WorksheetsChapter 6 - Progressive Movement
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Why did many Native Americans feel torn about accepting aid from the Progressive Movement?
a)
they did not want to adopt white culture
b)
they did not want to give up their land
c)
they wanted their own money
d)
they were to proud to take money
2.
After winning city elections in 1888, Tammany Hall rewarded its supporters with.....
a)
money
b)
jobs
c)
gold
d)
house
3.
Why were business leaders opposed to granting women the right to vote?
a)
they didn't like women
b)
they wanted them to stay home
c)
they thought women voters would support minimum wage & child labor laws
d)
they needed all the men working
4.
The Pure Food and Drug Act protected consumers by
a)
banning all the sale and transportation of mislabeled or contaminated food & drugs
b)
banning all food from coming into the United States from China
c)
letting anyone sale & prepare food
d)
banning sales to certain states
5.
What is one fundamental differences between capitalism & socialism?
a)
Under socialism, government doesn't do anything
b)
Under capitalism, the government owns the factories and raw materials
c)
Under socialism, the government owns the factories and raw materials
d)
no differences, they are the same
6.
After winning city elections in 1888, Tammany Hall rewarded its supporters with.....
a)
money
b)
jobs
c)
gold
d)
house
7.
The Seventeenth Amendment allowed....
a)
Americans to vote the way they want to in all elections
b)
women the right to vote
c)
Americans to vote for president
d)
Americans to vote directly for US senators instead of having state legislatures vote for them
8.
In 1890 Elizabeth Stanton & Susan B. Anthony founded the.....
a)
National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA)
b)
American Medical Association (AMA)
c)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
d)
Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)
9.
Why were business leaders opposed to granting women the right to vote?
a)
they didn't like women
b)
they wanted them to stay home
c)
they thought women voters would support minimum wage & child labor laws
d)
they needed all the men working
10.
In the 1908 case of Muller v. Oregon, the Supreme Court decided that it could uphold a law limiting women's working hours on the grounds that....
a)
women need rest
b)
women's health was a matter of public concern
c)
women need to stay home to keep kids
d)
women's health was the governments concern
11.
Child labor continued even after the reforms of the 1910's because.....
a)
they were making good money
b)
because children liked working
c)
poor families need the income
d)
children didn't want to go to school
12.
Who led the socialist union known as the Industrial Workers of the World?
a)
William Haywood
b)
William Mary Tweed
c)
Ida B. Wells
d)
Woodrow Wilson
13.
What major lobbying group of women's & children's labor laws?
a)
National Consumers' League
b)
National Labor League
c)
American Labor Laws
d)
National Women's & Children Fighters
14.
What amendment allowed Americans to vote directly for US Senators?
a)
17th Amendment
b)
16th Amendment
c)
18th Amendment
d)
12th Amendment
15.
Who may have stolen up to $200 million from New York City while boss of Tammany Hall?
a)
William Haywood
b)
Woodrow Wilson
c)
William Mary Tweed
d)
Ida B. Wells
16.
Who drew attention to the lynching of African Americans?
a)
William Haywood
b)
Ida B. Wells
c)
William Howard Taft
d)
W.E.B DeBois
17.
What was the name of Robert M. LaFollette's plan to decrease the power of political machines & make state government more professional?
a)
Alabama Plan
b)
Wisconsin Idea
c)
Indiana Idea
d)
New York Plan
18.
Who fought for the local & state laws banning the sale of alcohol?
a)
WCTU -Women's Christian Temperance Union
b)
NAWSA - National American Women Suffrage Association
19.
What set up a merit system for assigning government jobs backed by President Chester A Arthur?
a)
Pendleton Civil Service Act
b)
Pure Food & Drug Act
c)
Child Labor Act
20.
What amendment allowed the federal government to impose direct taxes on citizens' incomes?
a)
18th Amendment
b)
16th Amendment
c)
12th Amendment
d)
28th Amendment
21.
Who was co-founder of the National Association of the Advancement of Colored Poeple (NAACP)?
a)
William Haywood
b)
W.E.B DuBois
c)
Ida B Wells
d)
William Mary Tweed
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