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WorksheetsThe Progressive Era!
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 31mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the definition of "suffrage?
a)
To suffer for a movement or cause
b)
To suffer the burden of a cause or movement
c)
To have the right to vote
d)
All of the above
2.
Before suffrage, women could own property, inherit property or money, and keep all earnings without giving their money to a male family member
a)
True
b)
False
3.
Who wrote "The Declaration of Sentiments?"
a)
Susan B. Anthony
b)
Sojourner Truth
c)
Carrie Nation
d)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
4.
This woman became a close friend to Elizabeth Cady Stanton in 1851, and together played pivotal rolls in women's suffrage. In 1872 she was arrested for voting and faced a widely publicized trial; she refused to pay her fine. Later, she and Stanton presented an amendment to the Constitution granting women the right to vote. Who is she?
a)
Susan B. Anthony
b)
Carrie Nation
c)
Mary Ott
d)
Matilda Gage
5.
How did Susan B. Anthony help the Women's suffrage movement?
a)
She helped draft an amendment to the U.S. Constitution giving women the right to vote.
b)
She organized textile mill workers to sign petitions to strike against unsafe working conditions.
c)
She gave 75 - 100 speeches a year on women's suffrage for 45 years.
d)
Options 1 and 3
6.
Which U.S. president supported women's suffrage?
a)
Franklin Roosevelt
b)
Howard Taft
c)
Herbert Hoover
d)
Theodore Roosevelt
7.
Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution gave women the right to vote, and in what year did the amendment pass?
a)
19th amendment, 1920
b)
19th amendment, 1919
c)
20th amendment, 1920
d)
20th amendment, 1919
8.
Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution gave African American males the right to vote?
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
d)
16th
9.
When was the timeframe for the Progressive Movement?
a)
1890 - 1920
b)
1840-1870
c)
1870 - 1917
d)
1890 - 1950
10.
What was the overarching goal of the Progressive Movement?
a)
To prohibit the sale, manufacture, and transport of alcohol;
b)
To break trusts and make monopolies illegal;
c)
To end child labor;
d)
To solve many American problems that developed during industrialization; to reform American society
11.
There came about a new type of news reporting that included eyewitness accounts, photographs, and investigative journalistic writing. What was this new type of reporting called?
a)
Maddogging
b)
Mudslinging
c)
Muckraking
d)
Mindbending
12.
How did muckrakers Jacob Riis and Lewis Hine bring about reform as a result of their work?
a)
Riis wrote, "How the Other Half Lives," a true accounting of poverty in New York City;
b)
Lewis Hine photographed child laborers in terrible working conditions;
c)
Riis also photographed terrible living and working conditions of the city's poor;
d)
All of the above
13.
What reforms resulted from Jacob Riis's work, "How the Other Half Lives?"
a)
Improvements were made to sewers, sanitation, indoor plumbing;
b)
504 college funds were established for New York City's poor children;
c)
The worst tenements and sweatshops were torn down;
d)
Options 1 and 3 only
14.
This woman was a pioneer American settlement activist/reformer, social worker, public philosopher, sociologist, author, and leader in women's suffrage and world peace. She created the first settlement house in the United States, Chicago'sHull House. In an era when presidents such as Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson identified themselves as reformers and social activists, she was one of the most prominent[1] reformers of the Progressive Era. She helped America to address and focus on issues that were of concern to mothers, such as the needs of children, local public health, and world peace. She said that if women were to be responsible for cleaning up their communities and making them better places to live, they needed to be able to vote to do so effectively.
a)
Carrie Nation
b)
Susan B Anthony
c)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
d)
Jane Addams
15.
This man was considered a muckraker, or journalist who exposed corruption in government and business.[4] In 1904, he had spent seven weeks gathering information while working in disguise in the meatpacking plants of Chicago for the newspaper. He first published a novel in 1906 based on his findings. He famously said of the public reaction to his book, "I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach."
a)
Boss Tweed
b)
Lewis Hine
c)
Jacob Riis
d)
Upton Sinclair
16.
