WorksheetsProgressive Era
Total questions: 79
Worksheet time: 1hrs 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
When was the Progressive Era?
a)
Antebellum
b)
1865-1877
c)
1900-1920
d)
1933-1945
2.
What amendment provided suffrage for women (1920)?
a)
16th
b)
17th
c)
18th
d)
19th
3.
Who wrote the expose piece of literature that revealed the extensive corrupt monopolistic business practices of Standard Oil?
a)
Ida Tarbell
b)
Lewis Hines
c)
Jacob Riis
d)
Upton Sinclair
4.
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
5.
What anti monopoly law made all"combinations, contracts, and conspiracies" that restrained free trade illegal (1890)?
a)
Interstate Commerce Act
b)
Sherman Antitrust Act
c)
Clayton Antitrust Act
d)
Keller-Cefauver Act
6.
Who was the person who founded the settlement house (Hull House) for the Assimilation and Americanization of the immigrant poor?
a)
Elixabeth Cady Stanton
b)
Jane Addams
c)
Susan B. Anthony
d)
Belle Starr
7.
Who advocated for African Americans to take on menial jobs and earn the respect of white America with hard work ?
a)
WEB Du Bois
b)
Marcus Garvey
c)
Booker T. Washington
d)
Nat Turner
8.
Which Progressive President used Big Stick Diplomacy and was known as a Trust buster?
a)
Teddy Roosevelt
b)
Taft
c)
Woodrow Wilson
d)
Luke Skywalker
9.
Which of the following is an initiative?
a)
People have the right to remove a politician from office
b)
People have the right to choose who will run for President
c)
People have the right to propose a new law
d)
People have the right to veto or accept a law passed by the government
10.
Which of the following is a Referendum?
a)
People have the right to remove an elected official from office
b)
People have the right to choose who will run for President
c)
People have the right to propose their own law
d)
Any law passed by the government can be voted on for approval or veto by the people
11.
Who was the leader of the American Federation of Labor (AFL)?
a)
Eugene Debs
b)
Jacob Riis
c)
Samuel Gompers
d)
Upton Sinclair
12.
Whose book caused the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act to be passed?
a)
Upton Sinclair
b)
Lincoln Steffens
c)
Ida Tarbell
d)
Jacob Riis
13.
This person helped to found the NAACP
a)
Ida B Wells
b)
Booker T Washington
c)
W E B DuBois
d)
Martin Luther King Jr.
14.
Which long-awaited goal of the women’s rights movement was achieved during the Progressive Era?
a)
the right to vote
b)
the right to own property
c)
equal pay for equal work
d)
equal access to employment and education
15.
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
16.
Key Reforms of the Progressive Era
· Initiative
· Referendum
· Recall
· Direct Primary
· 17th Amendment
How did the reforms listed above impact America?
· Initiative
· Referendum
· Recall
· Direct Primary
· 17th Amendment
How did the reforms listed above impact America?
a)
A system of separate schools for new immigrants
b)
They gave citizens a greater voice in the democratic process of government
c)
More sources of revenue and taxes in state governments.
d)
They successfully brought economic relief to the urban working class
17.
One major legacy of the Social Gospel Movement was
a)
an end to racial segregation in Southern states.
b)
the conversion of many Catholic immigrants to Protestantism.
c)
the intervention of prominent religious leaders into electoral politics
d)
an increased attention to the needs of the poor in industrial society
18.
Writers that dig up the bad things going on in society
a)
Suffragists
b)
Muckrakers
c)
Students
d)
Chaffinators
19.
To preserve water, trees, plants, and other natural resources
a)
Precipitation
b)
Confurion
c)
Conservation
d)
Infusion
20.
Banned people from making, drinking or selling alcohol
a)
17th Amendment
b)
18th Amendment
c)
19th Amendment
d)
21st Amendment
21.
Made it illegal to create trusts and monopolies
a)
Sherman Antitrust Act
b)
Sherman Antimonopoly Act
c)
Sherman Shortly Act
d)
Sherman No Business Act
22.
The founder of the Tuskegee Institute and head of the African Americans community
a)
Booker T. Washington
b)
George Washington Carver
c)
W.E.B Dubois
d)
Upton Sinclair
23.
Which act was rushed to Congress and passed shortly after the publication of Upton Sinclair’s novel The Jungle in 1906?
a)
Federal Reserve Act
b)
Clayton Antitrust Act
c)
Australian Ballot Act
d)
Meat Inspection Act
24.
The banning of alcohol.
a)
Institution
b)
Referendum
c)
Principal
d)
Prohibition
25.
