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WorksheetsThe Progressive Era IV
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
made it illegal to sell alcoholic drinks
a)
Federal Trade Commission
b)
Eighteenth Amendment
c)
Nineteenth Amendment
d)
Sixteenth Amendment
2.
guarantees women the right to vote
a)
Federal Trade Commission
b)
Eighteenth Amendment
c)
Nineteenth Amendment
d)
Sixteenth Amendment
3.
prevents companies from unfairly destroying competitors
a)
Federal Trade Commission
b)
Eighteenth Amendment
c)
Nineteenth Amendment
d)
seventeenth Amendment
4.
Reformers in the Gilded Age criticized the spoils system because it
a)
reduced the power of muckrakers.
b)
spread corruption.
c)
reduced the number of government appointments.
d)
led to the rise of the Progressives.
5.
Which statement summarizes the purpose of the Interstate Commerce Act?
a)
to prohibit businesses from limiting competition
b)
to prevent labor unions from blocking free trade
c)
to regulate civil service jobs
d)
to ban business practices such as pools and rebates
6.
Which of these people would be MOST likely to agree with the goals in the chart?
a)
Robert LaFollette
b)
William Tweed
c)
Collis Huntingdon
d)
Charles Guiteau
7.
Which achievement is related to more democracy on the chart?
a)
lower tariffs on imports
b)
federal income tax
c)
direct election of senators
d)
regulation of railroads
8.
What is one reason the Progressives turned against President William Howard Taft?
a)
He vetoed a law establishing an eight-hour workday for government workers.
b)
He opposed government investigation of child labor problems.
c)
He fired a Forest Service official in a dispute over the sale of wilderness lands.
d)
He did not break up as many trusts as President Theodore Roosevelt had.
9.
Which of the following was NOT a way that political bosses gained power?
a)
They controlled work done locally.
b)
They broadened public services.
c)
They gave gifts to the needy.
d)
They provided jobs.
10.
Which of the following statements about the women’s suffrage movement is NOT true?
a)
In the early 1900s, women won the right to vote in three fourths of the states.
b)
The National Woman Suffrage Association called for a constitutional amendment to give women the right to vote.
c)
In 1917, women suffragists staged silent protests outside the White House.
d)
Delegates to the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention supported giving women the right to vote.
11.
In which part of the country did Wilson win all the electoral votes?
a)
the Northwest
b)
the Northeast
c)
the South
d)
the Southwest
12.
Which statement is BEST supported by the information on the map?
a)
Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft split the Republican vote.
b)
Wilson captured the majority of the electoral vote.
c)
More people voted for Taft than voted for Roosevelt.
d)
Southerners favored Roosevelt.
13.
Which African American journalist campaigned against mob violence aimed at African Americans?
a)
W.E.B. Du Bois
b)
Ida B.Wells
c)
Booker T.Washington
d)
Sarah Walker
14.
Muckrakers fought corruption by
a)
arousing public opinion.
b)
taking control of large corporations.
c)
running for political office.
d)
forming good-government leagues.
15.
Which of these groups led the crusade against the sale of alcoholic beverages?
a)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
b)
National Woman Suffrage Association
c)
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
d)
Society of American Indians
16.
What were two of President Woodrow Wilson’s Progressive goals?
a)
to break up trusts and to encourage competition
b)
to raise tariffs and to lower interest rates
c)
to control the money supply and to establish an income tax
d)
to attract foreign businesses and to investigate unions
17.
Which of the following is NOT an example of new opportunities for women in the late 1800s?
a)
Women formed clubs that promoted reforms.
b)
Women entered the new profession of social work.
c)
Women won the right to vote in most states.
d)
Women became lawyers and doctors.
18.
Which policy of the Society of American Indians eventually caused it to close down?
a)
It supported the abolishment of reservations.
b)
It pressured Congress to repeal the Dawes Act.
c)
It promoted selling reservation land to speculators.
d)
It educated white Americans about Indian life.
19.
Mexican Americans formed self-help groups known as
a)
los nortes.
b)
mutualistas.
c)
barrios.
d)
Mexicanos.
20.
What was the purpose of the 1907 “Gentlemen’s Agreement” between the United States and Japan?
a)
to prevent Japanese wives from joining their husbands in the United States
b)
to promote understanding of Japanese culture
c)
to ensure equal treatment for Japanese American workers
d)
to stop Japanese workers from going to the United States
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