What two laws were passed as a result of Upton Sinclair's muckraking novel, "The Jungle"?
a)
Meat Inspection Act enacted in 1906 to prevent unsanitary slaughtering and processing of meat
b)
Pure Food and Drug Act required drugs be labeled accurately;
c)
Food and Drug Administration was formed;
d)
Options 1 and 2 only
17.
During the 1870's - 1920's local, state, and even federal governments and officials engaged in illegal practices and corruption was rampant. How were these governments corrupt?
a)
Promised jobs to people in exchange for their vote;
b)
Coerced local businessmen to vote for them in exchange for favors;
c)
Local politicians were beholden to their "political bosses;"
d)
All of the above
18.
What was a "trust?"
a)
A large business with significant market power. It is often used in a historical sense to refer to monopolies or near-monopolies in the United States
b)
A large bank or other financial institution used to guard and invest individual or corporate funds.
19.
Which U.S. president was known as the "trust buster," breaking up powerful trusts and monopolies?
a)
Woodrow Wilson
b)
Herbert Hoover
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
Theodore Roosevelt
20.
What was the Temperance Movement?
a)
Movement to ban the manufacture and sale of alcohol;
b)
Movement to ban the manufacture and consumption of alcohol;
c)
Movement to ban the sale, and transport of alcohol;
d)
Movement to ban the manufacture, sale, and transport of alcohol
21.
When was the Prohibition Era and what constitutional amendment enacted prohibition?
a)
Period of time in the U.S. from 1920 - 1933 that banned the manufacture and sale of alcohol nationwide. The 19th amendment to the U.S. constitution enacted the prohibition of alcohol.
b)
The period of time from 1920 - 1933 that prohibited the manufacture and consumption of alcohol across the U.S. The 18th amendment to the U.S. constitution enacted the ban of manufacturing and consuming alcohol.
c)
The Period of time in the U. S. from 1920 - 1933 that prohibited the manufacture, sale, import, and transport of alcohol nationwide. The 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution enacted the prohibition of alcohol.
d)
The period of time in the U.S. from 1920 - 1933 that banned the manufacture, sale, transport, or import of alcohol nationwide. The 18th amendment to the U.S. Constitution enacted the ban of alcohol.
22.
Who supported the Temperance Movement in the U.S.?
a)
Women;
b)
Factory Owners;
c)
Progressives and Religious Organizations
d)
All of the above
23.
What was the Pendleton Civil Service Act, and what did it accomplish?
a)
It is a United States federa law, enacted in 1883, which protected potential employees by allowing employment to be awarded based on Patronage, a system whereby “a political currency with which to ‘purchase’ political activity and political responses” from “voters whose loyalty was ensured by an organizationally created web of jobs, favors, and payoffs” “distributed at the discretion of political leaders.
b)
It is a United States federal law, enacted in 1883, which established that positions within the federal government should be awarded on the basis of merit instead of political affiliation.[1]The act provided selection of government employees by competitive exams,[1] rather than ties to politicians or political affiliation. It also made it illegal to fire or demote government officials for political reasons and prohibited soliciting campaign donations on Federal government property.[1]
24.
When was the Fair Labor Standards Act passed, and what did it accomplish?
a)
It was a law that enacted a minimum wage, safer working conditions, an end to child labor, and an 80 hour work week. This law was enacted in 1938.
b)
It was a law that enacted a minimum wage for all workers, safer working conditions, an end to child labor, and a 40 hour work week. This law was enacted in 1938.
25.
This woman was an ardent and impactful member of the Temperance Movement. She would often storm into saloons with a hatchet in hand and smash every whisky or beer bottle within reach.
a)
Martha Stewart
b)
Susan B Anthony
c)
Jane Addams
d)
Carrie A Nation
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