WorksheetsProgressive Era Check For Understanding #2
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 39mins
Which of the following was NOT a focus of Progressive Era reformers?
Promoting social welfare
Protecting the environment
Making government more democratic
Prohibiting the manufacture and sell of tobacco
Which of these was a major goal of Jane Addam's Settlement House movement in Chicago?
The founding of women's colleges
The introduction of prison reform
The assimilation of immigrants
The establishment of public libraries
During the Progressive Era, one goal of state-level political reforms was to:
prevent party leaders form amending campaign platforms
increase the influence of business owners on regulatory legislation
promote the principle of direct democracy
limit the use of judicial review by circuit courts
A student learning about US history is instructed to write a paper about WEB Dubois and race relations in the US. Which of the following facts would be most relevant to the student's assignment?
The Selma-to-Montogmery protest marches helped secure voting rights for minority
The NAACP was organized to help secure full legal equality for minority citizens
The Civil Rights Act of 1968 outlawed many forms of discrimination in the housing market
The March on Washington helped rally nationwide support for the Civil Rights movement
How did the publication of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle contribute to a change in the relationship between government and business?
Federal troops were mobilized to break strikes by labor unions
Government regulations requiring the inspection of food products were implemented
Congress created a regulatory agency to audit railroads
Laws were enacted that banned private companies form discriminating when hiring
The creation of initiative, referendum, and recall procedures during the Progressive Era resulted in:
a system of seperate schools for new immigrants
the expansion of citizens' direct participation in the democratic process
a redistribution of the tax burden among citizens
more sources of revenue for state governments
· Initiative
· Referendum
· Recall
· Direct Primary
· 17th Amendment
How did the reforms listed above impact America?
—Amendment 17, U.S. Constitution
Why did Progressive reformers support this amendment?
-19th Amendment, U. S. Constitution
Which grouping of women worked for the passage of this amendment?
Base your answer to the question on the photograph and on your knowledge of social studies.
One reason Jacob Riis published many photographs similar to this was to
disprove claims of yellow journalists
encourage government assistance for poor farmers
promote the use of child labor
increase public concern over tenement conditions
Step 1:Enforce federal laws
Step 2:Target monopolies
Which phrase describes the MAIN objective reflected by these steps?
—Monthly Labor Review, U.S. Department of Labor, October 1975
How did President Roosevelt’s reaction to the strike change the relationship between the federal government and business?