Who was the photographer who revealed to the world how the lower class lived?
a)
Alexander Bell
b)
Jacob Riis
c)
Upton Sinclair
d)
Theodore Roosevelt
26.
What is suffrage?
a)
Sadness and misery
b)
Right to bear arms
c)
Right to vote
d)
Freedom of speech
27.
Which of the following women got arrested for trying to vote?
a)
Hillary Clinton
b)
Susan B. Anthony
c)
Martha Washington
d)
Rosa Parks
28.
Which of the following amendments gave people the right to vote for their senators?
a)
13
b)
15
c)
17
d)
19
29.
What did Ida B. Wells write about?
a)
Populism
b)
Women's rights
c)
Federalism
d)
Lynching
30.
Which Civil Rights leader wanted racial equality immediately?
a)
Booker T. Washington
b)
WEB DuBois
c)
Ida B. Wells
31.
What did Populists want more than anything?
a)
No immigrants
b)
Laissez faire
c)
Silver money
d)
Education for all
32.
Which Civil Rights leader wanted racial equality over time, not right away?
a)
Booker T Washington
b)
WEB DuBois
c)
Ida B. Wells
33.
Where was the first women's rights convention held?
a)
New York City
b)
Seneca Falls
c)
Dallas
d)
Philadelphia
34.
What was the main thing the Populist Party supported?
a)
farmers
b)
trees
c)
immigration
d)
the poor
35.
What did the Bourbons and Feltons fight over?
a)
slavery
b)
convict lease system
c)
racism
d)
temperance
36.
What was the Supreme Court case that said that facilities could be separate but equal?
a)
Worcester v. Georgia
b)
Plessy v. Ferguson
c)
Brown v. Board of Education
d)
Marbury v. Madison
37.
Who was the early civil rights activist that supported trade education and gradual integration?
a)
WEB Dubois
b)
Booker T. Washington
c)
John Hope
d)
Lugenia Burns Hope
38.
Who was the early civil rights activist that wanted immediate immigration and a higher education for African-Americans?
a)
Booker T. Washington
b)
WEB Dubois
c)
Tom Watson
d)
Joseph Brown
39.
Which organization was founded by W.E.B. Dubois that fights for African American rights?
a)
LULAC
b)
A.I.M
c)
NAACP
d)
ACLU
40.
What was the effect of the shirtwaist fire?
a)
Supreme Court ruled you cannot work on Saturdays
b)
Decreased the use of tall buildings
c)
Weakened the power of labor unions
d)
led to improved safety conditions at work
41.
Roosevelt’s Square Deal refers to:
a)
Fair treatment of people in society
b)
Using the government’s power to help citizens
c)
Settling issues for the betterment of society
d)
All of the above
42.
In Plessy V. Ferguson, the Supreme Court ruled that
a)
White and black Americans are equal
b)
Segregation is illegal
c)
Segregation is legal as long as facilities are equal
d)
Slavery is illegal
43.
One way the U.S. government responded to the problems caused by the conditions in this list was by —
a)
passing the Interstate Commerce Act
b)
implementing the silver standard for currency
c)
creating a federal jobs program for the unemployed
d)
establishing a new tax on capital gains
44.
Many Progressives opposed social Darwinism because it promoted the idea that
a)
people in lower classes were not capable of economic success
b)
immigration weakened national unity
c)
the government should take responsibility for the well-being of people
d)
poverty could be eradicated through increased economic regulation
45.
What was the main thing the Populist Party supported?
a)
farmers
b)
trees
c)
immigration
d)
the poor
46.
One of the major goals of the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 was to
a)
limit the amount of sugar in snack products.
b)
protect farmers from bankruptcy due to changing food prices.
c)
control the price put on beverages and food products.
d)
ensure that products were labeled accurately.
47.
Which court case required "separate but equal" facilities for African Americans?
a)
Brown vs. Board
b)
Plessy vs Ferguson
c)
Dred Scott
d)
Morrill vs Louisiana
48.
Which Progressive President used Big Stick Diplomacy and was known as a Trust buster?
a)
Teddy Roosevelt
b)
Taft
c)
Woodrow Wilson
d)
Luke Skywalker
49.
This is the name of the movement that sought to make significant social and business reforms.
a)
20th amendment
b)
Progressivism
c)
Federal Trade Commision
d)
ATF
50.
This agency was given the power to monitor all business practices in order to ensure that trusts and monopolies were not created
a)
Federal Trade Commision
b)
Post Office
c)
Conservation party
d)
Recall
51.
This is a decentralized banking system that created today's modern bank system and a uniform currency to use throughout the United States.
a)
Federal Reserve System
b)
Belgrade Bank
c)
UCMJ
d)
Great Gatsby Act
52.
