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Chapter 19 The Progressive Era Review

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What movement was the first one that females were a part of in American history?

a)

Abolition/Anti-Slavery

b)

Unions

c)

the Suffrage Movement

d)

the Civil Rights Movement

2.
What suffragette led the NAWSA after Anthony passed away and went on to lead the 1913 March on Washington, D.C.?
a)
Alice Paul
b)
Susan B. Anthony
c)
Carrie Chapman Catt
d)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
3.

What Amendment gave women the right to vote?

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

d)

19th

4.
What year did the 19th Amendment pass and females allowed to vote throughout the U.S.?
a)
1848
b)
1872
c)
1913
d)
1920
5.

What did the 13th Amendment change in our country?

a)

It ended slavery.

b)

It gave African Americans the right to vote.

c)

It gave African Americans citizenship.

d)

It granted African Americans full equality.

6.

What did the 14th Amendment change in our country?

a)

It ended slavery.

b)

It gave African Americans the right to vote.

c)

It gave African Americans citizenship.

d)

It granted African Americans full equality.

7.
What right was granted to African Americans with the passage of the 15th Amendment?
a)
Citizenship
b)
the Right to Vote
c)
Freedom from Slavery
d)
Equality
8.
What kind of test hurt African American voting by requiring voters that had not attended school past 5th grade to pass it in order to be eligible to vote?
a)
a Poll Tax
b)
a Literacy Test
c)
a Civics Test
d)
a Math Test
9.
What laws established segregation in the South after the Civil War and led Homer Plessy to try to test the law on a “whites only” Louisiana rail car? 
a)
Jim Crow Laws
b)
The Black Codes
c)
Lynch Laws
d)
The Southern Code
10.
What Supreme Court Case in 1896 established the “separate but equal” doctrine whereby public facilities would be segregated (“white only” and “colored only”)?
a)
Brown V. Board of Education
b)
Marbury V. Madison
c)
Lochner V. New York
d)
Plessy V. Ferguson
11.

What 1954 Court Case finally established racial integration once again in American schools, hospitals, and other locations?

a)

Brown V. Board of Education

b)

Plessy V. Ferguson

c)

Marbury V. Madison

d)

Roe V. Wade

12.

What is the term for a journalist or photographer that tried to expose the problems of society?

a)

Muckraker

b)

Tabloid Journalist

c)

Beat Writers

d)

Pitchforkers

13.
Which Progressive Era writer exposed the disgusting conditions of meatpacking factories?
a)
Lewis Hine
b)
Ida B. Wells
c)
Jacob Riis
d)
Upton Sinclair
14.
Who was the writer that showed America the conditions of the tenements and cities?
a)
Ida B. Wells
b)
Lewis Hine
c)
Jacob Riis
d)
Upton Sinclair
15.
Who was the writer who exposed the unlawful lynchings of African Americans?
a)
Ida Tarbell
b)
Ida B. Wells
c)
Upton Sinclair
d)
Nellie Bly
16.

Who was the muckraker that exposed the corrupt practices of John D. Rockefeller?

a)

Ida B. Wells

b)

Ida Tarbell

c)

Upton Sinclair

d)

Nellie Bly

17.
Which muckraker showed the conditions of child labor through a collection of published photographs? 
a)
Lewis Hine
b)
Jacob Riis
c)
Upton Sinclair
d)
Ida B. Wells
18.
The term that describes America as being “covered with a thin layer of gold” at this time is…
a)
The Progressive Era
b)
The Reconstruction Era
c)
The Gilded Age
d)
The Age of Expansion
19.
Who was the first President of the Progressive Era that proved that he was going to defend the American workers?
a)
Teddy Roosevelt
b)
William McKinley
c)
William Howard Taft
d)
Woodrow Wilson
20.

What industry’s workers did Teddy Roosevelt fight for by striking the “Square Deal” between owners and the labor union in 1902?

a)

Steel Mill Workers

b)

Railroad Workers

c)

Clothing Seamstresses

d)

Coal Miners

21.
How many lawsuits did Teddy Roosevelt file against monopolistic corporations?
a)
21
b)
44
c)
65
d)
90
22.
What great monopolistic businessman did Teddy Roosevelt launch a lawsuit against?
a)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
b)
John D. Rockefeller
c)
Andrew Carnegie
d)
J.P. Morgan
23.
What organization was formed due to the Pure Food and Drug Act that was passed during Teddy Roosevelt's presidency?
a)
The Food and Drug Administration
b)
The Federal Trade Commission
c)
The Department of Agriculture
d)
The Federal Drug Commission
24.
Teddy Roosevelt established the National Park System.  How many national parks did he create during his presidency?
a)
18
b)
5
c)
24
d)
46
25.
Who did Teddy Roosevelt  hand-select to be his successor and run as the Republican candidate in 1908?
a)
Woodrow Wilson
b)
William Howard Taft
c)
William McKinley
d)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
26.
How many monopolistic businesses did Taft launch lawsuits against during his presidency?
a)
24
b)
44
c)
90
d)
42
27.
Who was the biggest Monopoly man that William Howard Taft went after with his trust-busting lawsuits?
a)
J.P. Morgan
b)
John D. Rockefeller
c)
Andrew Carnegie
d)
Henry Ford
28.
Who was Teddy Roosevelt's good friend that Taft fired from his cabinet, causing Teddy to lose faith in Taft?
a)
Gifford Pinchot
b)
Richard Ballinger
c)
Woodrow Wilson
d)
William McKinley
29.
What party did Teddy Roosevelt  run under in the Election of 1912 in order to try to regain the presidency?
a)
Bull Moose
b)
Republican
c)
Democrat
d)
Whig
30.
Which candidate won the Election of 1912 due to the fact that the Republicans split their vote between two candidates?
a)
Woodrow Wilson
b)
William Howard Taft
c)
Teddy Roosevelt
d)
William McKinley