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WorksheetsChapter 6 Progressive Era
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What event caused Congress to declare war on Spain in 1898?
a revolt against Spanish rule in Cuba
Spain's refusal to sell Cuba to the U.S.
Spain's attack on a U.S. warship in the Philippines
the destruction of the battleship Maine
Which of the following places did the United States gain control of after winning the Spanish-American War?
the Dominican Republic
the Hawaiian islands
the Philippines
the Bahamas
What did Theodore Roosevelt accomplish as President?
defeating a Spanish army in Cuba
leading the nation in the Spanish-American War
winning a great naval victory over Spain in the Philippines
building the Panama Canal
What is present in a work of fiction that is not present in a documentary source?
exciting descriptions
quotes from letters
made-up details or people
accounts of real events
What are Wilbur and Orville Wright known for?
building a machine in which people could fly
developing a system of mass production using an assembly line
overcoming difficult problems in building the Panama Canal
opening the nation's first shopping mall
How did the spread of electricity in the early 1900s change American life?
It forced people to shop in department stores.
It eliminated the need to plant, care for , and harvest crops.
It decreased interest in reading newspapers and writing letters.
It shortened the time it took to do household chores.
What did Henry Ford do to make cars more affordable?
He built a car called the Model T.
He built cars on an assembly line.
He lowered workers' wages.
He increased workers' wages.
What did Governor La Follette do to improve workplace conditions?
He wrote newspaper stories about dangerous working conditions.
He encouraged factory workers to form unions and go on strike.
He ordered employers to obey laws against hiring children.
He supported laws limiting the workday to ten hours.
What did the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution accomplish?
It allowed voters to elect their United States senators directly.
It established a system of national parks.
It outlawed child labor in the United States
It established a tax on people's incomes.
Why was the National Urban League formed in 1910?
to tear down tenements and replace them with skyscrapers
to help African Americans who lived in cities
to create parks in the middle of city neighborhoods
to provide better schools for the children of immigrants
Who was known for yellow journalism?
Joseph Pulitzer
William McKinley
Robert M. La Follette
W. E. B. DuBois
Who was known for aviation?
W. E. B. Du Bois
Wilbur Wright
William McKinley
Joseph Pulitzer
Who was known for getting Spain to sign an armistice?
Joseph Pulitzer
William McKinley
Wilbur Wright
Robert M. La Follette
Who was known as a progressive?
William McKinley
Wilbur Wright
W.E.B. DuBois
Robert M. La Follette
Who was known for starting the civil rights movement?
W. E. B. DuBois
Joseph Pulitzer
Robert M. La Follette
William McKinley
