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WorksheetsProgressive Era
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
required Americans to pay an income tax
a)
16th Amendment
b)
17th Amendment
c)
18th Amendment
d)
19th Amendment
2.
aimed at correcting the political and social injustices resulting from industrialization
a)
Settlement House
b)
William Jennings Bryan
c)
Pure Food and Drug Act
d)
Progressive Movement
3.
tax on imported goods
a)
Recall
b)
Tariff
c)
Populism
d)
Inflation
4.
an all-purpose community center for poor people living in crowded cities-
a)
Social Gospel Movement
b)
Temperance Movement
c)
Settlement House
d)
White House
5.
reporters, writers, and social scientists exposed the abuses of industrial society and government corruption.
a)
Progressive Movement
b)
Muckrakers
c)
Temperance Movement
d)
Initiative
6.
unlimited coinage of silver to increase money supply .
a)
Free silver
b)
Cross of Gold
c)
Federal Reserve Bank
d)
Inflation
7.
prohibition of the sale, manufacture, transport of alcohol
a)
16th Amendment
b)
17th Amendment
c)
18th Amendment
d)
19th Amendment
8.
progressive reformer known for establishing the Hull House.
a)
WEB DuBois
b)
Ida B. Wells
c)
Booker T. Washington
d)
Jane Addams
9.
social reformer that organized a national anti-lynching crusade
a)
Jane Addams
b)
Ida Tarbell
c)
Ida B. Wells
d)
William H. Taft
10.
a new national political party representing the “common man” – farmers, industrial workers, and miners proposing a 8 hour workday, progressive income tax, government ownership of railroads, free silver .
a)
populism
b)
progressivism
c)
Bull Moose Party
d)
Dixiecrat Party
11.
government jobs given to supporters as reward for contribution to politicians .
a)
Pendleton Service Act
b)
Spoils System
c)
Initiative
d)
Recall
12.
called for social reforms as a duty of Christians to enhance the lives of the less fortunate .
a)
Social Gospel Movement
b)
Temperance Movement
c)
Muckrakers
d)
Square Deal
13.
Democratic candidate in the election of 1896 gained support of populist party for his “Cross of Gold “ speech
a)
Teddy Roosevelt
b)
William H. Taft
c)
Woodrow Wilson
d)
William Jennings Bryan
14.
protected consumers health and welfare by insuring quality products
a)
Pendleton Service Act
b)
Interstate Commerce Act
c)
Pure Food and Drug Act
d)
Meat Inspection Act
15.
muckraker who wrote of the abuses in the meatpacking industry in “The Jungle”
a)
Ida B. Wells
b)
Jacob Riis
c)
Upton Sinclair
d)
Ida Tarbell
16.
elected officials could be removed from office by special election
a)
Recall
b)
Initiative
c)
Referendum
d)
Inflation
17.
allows for the direct election of Senators
a)
16th Amendment
b)
17th Amendment
c)
18th Amendment
d)
19th Amendment
18.
Teddy Roosevelt’s progressive legislative program aimed at protecting the public health and preventing false claims by business owners
a)
Fair Deal
b)
Square Deal
c)
New Deal
d)
Big Deal
19.
created government agency that controls monetary policy
a)
Bank of the United States
b)
Treasury Department
c)
Presidential Financial Act
d)
Federal Reserve Act
20.
government cannot deny the right to vote based on gender
a)
16th Amendment
b)
17th Amendment
c)
18th Amendment
d)
19th Amendment
21.
direct result of the book, “The Jungle”
a)
Temperance Movement
b)
Meat Inspection Act
c)
Pure Food and Drug Act
d)
Shere Kahn and Baloo
22.
process that allows citizens to approve or reject a law passed by their legislature
a)
Initiative
b)
Referendum
c)
Recall
d)
Inflation
23.
African-American reformer who founded the NAACP
a)
W.E.B. DuBois
b)
Booker T. Washington
c)
Ida B. Wells
d)
Marcus Garvey
24.
Progressive president known as the trust buster, identifying companies as good trusts and bad trusts
a)
Theodore Roosevelt
b)
William H. Taft
c)
Woodrow Wilson
d)
Trust Buster Man
25.
movement led mostly by women like Frances Willard to eliminate alcohol
a)
Suffrage Movement
b)
Progressive Movement
c)
Populist Movement
d)
Temperance Movement
26.
proposed that African-Americans achieve equality gradually through job training and education
a)
Booker T. Washington
b)
WEB DuBois
c)
Marcus Garvey
d)
Ida B. Wells
27.
Democrat elected President in 1912 as a result of a split in the Republican party(Bull Moose Party)
a)
Theodore Roosevelt
b)
William H. Taft
c)
Woodrow Wilson
d)
Warren G. Harding
28.
allows voters to introduce bills directly to legislature
a)
Initiative
b)
Recall
c)
Referendum
d)
Tariff
29.
succeeded Roosevelt as President, followed many of his trust-busting policies
a)
Theodore Roosevelt
b)
William H. Taft
c)
Woodrow Wilson
d)
Warren G. Harding
30.
law that required government jobs be awarded by merit, not by leader’s choice
a)
Interstate Commerce Act
b)
Sherman Antitrust Act
c)
Pendleton Service Act
d)
Pure Food and Drug Act
31.
an increase in prices across the board
a)
Recall
b)
Referendum
c)
Tariff
d)
Inflation
32.
some examples include the populist party, progressive party, and other non traditional parties
a)
Progressivism
b)
Populism
c)
Third Party
d)
Republican Party
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