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WorksheetsProgressive Era (era, era, aye, aye) + Great Depression
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 18mins
Which amendment allowed women to vote?
18th
19th
20th
21st
The economic system where the individual is in control of their production and their investments
Capitalism
Communism
Socialism
Feudalism
The economic system where the production and wealth gained to an individual is given to the community to make sure that everything is fair
Capitalism
Socialism
Communism
Monarchy
The economic system where the government is in control of all production and wealth gained and distributes it where needed
Capitalism
Communism
Socialism
Monarchy
The decade where America's economy was very strong and life was great for most people
Roaring 20s
Great Depression
1776ers
Reconstruction 70s
an invention that led to the growth of the economy and American culture in the Progressive Era
Radio
cell phone
television
internet
Which of the following was NOT a monopoly in the Progressive Era?
Oil
Steel
Railroads
Internet
Which person had a monopoly on the oil industry during the Progressive Era?
Henry Ford
John D Rockefeller
Andrew Carniege
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Which person had a monopoly on the steel industry in the Progressive Era?
John D Rockefeller
Andrew Carniege
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Henry Ford
Which person had a monopoly on the railroad industry in the Progressive Era?
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Andrew Carniege
John D Rockefeller
Henry Ford
Which person had a monopoly on the automobile industry in the Progressive Era?
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Andrew Carniege
Henry Ford
John D Rockefeller
Laws that legally segregated the races but really discriminated against minorities were called what?
Jim Crow Laws
Southern Strategy laws
John Brown Laws
White codes
Civil Rights activist in the Progressive Era that wanted civil rights for minorities now because it was in the constitution. He did not want to wait for it.
W.E.B Du Bois
Booker T Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Al Sharpton
Civil Rights activist in the Progressive Era who argued that minorities can get civil rights in the long term by being respectful and not rioting or protesting
W.E.B Du Bois
Booker T Washington
Malcolm X
Karl Marxx
The mass movement of people to the cities is known as what?
Urbanization
agriculture
Suburbia
monopoly
Which was NOT a negative affect of urbanization?
over crowded cities
dirty and heavily polluted streets
city jobs that paid twice as much as farming jobs
high crime
The type of music that was created in the Progressive Era was what?
Rock n Roll
hip hop and rap
jazz and swing
classical
The court case that ruled segregation of the races legal due to the "separate but equal" argument
Marbury vs Madison
Plessy vs Ferguson
Dred Scott Decision
Roe vs Wade
The political party created by Theodore Roosevelt that was to fix or change the problems in American society during the Progressive Era
Republican party
Democratic Party
Progressive Party
Whig Party
The law passed by the US government to break up monopolies and prevent new ones from taking over
Sherman anti-trust act
Johnson trust act
Do not pass GO act
Monopoly act
Why did the US enter World War 1?
128 Americans were killed when a German submarine sunk a British cruise ship that was heading to London
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor
Germany invaded Poland
The Austrian-Hungary archduke was shot by a Serbian nationalist
Which amendment created the income tax? small tax on the money you make at a job
16th
19th
21st
23rd
The decade of the 1930s where there was high unemployment and a crashing economy is known as what?
The Great Depression
The Roaring 20s
The Space Race
The Iron Curtain
President Franklin Roosevelt's plan to fix the Great Depression and prevent future ones was called the...
New Deal
New Economy
FDR
Make America Great Again
What is one program from the New Deal that is still used today? (Hint* it might go bankrupt soon )
Social Security Act (SSA)
Affordable Care Act (ACA)
Jim Crow Laws
National Highway Act (NHA)
The 3 R's of the New Deal are...
Relief, Recovery, Reform
Relief, Resist, Reform
Recovery, Revolution, Relief
Revolution, Resist, Reform
What is NOT a result of the New Deal on America?
It grew the power of the national government. More involved in people's lives
It ended the Great Depression
It helped millions of Americans find jobs
It created government programs that are still used today
What is a bank run?
When everyone rushes to the banks to get their money, and the banks run out of money and fail
When the bank has too much money, it runs it to the other banks
When banks borrow money from other countries and are required to pay it back in a year
All the above
