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WorksheetsProgressivism LE
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 33mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Became President in 1901. He wanted a lot of changes (reforms), and he called his plan of changes the Square Deal. Helped limit trusts’ power but liked trusts. He negotiated an end to the Coal Strike of 1902
a)
Wilson
b)
Taft
c)
Roosevelt
d)
Schaefer
2.
Elected in 1908 and Roosevelt’s preferred successor but they ended up disagreeing on many things.
a)
Wilson
b)
Taft
c)
Roosevelt
d)
Schaefer
3.
Became President in 1912. He did not like trusts/monopolies. His administration passed the Federal Reserve Act and the Clayton Anti-Trust Act.
a)
Wilson
b)
Taft
c)
Roosevelt
d)
Schaefer
4.
Which word means the right to vote?
a)
muckrakers
b)
suffrage
c)
direct primary
d)
referendum
5.
What is it called when a party's candidates for public office is nominated by direct vote of the people?
a)
muckrakers
b)
suffrage
c)
direct referendum
d)
initiative
6.
What were newspaper writers who investigated problems in society and corruption in politics called?
a)
muckrakers
b)
suffrage
c)
direct referendum
d)
initiative
7.
What allows voters to vote out candidates from office before their term was up? (If the voters did not like a government leader, they could vote for him to leave his job.)
a)
referendum
b)
ratified
c)
recall
d)
initiative
8.
What do we call proposed legislation voted on by citizens? (The voters could vote on these ideas for laws.)
a)
initiative
b)
referendum
c)
recall
d)
ratified
9.
When legislation becomes a law, we say the legislation is __________.
a)
initiative
b)
referendum
c)
recall
d)
ratified
10.
What is it called when citizens introduce legislation? (The voters can suggest ideas for laws.)
a)
initiative
b)
referendum
c)
recall
d)
ratified
11.
What did child labor laws do?
a)
They tried to protect children by limiting their work hours.
b)
They required children to graduate high school.
c)
They made children work in the same company as their parents.
d)
They stated that children could only work in certain industries.
12.
Why should alcohol be banned?
a)
casued social problems
b)
hurt productivity
c)
bar/saloons were meeting places for political machines
d)
all of the above
13.
What workers’ rights did progressives and labor unions work for after tragedies like the Triangle Shirtwaist Comapany fire?
a)
Increase number of fire stations in urban areas
b)
Protection of the federal trade commission
c)
Tried to get workers’ compensation (insurance for hurt workers)
d)
Increased suffrage
14.
What was the Square Deal?
a)
McKinley’s foreign policy plan
b)
Roosevelt’s domestic plan for the US
c)
Taft’s plan for correcting the horrors of the food industry
d)
Hulin’s plan for for achieving annual yearly progress
15.
What happened at the Coal Strike of 1902?
a)
United Mine Workers (UMW) call for a strike which cause coal prices to rise
b)
Roosevelt threatened to use the army to work the mines.
c)
Company owners were forced to negotiate with workers.
d)
All of the above when the company owners would not negotiate.
16.
What were Teddy Roosevelt’s belief on government?
a)
The federal government should help solve the nation’s problems.
b)
He beieveld in a laizze fair (hands off) approach.
c)
The government should have more power than big companies.
d)
The federal government should help solve problems AND have more power than big companies.
17.
What were Teddy Roosevelt's opinion of trusts?
a)
Roosevelt believed trusts were okay, but he did not want them to get too much power
b)
He believed trusts should be left to themselves to increase competition.
c)
Roosevelt believed all trusts were bad and should be broken.
d)
Roosevelt did not care about trusts in any way.
18.
How did progressivism effect the average American?
a)
Made life worse for most Americans
b)
Made life better for most Americans
c)
Did not impact the lives of most Americans
19.
What were the limits of progressivism?
a)
Progressivism did not help with African American rights.
b)
Progressivism advanced the rights movement for African Americans.
c)
Progressivism only addressed worker’s rights.
d)
Progressivism only addresses education reforms.
20.
What was the Niagara Falls Convention?
a)
A meeting in 1905 at Niagara Falls where the NAACP was formed.
b)
A meeting in 1848 to discuss how to win women’s suffrage.
c)
A meeting in 1905 of the tourism board of upper New York
d)
A meeting in 1905 of the Republican party to nominate Taft
21.
Who was one of the founders of the NAACP?
a)
Booker T. Washington
b)
WEB Du Bois
c)
Ida B. Wells
d)
Don Hulin
22.
What was the purpose of the NAACP?
a)
To improve the working conditions for children
b)
To improve the living conditions in cities
c)
To help African Americans in the US
d)
To encourage increase tourism to Canada
23.
What does NAACP stands for?
a)
National Association Against Climate Problems
b)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored Persons.
c)
Never Accept Active Change Packages
d)
National Advancement of Academic College Placement
24.
What did the 20th Amendment do?
a)
made alcohol legal
b)
made alcohol illegal
c)
gave women the right to vote
d)
established an income tax
25.
Which reform did Teddy Roosevelt support?
a)
Federal Reserve Act
b)
Clayton Anti-trust Act
c)
The income tax
d)
Meat inspection Act
26.
During the Progressive Era, African Americans became reformers and worked for change.
a)
true
b)
false
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