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Progressive Era - Uncovering Problems

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 41mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Whose book led to the direct passage of the Meat Inspection Act and indirect of the Pure Food and Drug Acts?
a)
Jacob Riis
b)
Lewis Hines
c)
Ida Tarbell
d)
Upton Sinclair
2.
Who was the person who founded the settlement house (Hull House) for the Assimilation and Americanization of the immigrant poor?
a)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
b)
Jane Addams
c)
Susan B. Anthony
d)
Belle Starr
3.
1906- Wrote The Jungle which exposed the conditions in the U.S. meat packing industry. (Helped pass the Pure Food and Drug Act) 
a)
Upton Sinclair 
b)
Lincoln Steffens 
c)
Jacob Riis 
d)
Frank Norris 
4.
The Jungle is an example of this style of writing.  It gave gory depictions of the meat packing industry.
a)
Support Laissez-faire economics
b)
Control of political machines
c)
Muckraking
d)
Jim Crow Laws
5.
What did the Supreme Court decide in Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896?
a)
Legalized "separate but equal" public facilities
b)
Guaranteed woman's right to vote
c)
Legalized the right of suffrage to all male citizens
d)
Limited Chinese immigration for 10 years
6.
Muckrakers were:
a)
Politicians
b)
Conservationists
c)
Suffragists
d)
Journalists
7.
Suffrage refers to:
a)
Discrimination
b)
Women’s Rights
c)
The Right To Vote
d)
The Denial of Voting
8.
The Progressive Era tried to fix the problems of ________________
a)
The Civil War
b)
Reconstruction
c)
The Great Depression
d)
The Gilded Age
9.
This muckraker exposed urban poverty and life in the slums (How the Other Half Lives)
a)
Jacob Riis
b)
Upton Sinclair
c)
Ida Tarbell
d)
Jane Addams
10.
What are the Jim Crow laws?
a)
segregation laws
b)
Laws to make Hamilton's birthday a holiday
c)
animal abuse laws
d)
laws against bird hunting
11.
Why did it take so long to abolish child labor?
a)
Child labor was cheap.
b)
Companies profited from child labor.
c)
Hard work was expected of all family members.
d)
All of these.
12.
 The actions of muckrakers in the late 19th century and early 20th century resulted in
a)
Supreme Court decisions that expanded the right to vote
b)
government regulation of unfair business practices
c)
increases in the power of monopolies
d)
reduction of the president’s power to manage the economy
13.
Refers to the period of time that reformers worked to solve the problems in American society that came from Industrialization
a)
Industrial Revolution
b)
Progressive Movement
c)
Civil Service Act
d)
Prohibition
14.
Writers that dig up and expose the bad things going on in society
a)
Suffragists
b)
Muckrakers
c)
Students
d)
Yellow Journalists
15.
Ida B. Wells was an African American journalist who launched a campaign against
a)
voting restrictions
b)
Poverty
c)
Segregation
d)
Lynchings 
16.
Political machines provided city dwellers with many necessities, but many machine politicians grew rich as the result of
a)
graft.
b)
industrialization.
c)
investments.
d)
theft.
17.
What was one of the dangers of living in a tenement?
a)
Tenements had few windows and poor sanitation conditions.
b)
Tenements were owned by landlords that lived in areas that were far away.
c)
Families had to live within walking distance of the industrial plants and factories.
d)
Tenements typically housed more than one family in the same apartment.
18.
Which best describes the working conditions of most immigrants?
a)
Most immigrants worked long hours in low-paying industrial jobs
b)
Most immigrants worked as farmers in rural areas
c)
Most immigrants worked as bookkeepers or other professional jobs
d)
Most immigrants worked as tailors or other skilled jobs
19.
Which law pushed to break up the monopolies and ensure competition?
a)
Pendleton Act
b)
Pure Food and Drug Act
c)
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
d)
Interstate Commerce Act
20.
As Industrialization spread, social conditions ______________ in many places.
a)
got much better
b)
stayed the same
c)
worsened
d)
nope
21.
When was the Progressive Era?
a)
Antebellum
b)
1865-1877
c)
1900-1920
d)
1933-1945
22.

Which reformer is best known for her work in improving conditions for the urban poor and immigrants through the establishment of Hull House?

a)

Susan B. Anthony

b)

Ida Tarbell

c)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

d)

Jane Addams

23.

What was the main goal of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act passed during the Progressive Era?

a)

To improve working conditions

b)

To support women's suffrage

c)

To break up monopolies and promote competition

d)

To regulate food safety

24.

Which term describes journalists who investigated and exposed corruption and social injustices during the late 19th and early 20th centuries?

a)

Muckrakers

b)

Yellow Journalists

c)

Suffragists

d)

Conservationists

25.

