WorksheetsColeman- Progressive Era
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What amendment provided suffrage for women (1920)?
a)
16th
b)
17th
c)
18th
d)
19th
2.
Which Progressive President used Big Stick Diplomacy and was known as a Trust buster?
a)
Teddy Roosevelt
b)
Taft
c)
Woodrow Wilson
d)
Luke Skywalker
3.
Which long-awaited goal of the women’s rights movement was achieved during the Progressive Era?
a)
the right to vote
b)
the right to own property
c)
equal pay for equal work
d)
equal access to employment and education
4.
The actions of muckrakers in the late 19th century and early 20th century resulted in
a)
Supreme Court decisions that expanded the right to vote
b)
government regulation of unfair business practices
c)
increases in the power of monopolies
d)
reduction of the president’s power to manage the economy
5.
Key Reforms of the Progressive Era
· Initiative
· Referendum
· Recall
· Direct Primary
· 17th Amendment
How did the reforms listed above impact America?
· Initiative
· Referendum
· Recall
· Direct Primary
· 17th Amendment
How did the reforms listed above impact America?
a)
A system of separate schools for new immigrants
b)
They gave citizens a greater voice in the democratic process of government
c)
More sources of revenue and taxes in state governments.
d)
They successfully brought economic relief to the urban working class
6.
Writers that dig up the bad things going on in society
a)
Suffragists
b)
Muckrakers
c)
Students
d)
Chaffinators
7.
This was created to allow women to vote nationally
a)
17th Amendment
b)
18th Amendment
c)
19th Amendment
d)
21st Amendment
8.
To preserve water, trees, plants, and other natural resources
a)
Precipitation
b)
Confurion
c)
Conservation
d)
Infusion
9.
This was created to allow women to vote nationally
a)
17th Amendment
b)
18th Amendment
c)
19th Amendment
d)
21st Amendment
10.
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
11.
To preserve water, trees, plants, and other natural resources
a)
Precipitation
b)
Confurion
c)
Conservation
d)
Infusion
12.
The founder of the National Women’s Suffrage Association that helped lead congress to vote on woman’s suffrage
a)
Ida Tarbell
b)
Ida B. Wells
c)
Susan B. Anthony
d)
Francis Willard
13.
Trying to improve our nation by moving forward and preceding step by step
a)
Progressive Era
b)
Reformation
c)
Era of Change
d)
Chapter 17
14.
Which of these BEST describes Theodore Roosevelt's "Square Deal" policies
a)
a reduction in prices of all luxury items
b)
governmental cheese and bread for all needy Americans
c)
a plan to bring the country out of a severe economic depression
d)
fair business competition and increased welfare for needy Americans
15.
Which of these causes would have been LEAST LIKELY to be advanced by politicians of the Progressive era?
a)
the direct election of Senators
b)
securing voting rights for all races
c)
limiting the powers and abuses of corporations
d)
conservation of public lands and natural resources
16.
Refers to the period of time that reformers worked to solve the problems in American society that came from Industrialization
a)
Industrial Revolution
b)
Progressive Movement
c)
Civil Service Act
d)
Prohibition
17.
The right to vote
a)
Suffrage
b)
Temperance Movement
c)
Prohibition
d)
Progressives
18.
Results of the progressive movement included
a)
Laws on child labor
b)
Shorter work days and higher pay
c)
Better living conditions in cities
d)
All of these
19.
In The Jungle, Upton Sinclair exposed
a)
Dangers faced by coal miners
b)
Corrupt business practices of the Standard Oil Company
c)
Unsanitary conditions in the meat-packing industry
d)
Illegal deals between special interests and the government
20.
During the period from 1880 to 1910, why did the majority of immigrants to the United States settle in urban areas in the North?
a)
The Populists were successful in preventing
immigrants from buying farmland.
b)
Rapid
industrialization had created many job opportunities.
c)
Labor unions gave financial help to immigrants
willing to work in the factories.
d)
Most immigrants had lived in cities in their
native countries.
21.
In late nineteenth century America, recent immigrants made up a large portion of the population of big cities, such as New York and San Francisco. Which of the following best describes why immigrants in these cities established their own separate neighborhoods, such as New York's Little Italy and San Francisco's Chinatown?
a)
They did so in order
to ensure that they were able to receive high wages and benefits for factory work.
b)
They did so in order
to establish their
own political parties
that could influence both local and state government.
c)
They did so in order to continue practicing the traditions that they brought
over from their
home countries.
d)
They did so in order
to build and open their
own factories that could compete
with others in the city.
22.
Which statement best describes working conditions in many American factories in the late nineteenth century?
a)
The work was challenging but laborers were generally paid well and offered benefits
by the companies for which they worked.
b)
The work was typically performed by skilled, experienced workers, many of whom belonged
to trade unions.
c)
The work was hard, dirty,
often dangerous, and typically was performed by unskilled workers
for little pay.
d)
The work consisted primarily of low-paying jobs, but all workers were awarded an opportunity to advance.
23.
The temperance movement warned people of the ____.
a)
dangers of alcohol
b)
evils of slavery
c)
weakness of reform
d)
need for education
24.
The banning of alcohol.
a)
Institution
b)
Referendum
c)
Principal
d)
Prohibition
25.
The progressive movement regarded all of the following as worthy goals except what?
a)
Protecting
the people
b)
Promoting
business monopolies
c)
Fixing
and improving the economy
d)
Making
the workplace more efficient
26.
Why did it take so long to abolish child labor?
a)
Child labor was cheap.
b)
Companies profited from child labor.
c)
Hard work was expected of all family members.
d)
All of these.
27.
-Born into slavery on a plantation in Virginia -Believed equality could be achieved through vocational education -Organized the Tuskegee Institute for agricultural and industrial education
a)
W.E.B. Du Bois
b)
Rosa Parks
c)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
d)
Booker T. Washington
28.
Which of the following believed in full political, civil, and social rights for African Americans?
a)
William Lloyd Douglas
b)
W.E.B. Du Bois
c)
George Washington
d)
Booker T. Washington
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