WorksheetsNC Final Exam Review - Progressive Era
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 49mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
August 1920; the amendment to the constitution that gave women the right to vote.
a)
19th Amendment
b)
18th Amendment
c)
21st Amendment
d)
20th Amendment
2.
The right of citizens to place a measure or issue before the voters or the legislature for approval
a)
primary
b)
recall
c)
referendum
d)
initiative
3.
Reporters and journalists who reported on corrupt politicians and other problems in society, for example, Upton Sinclair wrote The Jungle about the gruesome details of the meatpacking industry; Thomas Nast’s cartoons ruined Boss Tweed
a)
muckrakers
b)
carpetbaggers
c)
scalawags
d)
dirtdiggers
4.
A political party formed in 1891 mostly by farmers & members of labor unions who demanded government help with falling farm prices, regulation of railroad rates, and free silver (more money to be put in circulation)
a)
Progressive
b)
Populist
c)
Bull Moose
d)
Republican
5.
The right that enables voters to remove unsatisfactory elected officials from office
a)
primary
b)
referendum
c)
initiative
d)
recall
6.
The practice of letting voters accept or reject measures proposed by the legislature
a)
recall
b)
referendum
c)
initiative
d)
primary
7.
Practice of rewarding supporters with government jobs - this practice led to corruption & later Congress established the Civil Service commission in 1883 to end this corruption
a)
spoils system
b)
Civil Service
c)
Patroon System
d)
gerrymandering
8.
Who introduced the direct primary election?
a)
Grover Cleveland
b)
Robert La Follette
c)
Boss Tweed
d)
Eugene V. Debs
9.
What temperance crusader entered saloons and broke bottles and kegs with an ax?
a)
Susan B. Anthony
b)
Jane Addams
c)
Alice Paul
d)
Carry Nation
10.
The 1912 Bull Moose Party presidential candidate was
a)
William McKinley
b)
William Howard Taft
c)
Woodrow Wilson
d)
Theodore Roosevelt
11.
Who founded the National Negro Business League?
a)
Ida B. Wells
b)
Booker T. Washington
c)
W.E.B. Du Bois
d)
Dr. Carlos Montezuma
12.
Who published the names of people involved in a lynching?
a)
J.P. Morgan
b)
Ida B. Wells
c)
Jane Addams
d)
Mark Twain
13.
Which amendment provided for the direct election of senators?
a)
Sixteenth Amendment
b)
Seventeenth Amendment
c)
Fifteenth Amendment
d)
Eighteenth Amendment
14.
Theodore Roosevelt ran for the presidency in 1904, promising the people
a)
discrimination
b)
a square deal
c)
laissez-faire government
d)
new housing
15.
What did Roosevelt and Taft use to file lawsuits against corporations?
a)
conservation
b)
Sherman Antitrust Act
c)
Nineteenth Amendment
d)
square deal
16.
Who helped found the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)?
a)
George Washington Carver
b)
Ida B. Wells
c)
Maggie Lena
d)
W.E.B. Du Bois
17.
Which Progressive President used Moral Diplomacy?
a)
Teddy Roosevelt
b)
Wilson
c)
Taft
d)
Tom Brady
18.
Which Progressive President used Dollar Diplomacy?
a)
Teddy Roosevelt
b)
Wilson
c)
Taft
d)
Rocky Balboa
19.
Which Progressive President used Big Stick Diplomacy?
a)
Teddy Roosevelt
b)
Taft
c)
Woodrow Wilson
d)
Luke Skywalker
20.
What is the Federal Reserve in charge of?
a)
Interest rates on loans
b)
Monitoring all of the countries banks to ensure they are making good decisions
c)
Creating the money that citizens of the US use
d)
Administering a test for potential bank employees
21.
Which of the following reforms were not a part of Woodrow Wilson's New Freedom Reforms?
a)
Underwood Tariff
b)
Smoot-Hawley Tariff
c)
Federal Reserve Act
d)
Clayton Anti Trust Act
22.
What group of Americans was the victim of price discrimination?
a)
Farmers
b)
Robber Barons
c)
Immigrants
d)
Natives
23.
What is one major similarity between Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois?
a)
They were both born as slaves in the South
b)
They were both early civil rights leaders
c)
They were both newspaper writers
d)
They both demanded immediate political & social equality
24.
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
100 %
