WorksheetsProgressive Era Test Review
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 23mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
In the South, Jim Crow laws passed during the late 19th century were designed to
a)
Make sure the 14th Amendment would be enforced.
b)
Provide employment opportunities for newly-freed African Americans.
c)
Create separate societies for whites and African Americans.
d)
Guarantee civil rights and freedoms for African Americans.
2.
Members of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union were most interested in promoting
a)
An 8-hour workday for child labor.
b)
The assimilation of immigrants
c)
An end to U.S. involvement in war.
d)
the prohibition of alcohol in the U.S.
3.
Which U.S. Supreme Court decision upheld the legality of Jim Crow laws, legalizing segregation for the next 60 years?
a)
Brown v Board of Education
b)
Muller v. Oregon
c)
Plessy v. Ferguson
d)
Dred Scott v. Sanford
4.
During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the Populist and Progressive movements proposed an increased
a)
Commitment by the federal government to support big business in America.
b)
Public acceptance of government corruption and use of political machines
c)
Use of federal government to correct economic and societal problems.
d)
Effort to reduce discrimination against minority groups in employment.
5.
Progressives came mostly from the
a)
Ranks of political radicals, such as anarchists, communists, and socialists.
b)
Politically conservative class that wanted things to stay the same and keep power small.
c)
Middle class of women, teachers, social workers, and small businessmen.
d)
Irish and Italian immigrants who wanted political and economic equality.
6.
Which amendment gave women suffrage?
a)
16th Amendment
b)
17th Amendment
c)
18th Amendment
d)
19th Amendment
7.
Which amendment is the income tax amendment?
a)
16th Amendment
b)
17th Amendment
c)
18th Amendment
d)
19th Amendment
8.
Which amendment banned alcohol?
a)
16th Amendment
b)
17th Amendment
c)
18th Amendment
d)
19th Amendment
9.
Which amendment allows for the direct election of senators?
a)
16th Amendment
b)
17th Amendment
c)
18th Amendment
d)
19th Amendment
10.
How did the role of journalism change during the Progressive Era?
a)
Journalism became the leader of the literacy movement in the U.S.
b)
Journalism helped the captains of industry sell their products.
c)
Journalism opened the door for modern publishing companies.
d)
Journalism uncovered scandals and evoked people’s emotions.
11.
What is Teddy Roosevelt's program to improve America called?
a)
New Deal
b)
New Freedom
c)
Square Deal
d)
Fair Deal
12.
In what industry did Roosevelt intervene to end an economy-threatening strike?
a)
Coal
b)
Railroad
c)
Steel
d)
Oil
13.
During Roosevelt’s administration, Congress passed the Elkins Act and Hepburn Act to strengthen the Interstate Commerce Commission’s ability to
a)
Enforce legislation regulating railroad rates.
b)
Impose lower import tariffs on foreign goods.
c)
a. Construct a national canal system.
d)
mint a national currency.
14.
During Taft’s time as president, into what two factions did the Republican Party split?
a)
Conservatives and Progressives
b)
Progressives and Socialists
c)
Conservatives and Democrats
d)
Socialists and Conservatives
15.
What new Progressive Party forms to support Roosevelt in the Election of 1912?
a)
Republican
b)
Reform
c)
Socialist
d)
Bull Moose
16.
Exposed tenement life in How the Other Half Lives
a)
Jane Addams
b)
Jacob Riis
c)
Upton Sincliar
d)
Lincoln Steffins
17.
Exposed lynching and was threatened with lynching
a)
Ida B. Wells
b)
Ida Tarbell
c)
Jane Addams
d)
WEB DuBois
18.
Exposed the Standard Oil Trust
a)
Ida Tarbell
b)
Ida B. Wells
c)
Jane Addams
d)
Jacob Riis
19.
Exposed political machines and voter fraud
a)
Jacob Riis
b)
Upton Sinclair
c)
Woodrow Wilson
d)
Lincoln Steffins
20.
