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WorksheetsCh. 18 Test Review
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 33mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
1906- Wrote The Jungle which exposed the conditions in the U.S. meat packing industry. (Helped pass the Pure Food and Drug Act)
a)
Upton Sinclair
b)
Lincoln Steffens
c)
Jacob Riis
d)
Frank Norris
2.
Journalists who exposed practices of monopolies and big business
a)
Gump Mushers
b)
Muckrakers
c)
Scalawags
d)
Dirt Diggers
3.
Photographed conditions of the urban poor in “How the Other Half Lives.” Examined the conditions of the poor in America’s cities.
a)
Upton Sinclair
b)
Lincoln Steffens
c)
Jacob Riis
d)
Frank Norris
4.
Banning the sale of alcohol was the chief goal of
a)
National Women's Suffrage Association
b)
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
c)
Bull Moose Party
d)
Good Government League
5.
Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act were created in part because
a)
of the book the Jungle.
b)
suffragist were protesting the meat packing industry.
c)
the 18th Amendment
d)
Civil Service Act.
6.
Men or women that fought for woman’s suffrage
a)
Suffragist
b)
Muckraker
c)
Klan Member
d)
People
7.
Law that requires company to properly label food and medicines
a)
Medicine Man
b)
Food Amendment
c)
Label Lemons
d)
Pure Food and Drug Act
8.
Loosely linking their reform efforts under a single label, Progressive, was a belief that changes in society were badly needed and that government was the proper agency for correcting social and economic ills
a)
True
b)
False
9.
What was the main goal of the women’s rights movement during the Progressive Era?
a)
starting a system of women’s colleges
b)
winning elections for public office
c)
securing the right to vote
d)
separating men and women in prison
10.
Which president supported progressive ideas such as conservation and the regulation of public health?
a)
William McKinley
b)
Teddy Roosevelt
c)
Calvin Coolidge
d)
Herbert Hoover
11.
Which received LEAST attention among Progressive policymakers?
a)
Food and Drug purity
b)
Racial equality
c)
Fair labor practices
d)
Antitrust reforms
12.
Henry Ford’s main contribution to the US industry was the idea of the assembly line and __________.
a)
automobile
b)
mass production
c)
sports car
d)
transportation
13.
The temperance movement warned people of the ____.
a)
dangers of alcohol
b)
evils of slavery
c)
weakness of reform
d)
need for education
14.
Which condition most directly led to the passage of the Sherman Antitrust act?
a)
The establishment of business combinations that dominated industry
b)
The popularity of the Socialist Party of the United States
c)
The successful efforts of union leaders to organize American workers
d)
The high unemployment rate following an economic crisis
15.
This gave women the right to vote.
a)
16th Amendment
b)
17th Amendment
c)
18th Amendment
d)
19th Amendment
16.
To preserve water, trees, plants, and other natural resources
a)
Precipitation
b)
Confurion
c)
Conservation
d)
Infusion
17.
The banning of alcohol.
a)
Institution
b)
Referendum
c)
Principal
d)
Prohibition
18.
Federal regulatory agency that was created to regulate railroad rates and prevent ruinous competition
a)
Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC)
b)
New South
c)
Stock Watering
d)
Standard Oil Company
19.
Which act prohibited the growth of monopolies?
a)
Sherman Anti-Trust act
b)
16th Amendment
c)
Agricultural Adjustment Act
d)
Laissez-Faire
20.
Permits Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on the United States Census.
a)
16th Amendment
b)
17th Amendment
c)
18th Amendment
d)
19th Amendment
21.
Establishes the direct election of United States Senators by popular vote.
a)
16th Amendment
b)
17th Amendment
c)
18th Amendment
d)
19th Amendment
22.
All of the following were Progressive Era Presidents, except...
a)
Teddy Roosevelt
b)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
c)
William Taft
d)
Woodrow Wilson
23.
What was the effect of the shirtwaist fire?
a)
Supreme Court ruled you cannot work on Saturdays
b)
Decreased the use of tall buildings
c)
Weakened the power of labor unions
d)
led to improved safety conditions at work
24.
