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WorksheetsUnit 9 Progressive Movement
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 18mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which amendment gave states the power again to make their own liquor laws?
a)
18th
b)
19th
c)
20th
d)
21st
2.
Which Amendment allowed American women to vote?
a)
15th Amendment
b)
19th Amendment
c)
16th Amendment
d)
18th Amendment
3.
Who wrote the Jungle?
a)
Theodore Roosevelt
b)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
c)
Alice Paul
d)
Upton Sinclair
4.
Who was the founder of Hull House, a settlement house?
a)
Elixabeth Cady Stanton
b)
Jane Addams
c)
Susan B. Anthony
d)
Belle Starr
5.
Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller used business practices to create...
a)
Many new jobs
b)
Monopolies
c)
New governments
d)
Raises for immigrants
6.
Journalists who exposed the unsafe conditions of factories were called...
a)
Dirtdiggers
b)
Muckrakers
c)
Muskrats
d)
Monkeywrenches
7.
The ________Amendment started Prohibition.
a)
10th
b)
19th
c)
20th
d)
18th
8.
Which individual is most closely associated with creating the situation shown in the cartoon?
a)
William Jennings Bryan
b)
Booker T Washington
c)
John D. Rockefeller
d)
Gifford Pinchot
9.
The cartoonist is commenting on the
a)
pollution in NY harbor
b)
excessive power of big business
c)
slum conditions in NY city
d)
limits placed on immigration
10.
Which was the first labor strike to end with the president intervening on behalf of the workers?
a)
1886 Haymarket Affair
b)
1894 Pullman Strike
c)
1902 Anthracite Coal Strike
d)
1912 Textile Strike
11.
Which generalization about labor unions in the United States is most clearly supported by information on the map?
a)
The federal government supported labor union activities
b)
strikes by labor unions were often suppressed by government actions
c)
labor union membership was limited to mine workers
d)
state governments offered to arbitrate labor disputes
12.
A major purpose of the progressive movement (1900-1917) was to
a)
stimulate the economy
b)
support government control of factory production
c)
encourage immigration from southern and eastern Europe
d)
correct the economic and social abuses of industrial society
13.
Why was the Clayton Antitrust Act passed?
a)
to restore business competition
b)
to end stock market speculation
c)
to prosecute corrupt labor unions
d)
to break up city political party machines
14.
Which reform idea was a common goal of the populist and the progressives?
a)
restoration of the nation's cities
b)
expansion of opportunities for immigrants
c)
improvement in the status of African Americans
d)
greater control of the government by the people
15.
What is the best explanation of the 1912 election results?
a)
Americans were unwilling to support third party candidates
b)
Woodrow Wilson benefited from a split in the Republican party
c)
Americans did not want to change Presidents while the country was at war
d)
Minor candidates shifted the victory from Theodore Roosevelt to Woodrow Wilson
16.
Information from the cartoon most clearly supports the conclusion that by 1914
a)
states along the east coast had granted full voting rights to women
b)
women could vote only in state elections
c)
most states had approved at least some voting rights for women
d)
complete national suffrage had been achieved
17.
A goal set at the Seneca Falls Convention (1848) was achieved during the Progressive Era by the
a)
formation of the federal Food and Drug Administration
b)
creation of the League of Nations
c)
adoption of a national income tax
d)
ratification of the women's suffrage amendment
18.
What was the major reason most western states granted women suffrage prior to the adoption of the 19th amendment?
a)
Western states had more college educated women than the eastern states
b)
women out numbered men in the states west of the Mississippi River
c)
A majority of states had legislatures controlled by women
d)
the important roles played by frontier women promoted equality
19.
The cartoon is expressing support for
a)
the populist crusade
b)
woman's suffrage
c)
national prohibition
d)
protective tariffs
20.
President Theodore Roosevelt's conservation efforts were influenced by a desire to
a)
protect natural resources for the future
b)
increase revenues through land sales
c)
reduce the role of the federal government
d)
return tribal lands to Native American Indians
21.
W.E. B DuBois and Booker T Washington most strongly disagreed over which issues?
a)
the constitutionality of the Sherman Antitrust Act
b)
the construction of the Panama Canal
c)
methods to achieve racial equality
d)
support for the allies in World War I
22.
The Federal Reserve Act of 1913 was intended to
a)
create a national parks system
b)
regulate the stock market
c)
control the nation's money supply
d)
establish homelands for Native American Indians
23.
The Populist and the Progressive movements were similar in their approaches to reform in that both
a)
supported the return of powers to the state governments
b)
promoted the use of violent strikes and protests against big business organizations
c)
opposed the strict laissez-faire attitudes of the federal government
d)
lobbied for immediate social and economic equality for African Americans
24.
The cartoon illustrates President Theodore Roosevelt's attempt to
a)
ignore antitrust laws
b)
conserve natural resources
c)
limit the power of monopolies
d)
eliminate foreign ownership of US corporations
25.
What is considered to be Teddy Roosevelt's greatest contribution to the reform movement?
a)
his support for monopolies
b)
his success in limiting factory wages
c)
his willingness to support old age insrance
d)
his success as a leader of conservationsims
26.
The Sherman Antitrust Act and the Clayton Antitrust Act were both designed to
a)
establish safe working conditions in factories
b)
promote fair competition in business
c)
force industry to use natural resource wisely
d)
decrease federal income taxes on corporations
27.
Theodore Roosevelt's New Nationalism and Woodrow Wilson's New Freedom were designed to
a)
increase the power and influence of the US in foreign affairs
b)
reduce the role of government in the economy
c)
help the US solve problems caused by industrialization
d)
protect the constitutional rights of religious and racial minorities
28.
When the Federal Reserve Board lowers interest rates, it is attempting to
a)
stimulate consumer spending
b)
lower prices
c)
encourage savings
d)
reduce investment
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