The 16th amendment was passed to provide the United States with revenue that was lost by lowing tariff rates and applies to all citizens and corporations. This is called?
a)
Dollar Dollar bills Act
b)
New Freedoms
c)
Income Tax
d)
Teddy Bear
53.
This person was a former governor of New Jersey and became president in 1912 and led the U.S through WWI
a)
NAACP
b)
Rockefeller
c)
Woodrow Wilson
d)
George Washington
54.
This is the term used for Teddy Roosevelt's domestic reform policy where everyone gets a fair deal.
a)
New Freedoms
b)
Square Deal
c)
Round Robbin
d)
Deal or no Deal
55.
This is the name of the third party that Teddy Roosevelt represented in the election of 1912
a)
Green Party
b)
Republican
c)
Democratic
d)
Bull Moose Party
56.
What effect did World War I have on the suffragist movement
a)
It had little effect
b)
It caused a split within the NAWSA
c)
It delayed action as attention turned to the war effort
d)
It helped speed up the passage of the 19th amendment
57.
Who was the first to use the assembly line in business
a)
Henry Ford
b)
Andrew Carnige
c)
Willy Wonka
d)
Rockefeller
58.
Which of the following best states the primary goal for prohibitionists?
a)
To eliminate the sale of alcohol to underage kids
b)
To eliminate the use of alcohol in society
c)
to reduce accidents in the workplace
d)
reduce minors starting to drink
59.
Which of the following actions led to the defeat of Taft in the 1912 election?
a)
His overuse of the bully pulpit
b)
his failure to continue the trust-busting of Roosevelt
c)
His refusal to sign the Payne-Aldrich Tarriff
d)
He essentially splitting the republican party in two
60.
The law that required truthful labels on products was
a)
Pure Food and Drug Act
b)
Meat Inspection Act
c)
Sherman Anittrust Act
d)
Interstate Commerce Act
61.
The first president to use the presidency as a "bully pulpit" in order to get media and the public behind his reforms was...
a)
Taft
b)
Roosevelt
c)
Wilson
d)
Mckinley
62.
In the mid 1800's, the majority of women who held jobs worked as
a)
servants
b)
business owners
c)
lawyers
d)
Doctors
63.
Muckrakers were
a)
politicians
b)
conservationist
c)
suffragists
d)
journalists
64.
All male citizens have the right to vote regardless of race. Which amendment is this?
a)
15th
b)
3rd
c)
26th
d)
14th
65.
Repealed prohibition. Which amendment is this?
a)
21st
b)
18th
c)
27th
d)
4th
66.
The people elect US senators. Which amendment is this?
a)
15th
b)
17th
c)
23rd
d)
26th
67.
Slavery is abolished. Which amendment is this?
a)
13th
b)
15th
c)
24th
d)
19th
68.
Women's suffrage (right to vote). Which amendment is this?
a)
18th
b)
19th
c)
10th
d)
12th
69.
Congress can tax income. Which amendment is this?
a)
16th
b)
18th
c)
9th
d)
10th
70.
Freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition. Which amendment is this?
a)
1st
b)
2nd
c)
3rd
d)
4th
71.
Prohibition of alcohol. Which amendment is this?
a)
15th
b)
18th
c)
22nd
d)
24th
72.
Who invented the telegraph?
a)
Wright Brothers
b)
Eli Whitney
c)
Samuel Morse
d)
Alexander Graham Bell
73.
Who invented the Mechanical Reaper?
a)
Cyrus McCormick
b)
Eli Whitney
c)
Thomas Edison
d)
Alexander Graham Bell
74.
Who invented the cast steel plow?
a)
Eli Whitney
b)
John Deere
c)
Samuel Morse
d)
Wright Brothers
75.
Impact on life in the U.S.It sped up the process of cleaning the cotton.
a)
Cotton Gin
b)
Sewing Machine
c)
Thread-Spinning Mill
d)
Interchangeable Parts
76.
Impact on life in the U.S.It turned rivers into busy routes for traders and travelers.
a)
Railroads
b)
Steamboat
c)
Telegraph
d)
Mechanical Reaper
77.
What device did Alexander Graham Bell create that changed communications forever?
a)
telephone
b)
telegraph
c)
Internet
d)
electrical services
78.
Impact on life in the U.S.It allowed parts to be exchanged or repaired.
a)
Interchangeable Parts
b)
Telegraph
c)
Steel Plow
d)
Railroad
79.
Who invented the steamboat 1804?
a)
Cyrus Mc Cormick
b)
Elias Howe
c)
Samuel F.B. Morse
d)
Robert Fulton
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