Racial equality
c)
Fair labor practices
d)
Antitrust reforms
18.
Main goal of most muckraking journalists?
a)
Gain fame through articles of high popular interest
b)
Expose socioeconomic problems in need of political attention
c)
Increase public awareness of America's great potential
d)
End corrupt relationships between politicians and big business
19.
Why a split among feminists in late nineteenth-century?
a)
Many feminists believed increasing economic independence of educated women meant no need for activism
b)
Many feminists left US to settle in more progressive countries
c)
Feminists disagreed on suffrage movement's goal and tactics after not included in Fifteenth Amendment
d)
Feminists argued over which political party most likely to help
20.
Belief that guided President Teddy Roosevelt's efforts as trustbuster?
a)
Government needed to protect women and children in workplace
b)
City governments were incapable of fighting corruption
c)
Labor unions posed serious threat to country's economic stability
d)
Business monopolies harmful to public interest
21.
Development most influenced Progressive movement?
a)
Politicians taking more laissez-faire approach to economic issues
b)
Government becoming more responsive to social issues
c)
Growing interest in expanding US influence beyond nation's borders
d)
Acceptance of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution
22.
What cause was primary focus of Susan B. Anthony's activism?
a)
Immigration
b)
Labor
c)
Public education
d)
Women's suffrage
23.
The nineteenth amendment...
a)
Prohibition
b)
Women's Suffrage
c)
Direct election of senators
d)
Income Tax
24.
The two amendments that involved Prohibition...
a)
19th & 21st
b)
20th & 21st
c)
18th & 21st
d)
17th & 21st
25.
What is imperialism?
a)
When one country takes over another country
b)
When one country is allies with another country
c)
When one country is at war with another country
d)
all of these options
26.
What caused Americans to support Cuban rebels?
a)
to protect American interests
b)
to create an American empire
c)
yellow journalism
d)
fear of developing a Spanish colony
27.
What was the purpose of the Open Door Policy in China?
a)
End the Boxer Rebellion
b)
Ensure trading rights with China
c)
Win leaseholds in China
d)
Establish a sphere of influence
28.
What did the U.S. quickly do when Panamanian forces revolted againstColombia?
a)
sent warships to end the rebellion
b)
abandoned the Panama Canal project
c)
Decided to build a canal in Nicaragua
d)
Recognized Panama's independence and signed for the canal
29.
Why did Millard Fillmore send a naval expedition to Japan in 1852?
a)
to convince Japan to become an Ameican protectorate
b)
to force Japan to trade with the U.S
c)
to bring Western civilization to Japan
d)
to conquer the islands around Japan
30.
What did supporters of annexing the Philippines after the Spanish-American War believe?
a)
The islands would be a U.S. naval base
b)
Philippines would become a military rival if we didn't
c)
islands had no potential as a market for American goods
d)
Filipino culture was similar to that of the U.S.
31.
The U.S. would intervene in L.A. affairs if needed to maintain economic/political stability
a)
Roosevelt Corollary
b)
Pan-Americansim
c)
Foraker Act
d)
Platt Amendment
32.
What is the type of sensational reporting where writers exaggerated or even invented stories?
a)
muckraking
b)
yellow journalism
c)
journalism
d)
reporting
33.
What was the biggest reason why the U.S. was involved in foregin affairs during this time?
a)
responsibility
b)
slavery
c)
to help people
d)
money/economic
34.
What was Roosevelt's policy called?
a)
dollar diplomacy
b)
Speak softly, carry a big stick policy
c)
sphere of influence
d)
Pan-Americanism
35.
Which territory did the United States NOT gain direct control of after the Spanish-American War?
a)
Puerto Rico
b)
Cuba
c)
Philippines
d)
Guam
36.
The United States government supported the overthrow of a government in this country:
a)
Cuba
b)
Puerto Rico
c)
Hawaii
d)
Congo
37.
Industrialized nations:
a)
developed technology and machines to do work and produce goods
b)
needed and wanted more resources and sources of cheap labor
c)
conquered lands in order to create new markets
d)
all of these
38.
Which of these countries colonized the Philippines, seizing them from Spain in 1898?
a)
Portugal
b)
Canada
c)
United States
d)
Great Britain
39.
Where is this event taking place?
a)
Maine
b)
Cuba
c)
Spain
d)
Hawaii
40.
This is the door to...
a)
China
b)
Japan
c)
Russia
d)
India
41.
What prompted US government to participate in 1893 overthrow of Hawaiian monarchy?
a)
Colonization of Pacific islands near Hawaii by European nations
b)
Kidnapping of Christian missionaries by Hawaiian nationalists
c)
Queen Liliuokalani's attempt to reduce political influence of American sugar planters
d)
King Kalakaua's discussions with Japanese government to lease Pearl Harbor
42.
What policy is this cartoon about?
a)
US promoted equal trading access for all world powers in China
b)
US hegemony in Japan following the Meiji Restoration
c)
US control of the Mallaca Straits to the dismay of the UK, Germany and Russia
d)
Hawaiian annexation in the McKinley administration following the removal of Queen Liliuokalani
43.
The United States acquired Alaska from
a)
Spain
b)
Great Britain
c)
Japan
d)
Russia
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