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WorksheetsChapter 12 Study Guide
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
What are civil rights?
replacement workers who took over the jobs of striking workers
legal guarantees that all citizens should have under the Constitution
the right to vote
a writer who helped spread the Progressives’ message
What is a muckraker?
the growth of unions
a call for people to reduce or stop drinking alcohol
new laws gave women the right to vote.
a writer who helped spread the Progressives’ message
What is suffrage?
the right to vote
replacement workers who took over the jobs of striking workers
legal guarantees that all citizens should have under the Constitution
a writer who helped spread the Progressives’ message
More people worked in factories due to...
New laws
People moving out west for farm
growing industries
losing jobs in the North
Unions grew more rapidly due to...
growing industries
growth of trusts
opening of settlement houses
passing the Seventeenth Amendment
What was the Sixteenth Amendment?
improving the treatment of people who were mentally ill
Children being allowed to make cigars
Gave women the right to vote
Amendment that taxed income
What was Dorothea Dix known for?
improving the treatment of people who were mentally ill
protecting the American wilderness
improving the conditions in Alabama prisons
improving the care for soldiers on the warfront
Why did Homer Plessy go to court?
protecting the American wilderness
to win the right to vote
to challenge segregation
to challenge poverty
Why did African Americans migrate North?
There was no segregation allowed in the North.
They were looking for relatives.
They hoped for better-paying jobs and better living conditions.
The Union had won the Civil War.
Booker T. Washington believed African Americans could overcome prejudice by...
They could get an education to learn skills that would get them jobs.
They could buy only from businesses owned by African Americans.
They could demand a constitutional amendment to end segregation.
They could publish newspapers for the African American community
Why was it necessary to amend the U.S. Constitution before all women in the United States got the right to vote?
Women had served their country during World War I.
The national government could prevent women from voting in western states
Without a constitutional amendment, individual states would have the right to deny women the right to vote.
All new laws require a change to the U.S. Constitution
“The right of citizens to vote shall not be denied or abridged [limited] by the United States or by any state on account of [the] sex [of a person].”
The quotation above comes from what amendment to the United States Constitution?
Fifteenth
Seventeenth
Nineteenth
Twenty-sixth
As the United States became more industrial, what did many children who lived in cities do?
ead labor unions
become apprentices
work in factories
go to schoo
Why did reformers want to pass the Seventeenth Amendment?
to protect women and children from problems caused by alcohol
to give women the equal rights they deserved
to pay for new government programs
to give citizens a greater say in choosing their representatives
What issue was John Muir associated with?
conservation
corruption among elected officials
improving treatment of people with mental illnesses
improving treatment of people with mental illnesses
Which of the following was a “pull factor” in the Great Migration?
weather in the North
poverty in the South
segregation in the South
better jobs in the North
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal...” Seneca Falls, 1848
On what document is this passage about women’s rights based?
the United States Constitution
the Federalist Papers
the Gettysburg Address
the Declaration of Independence
What did the Supreme Court rule about women’s rights in the late 1800s?
Decisions about women’s rights should be part of the Constitution.
Decisions about women’s rights should be left to each state.
Women were not included in the Constitution.
Women should depend on their husbands for their rights.