By the early 1900s, the number of child laborers had begun to decline. Which of the following reasons is why?
a)
Adults were more in demand for jobs
b)
People were making less money in industry
c)
Child labor and compulsory education laws were passed
d)
All of the above
25.
Who won the election of 1912?
a)
Clinton
b)
Roosevelt
c)
Taft
d)
Wilson
26.
What innovations did Henry Ford introduce during this era?
a)
Standardized output
b)
Lower prices
c)
Assembly line
d)
All of the above
27.
Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of the politics of Progressivism?
a)
State and local reforms
b)
Popular election of US Senators
c)
Women's suffrage
d)
Government owned railroads and factories
28.
Under which Progressive President were a number of laws focused on anti-trust initiatives
a)
Barack Obama
b)
Teddy Roosevelt
c)
William Howard Taft
d)
Woodrow Wilson
29.
Under which Progressive President were systems set in place to supervise the economy?
a)
Barack Obama
b)
Teddy Roosevelt
c)
William Howard Taft
d)
Woodrow Wilson
30.
Progressives felt that the _______ should be held responsible for addressing the growing problems in society.
a)
big bosses
b)
inventors
c)
government
d)
department stores
31.
What was the name given to Roosevelt's plan to keep the wealthy from taking advantage of the poor?
a)
Circle Deal
b)
Square Deal
c)
New Deal
d)
Roosevelt Deal
32.
This legislation was used by Roosevelt to file 44 antitrust suits.
a)
Pure Food and Drug Act
b)
Clayton Antitrust Act
c)
Meat Inspection Act
d)
Square Deal
33.
This was settled when Roosevelt got involved in the negotiations.
a)
Panic of 1873
b)
Homestead Strike
c)
1902 Coal Miners Strike
d)
1910 Coal Miner's Daughter Strike
34.
This man was elected after Roosevelt to continue the progressive reform agenda.
a)
Andrew Johnson
b)
Franklin Roosevelt
c)
William Howard Taft
d)
William McKinley
35.
Belief that guided President Teddy Roosevelt's efforts as trustbuster?
a)
Government needed to protect women and children in workplace
b)
City governments were incapable of fighting corruption
c)
Labor unions posed serious threat to country's economic stability
d)
Business monopolies harmful to public interest
36.
What is a muckraker?
a)
City workers who cleaned the streets in order to make more sanitary cities
b)
Writers who exposed political and business corruption in the Progressive Era
c)
Corrupt politicians and businessmen
d)
Immigrants who took jobs from individuals who were striking
37.
Under which Progressive President were a number of laws focused on business regulation passed?
a)
Barack Obama
b)
Teddy Roosevelt
c)
William Howard Taft
d)
Woodrow Wilson
38.
The law that increased government control over monopolies in the US was passed in 1914. It was called the
a)
Clayton Anti-Trust Act
b)
Federal Trade Commission Act
c)
Keating-Owens Act
d)
Federal Highway Act
39.
Which law began the 8 hour work day, in this case for railroad workers?
a)
LaFollette Seaman's Act
b)
Adamson Act
c)
Federal Highway Act
d)
Keating-Owens Act
40.
According to Progressives, who should fix society's problems?
a)
big business
b)
social organizations
c)
churches
d)
government
41.
The 17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution made American government more
democratic-
a)
by permitting the taxation of individual incomes by the federal government
b)
by allowing the federal government to establish the Federal Reserve System
c)
by requiring the direct election of U.S. Senators by voters in each state
d)
by guaranteeing the right to vote to women in all states
42.
Which of the following combinations were the three Progressive Presidents?
a)
Taft, Hayes, T Roosevelt
b)
Wilson, Garfield, Taft
c)
T Roosevelt, Johnson, Morgan
d)
T Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson
43.
The 17th amendment allowed for what?
a)
direct election of senators
b)
income tax
c)
prohibition of alcohol
d)
womens suffrage
44.
Passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act illustrated the federal government's commitment to
a)
environmental conservation
b)
workers' rights
c)
business competition
d)
consumer protection
45.
President Theodore Roosevelt demonstrated his concern for the environment by
a)
creating national forests
b)
settling the Pennsylvania coal miners' strike
c)
breaking up monopolies
d)
signing the Meat Inspection Act
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