Exposed the meat packing industry
a)
Upton Sinclair
b)
Jacob Riis
c)
Joseph Pulitzer
d)
William McKinley
21.
What is the term for a journalist who exposes the negative aspects of society, business, and government?
a)
Yellow Journalists
b)
Muckraker
c)
Progressive
d)
Populist
22.
Allowed people to directly elect their Senators
a)
17th Amendment
b)
Referendum
c)
Direct Primary
d)
Initiative
23.
Allowed voters to start a law through a petition
a)
Referendum
b)
Initiative
c)
Recall
d)
Secret Ballot
24.
Allowed voters to remove a public official from office
a)
Referedum
b)
Impeachment
c)
Recall
d)
Initiative
25.
Allowed voters to choose their candidates for office
a)
Secret Ballot
b)
17th Amendment
c)
Direct Primary
d)
Referendum
26.
Allowed voters to accept/reject a legislature’s law
a)
Initiative
b)
Recall
c)
Referendum
d)
Direct Primary
27.
What was Roosevelt's domestic, Progressive plan for America called?
a)
New Deal
b)
Fair Deal
c)
New Freedom
d)
Square Deal
28.
Which of the following is NOT one of the four parts of Roosevelt's domestic program?
a)
Conservation
b)
Consumer Protection
c)
Controlling Corporations
d)
Creating Laissez Faire Government
29.
Which of the following was one thing that Roosevelt did as part of his conservation efforts?
a)
Formed the US Forest Service
b)
Formed National Parks
c)
Put land into wildlife preserves
d)
All of the above
30.
Which of the following was one thing that Roosevelt did as part of his efforts to control corporations?
a)
Filed 90 lawsuits against businesses
b)
Created a new anti-trust act
c)
Filed suit against the Northern Securities Railroad
d)
Took over public businesses
31.
Which of the following was one thing that Roosevelt did as part of his efforts to regulate business?
a)
Regulating the amount of money meat packers could make
b)
Regulating railroad rates
c)
Regulating the wages businesses could pay workers
d)
Regulating the number of employees each factory could have
32.
Which of the following was NOT part of Teddy Roosevelt's efforts to protect consumers?
a)
Forming the Food and Drug Administration
b)
Signing the Pure Food and Drug Act
c)
Signing the Meat Inspection Act
d)
Passing the Clayton Antitrust Act
33.
What was Roosevelt's role in the Anthracite coal strike in 1902?
a)
Arbitrator
b)
Laissez-Faire
c)
Sided with the bosses
d)
Injunction
34.
Which of the following is NOT a goal of the progressive mov
a)
Promote Social Welfare
b)
Promote Morality
c)
Increase efficiency in government
d)
Promote bimetalism
35.
Which of the following court cases established a ten-hour workday for women?
a)
Muller v. Oregon
b)
Wabash v. Illinois
c)
Marbury v. Madison
d)
Plessy v. Ferguson
36.
Former slave and founder of the Tuskegee Institute who advocated for gradual improvement and vocational education for black
a)
Booker T. Washington
b)
Ida B Well
c)
Ida Tarbell
d)
WEB DuBois
37.
First African American to graduate from Harvard who advocated for immediate equality and a liberal arts education for blacks
a)
Booker T. Washington
b)
WEB DuBois
c)
Ida Tarbell
d)
Ida B. Wells
38.
Popular music at the turn-of-the-century
a)
Jazz
b)
Blues
c)
Ragtime
d)
Rock and Roll
39.
Federal agency that investigates corporations and regulates them if needed; prevents monopolies
a)
Federal Trade Commission
b)
Food and Drug Administration
c)
National Forest Service
d)
Federal Reserve
40.
Organization founded in 1909 to help fight for equal rights; will use the courts
a)
FDA
b)
NAACP
c)
Tuskegee Institute
d)
Freedmen's Bureau
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