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WorksheetsProgressive Era and Spanish American War
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What did the 19th amendment do?
a)
Prohibited alcohol
b)
Created an income tax
c)
Gave women the right to vote
d)
Allowed voters to elect lawmakers
2.
Laws that protect workers are called
a)
labor laws
b)
industrialization
c)
workers' rights
d)
progressive
3.
What was the result of the Spanish-American War?
a)
Spain won and gained control of Hawaii and Alaska
b)
Spain lost; Cuba won its independence while the US gained Guam, the Phillipines, and Puerto Rico
c)
It was a mistake because the US found out that the Maine exploded due to a mechanical defect.
d)
Spain built the Panama Canal
4.
The growth of industry
a)
progress
b)
The Guilded Age
c)
industrialization
d)
muckraker
5.
Which US territories later became states?
a)
Alaska and Hawaii
b)
Cuba and Puerto Rico
c)
Guam and the Phillipines
d)
Hawaii and Cuba
6.
Who started a school to educate and give job training to southern African Americans?
a)
James Du Bois
b)
Theodore Roosevelt
c)
Anne Dallas Dudley
d)
Booker T. Washington
7.
Which of these events led Congress to declare war on Spain?
a)
The US found gold in Alaska.
b)
President Roosevelt forced Panama to sell him the land to build the Panama Canal
c)
The American settlers revolted against Queen Liliuokalani
d)
The U.S.S. Maine exploded in Havanna Harbor, Cuba
8.
The building of empires by adding colonies
a)
industrialization
b)
imperialism
c)
progressivism
d)
conquerism
9.
A kind of writing that exaggerates news to shock and attract readers
a)
persuasive writing
b)
red journalism
c)
yellow journalism
d)
muckraking
10.
What were the names of the acts that stated that medicines and foods had to be made without harmful chemicals, and they had to be produced in clean factories?
a)
Pure Food and Drug Act AND the Meat Inspection Act
b)
Labor Laws AND Muckrakers
c)
The Suffrage Act AND Meat Inspection Act
d)
The Chemical Purity Act AND Meat Inspection Act
11.
Austin Peay
a)
fought to end child labor
b)
was a governor of TN who made positive changes to schools, roads, and wildlife
c)
made food safer
d)
owned an oil monopoly.
12.
Reformers who think governments should make laws to protect workers, consumers, and citizens’ rights
a)
muckrakers
b)
Progressives
c)
immigrants
d)
Congress
13.
Which amendment banned the buying and selling of alcohol in the US?
a)
19th
b)
16th
c)
17th
d)
18th
14.
Someone who finds and points out unpleasant truths.
a)
Muckraker
b)
Progressive
c)
Industrialist
d)
Imperialist
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