WorksheetsProgressive Era Part II
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 52mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
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
2.
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
3.
The founder of the NAACP who encouraged African Americans to fight to end segregation
a)
Booker T. Washington
b)
George Washington Carver
c)
WEB Dubois
d)
Upton Sinclair
4.
This was created to allow women to vote nationally
a)
17th Amendment
b)
18th Amendment
c)
19th Amendment
d)
21st Amendment
5.
To preserve water, trees, plants, and other natural resources
a)
Precipitation
b)
Confurion
c)
Conservation
d)
Infusion
6.
What is it called when you hold a special election to replace someone in public office?
a)
Initiative
b)
Referendum
c)
Recall
d)
Direct Election
7.
"The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote."
—Amendment 17, U.S. Constitution
Why did Progressive reformers support this amendment?
—Amendment 17, U.S. Constitution
Why did Progressive reformers support this amendment?
a)
It provided the people the ability to directly vote for U.S. senators.
b)
It allowed state legislatures to influence the election of U.S. senators.
c)
It gave governors the ability to limit terms of U.S. senators.
d)
It granted state governments the power to appoint U.S. senators.
8.
The Federal Reserve Act of 1913:
•Created a centralized banking system
•Influenced interest rates
•Provided financial services to government
What was one of the intended effects of this act?
•Created a centralized banking system
•Influenced interest rates
•Provided financial services to government
What was one of the intended effects of this act?
a)
to control the money supply
b)
to stop the creation of monopolies
c)
to eliminate money counterfeiting
d)
to prevent illegal business practices
9.
What was the primary purpose of the Federal Reserve Act of 1913?
a)
to offer bank loans to successful businesses
b)
to establish stability in the financial system
c)
to provide retired workers with pensions
d)
to allow banks to print paper money
10.
Recognizing the need to preserve our natural environment and natural history, which president created a record number of national parks?
a)
Grover Cleveland
b)
Theodore Roosevelt
c)
William Taft
d)
William McKinley
11.
Which of the following can be attributed to W.E.B. Du Bois?
a)
the founding of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
b)
the increase of industrial education available for African Americans
c)
the development of the Underground Railroad
d)
the weakening of the Back to Africa movement
12.
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
13.
What was the purpose of implementing referendum recall and initiative?
a)
to give citizens more power in local affairs
b)
to guarantee public selection of federal officials
c)
to prevent minority groups from participating in government
d)
to regulate sources of campaign finance
14.
"The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. . . .”
-19th Amendment, U. S. Constitution
Which grouping of women worked for the passage of this amendment?
-19th Amendment, U. S. Constitution
Which grouping of women worked for the passage of this amendment?
a)
Harriet Tubman, Jane Addams, and Dorothea Dix
b)
Susan B. Anthony, Carrie Chapman Catt, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
c)
Madeline Albright, Geraldine Ferraro, and Sandra Day O’Connor
d)
Clara Barton, Amelia Earhart, and Eleanor Roosevelt
15.
Prohibition of alcohol – banning sale, manufacture & consumption of alcohol
a)
18th
b)
17th
c)
16th
d)
15th
16.
Citizens place an issue on the ballot
a)
Iniative
b)
Referendum
c)
Recall
d)
Secret Ballot
17.
Proved that when a strike threatened public welfare, the federal government could step in and disputes could be solved peacefully
a)
Homestead Strike
b)
1902 Coal Strike
c)
The Great Strike of 1877
d)
Keating-Owen Act
18.
President after the Republican Party split between Roosevelt and Taft
a)
William McKinley
b)
Theodore Roosevelt
c)
William Taft
d)
Woodrow Wilson
19.
Head of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial school. Believed equality would happen over time
a)
Theodore Roosevelt
b)
Upton Sinclair
c)
Booker T. Washington
d)
W.E.B. Du Bois
20.
The 16th amendment replaced tariff revenues with
a)
The graduated income tax
b)
Voting rights for women
c)
Prohibition
d)
direct election of senators
21.
Which speaker’s statement is most directly related to the political concepts of initiative, referendum, and recall?
a)
Speaker A: The best way to prevent corruption in government is to allow citizens a direct role in the legislative process.
b)
Speaker B: Breaking up trusts and monopolies will increase business competition.
c)
Speaker C: Government is best when kept far away from the general population.
d)
Speaker D: Government will only improve when women are granted full suffrage.
22.
Which speaker best expresses the environmental views of President Theodore Roosevelt?
a)
Speaker A: Nature should be left as it is found. All unsettled land should be off limits to future settlement or development.
b)
Speaker B: Natural resources should be controlled by big business to ensure the economicstrength of the United States. Our abundance of land gives us a great advantage for competing in world markets.
c)
Speaker C: The natural resources of the United States should be used wisely. We must conserve them for future generations while also using them to serve the people of today.
d)
Speaker D: Resources are given to us to use and there is more than enough to last my lifetime.
23.
A major purpose of the Progressive movement (1900–1917) was to
a)
stimulate the economy
b)
support government control of factory production
c)
correct the economic and social abuses of industrial society
d)
recover from a long period of economic depression
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