Match each term with the correct description. Not all terms will be used.

a)

She wrote a famous 1904 book that exposed the business practices of John D. Rockefeller.

1.

Ida Tarbell

b)

He was best known for his "The Shame of the Cities" which exposed the political corruption found in major U.S. cities.

2.

Lincoln Steffens

c)

This famous novel described the difficult life of immigrants working in Chicago's Union Stock Yards and meat industry at the end of the 19th century.

3.

The Jungle

d)

This was written in 1904 and exposed many of the business practices of John D. Rockefeller and his powerful company.

4.

The History of Standard Oil Company

e)

He influenced the late-19th century social movements through exposing the conditions of New York's working class in "How the Other Half Lives"

5.

Jacob Riis

26.

Match the following muckrakers to the issue they wrote about...

a)

Ida Tarbell

1.

methods used by the Standard Oil trust

b)

Ida B Wells

2.

violence against African Americans

c)

Upton Sinclair

3.

unsanitary conditions in meatpacking

d)

Thomas Nast

4.

Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall

e)

Jacob Riis

5.

urban poverty & tenements

27.

Match the following muckrakers to their work

a)

Lincoln Steffens

1.

The Shame of Cities

b)

Ida Tarbell

2.

History of the Standard Oil Company

c)

Jacob Riis

3.

How the Other Half Lives

d)

Upton Sinclair

4.

The Jungle

28.

These were journalists who wrote book and articles that exposed corruption in business and government:

a)

Progressives

b)

Muckrakers

c)

Sensationalists

d)

Investigative reporters

29.

Which of these describes a Muckraker?

a)

A business person who uses ruthless business tactics

b)

A member of an Ethics Committee

c)

A person who advocates for women's suffrage

d)

Someone who works to expose corruption and force change

30.

The issue addressed in this political cartoon was later settled by the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment. Label one piece of evidence that support this statement.

A
B
C
D
31.

Women were given the right to vote -​ (a)  

Choose from the below words
19th
18th
17th
21st
32.

People who were trying to get the 19th Amendment passed were supporting what?

a)

Right to vote for 18 year olds

b)

Right to vote for African Americans

c)

Right to vote for women

d)

Right to vote for those in prison

33.

Women like Alice Paul participated in which movement?

a)

African American suffrage

b)

Immigrant rights

c)

Women's suffrage

d)

Prohibition

34.

The Progressive goal to implement women’s suffrage was accomplished by —

a)

A national referendum.

b)

An executive order.

c)

A Supreme Court decision.

d)

A constitutional amendment.

35.

Allowed women’s suffrage, right to vote

a)

16th amendment

b)

17th amendment

c)

18th amendment

d)

19th amendment

36.
Jim Crow laws were laws that
a)
denied citizenship to Asian immigrants.
b)
promoted discrimination against women
c)
separated the races
d)
taxed voters
37.

What kind of laws denied African Americans the same rights as white Americans in the late 1800s and 1900s?

a)

Suffrage

b)

Reconstruction

c)

Jim Crow

d)

Labor

38.

Match the following

a)

separation between black and white people in public places

1.

  1. segregation

b)

  1. A court case that resulted in “Separate but Equal”

2.

  1. Plessy vs. Ferguson

c)

  1. laws enforced in the South affecting the freedoms of African Americans

3.

  1. Jim Crow Laws

d)

  1. rebuilding

4.

  1. reconstruction

39.
Jim Crow Laws passed after Reconstruction took away African American Voting Rights using...
a)
Voter Registration Laws
b)
Political Gerrymandering
c)
Voter Identification Laws
d)
Poll Taxes and Literacy Tests
40.

Separate but equal was established by

a)

The Civil Rights Act of 1866

b)

Plessy v Ferguson

c)

The Freeman's Bureau

d)

The NAACP

41.

Jim Crow Laws were laws that enforced ___________, the separation of people based on race, making them use different schools, buses, and even drinking fountains.

a)

Reconstruction

b)

integration

c)

equality

d)

segregation

42.

Look carefully at this map, what region of the nation could women already vote in before the ratification of the 19th amendment occurred in 1920?

A
B
C
43.
Question Image

Match the following Progressive Era

a)
1.

IDA B. Wells

(Stop Lynching)

b)
2.

Jane Addams

(Hull House)

c)
3.

Sinclair

(Drug & Food Act)

d)
4.

W.E.B Dubois

(NAACP)

e)
5.

Susan B. Anthony

(Women Suffrage)

44.

Match the following terms with their definitions

a)

Reform

1.

Change for the better

b)

Abolish

2.

To end or destroy

c)

Suffrage

3.

the right to vote

d)

Regulate

4.

To control

e)

Amendment

5.

change or addition to the constitution

45.

People like W.E.B. du Bois participated in the movement against what?

a)

Racism

b)

Women's suffrage

c)

Child Labor

d)

Prohibition

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