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Progressive Era Quiz!

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This reformer wrote The Jungle, which exposed terrible working conditions in the meatpacking industry.

a)

Upton Sinclair

b)

Jacob Riis

c)

Lewis Hine

d)

Ida Tarbell

2.

Exposed the problems of life in NYC tenements in How the Other Half Lives.

a)

Upton Sinclair

b)

Jacob Riis

c)

Lewis Hine

d)

Ida Tarbell

3.

Used cartoons to expose Boss Tweed and corruption in NYC politics.

a)

Theodore Roosevelt

b)

Upton Sinclair

c)

Thomas Nast

d)

Robert La Follette

4.

Exposed factory working conditions for children through his photographs.

a)

Upton Sinclair

b)

Jacob Riis

c)

Robert La Follette

d)

Lewis Hine

5.

Wrote The History of the Standard Oil Company and exposed the corrupt business practices of John Rockefeller.

a)

Andrew Carnegie

b)

Jacob Riis

c)

Ida Tarbell

d)

Ida B. Wells-Barnett

6.

Mobilized over one million women as the president of NAWSA in an effort to achieve suffrage for women.

a)

Carrie Chapman Catt

b)

Alice Paul

c)

Lucy Burns

d)

Ida Tarbell

7.

Worked with Theodore Roosevelt and wrote Our National Parks to promote conservation.

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

W.E.B. DuBois

c)

John Muir

d)

Robert La Follette

8.

Founded the Tuskegee Institute and worked for equality for African Americans.

a)

Theodore Roosevelt

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

W.E.B. DuBois

d)

John Muir

9.

Began the National Women's Party to work for suffrage for women.

a)

Ida Tarbell

b)

Carrie Chapman Catt

c)

Alice Paul

d)

Theodore Roosevelt

10.

Creator of "The Wisconsin Idea" to end corruption in politics and political machines.

a)

Jacob Riis

b)

Lewis Hine

c)

Upton Sinclair

d)

Robert La Follette

11.

The Sherman Anti-trust Act...

a)

allowed railroads to travel from state to state.

b)

eliminated unfair business practices.

c)

educated farmers about greenbacks.

d)

eliminated competition in business.

12.

A muckraker

a)

switches political parties.

b)

leads the Populist Party.

c)

takes care of horses.

d)

exposes corruption in society - "digs up the dirt."

13.

Which of the following people was a "muckraker"?

a)

Andrew Carnegie

b)

Grover Cleveland

c)

Jacob Riis

d)

William "Boss" Tweed

14.

A primary happens

a)

when a presidential election comes out even.

b)

when a president is impeached.

c)

after a presidential election.

d)

before a presidential election.

15.

Recall is

a)

the ability of voters to propose new laws.

b)

the ability of voters to reject new laws.

c)

the ability of voters to remove an elected official from office.

d)

dialing someone's telephone number several times.

16.

A political machine is

a)

a voting machine that reads ballots.

b)

a political party that controls a city government.

c)

a political party that loses an election.

d)

a local presidential election.

17.

What method helped to expose the corrupt city government of William "Boss" Tweed?

a)

A muckraking novel.

b)

Political cartoons.

c)

Photographs.

18.

Why did reformers criticize the spoils system?

a)

It reduced the power of muckrakers.

b)

It spread corruption.

c)

It reduced the number of government appointments.

d)

It led to the rise of Progressives.

19.

_____ allows voters to approve or disapprove legislation already proposed by a state or local government.

a)

Recall

b)

Referendum

c)

Initiative

d)

Sixteenth Amendment

20.

The Seventeenth Amendment

a)

ended slavery.

b)

gave women the right to vote.

c)

outlawed alcohol in the United States.

d)

allows for the direct election of senators.

21.

Women reformers were influential in getting the ____ Amendment passed, which outlawed the use of alcohol in the United States.

a)

16th

b)

17th

c)

18th

d)

19th

22.

Which term applies best to working for women's right to vote?

a)

Suffrage

b)

Enfranchisement

c)

Disenfranchisement

d)

Anti-Suffrage

23.

Which amendment gave women the right to vote?

a)

16th

b)

17th

c)

18th

d)

19th

24.

Which African American journalist campaigned against lynching?

a)

Ida B. Wells-Barnett

b)

Ida Tarbell

c)

Booker T. Washington

d)

W.E.B. DuBois

25.

Booker T. Washington argued that African Americans should

a)

focus on improving their educational and economic well-being.

b)

all move North.

c)

fight violence with violence.

d)

work to end discrimination around the world.

26.

The NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) was founded in 1909 by

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

W.E.B. DuBois

c)

Ida B. Wells-Barnett

d)

Theodore Roosevelt

27.

The ____ amendment established a federal income tax.

a)

16th

b)

17th

c)

18th

d)

19th

28.

President Roosevelt's belief that the interests of business, labor, and consumers should be balanced for the public good.

a)

Square Deal

b)

New Deal

c)

Big Stick Policy

d)

Four Freedoms

29.

How did Theodore Roosevelt become president in 1901?

a)

He was elected.

b)

President McKinley was assassinated.

c)

President Lincoln was assassinated.

d)

He defeated William Howard Taft in the primary.

30.

Why did Theodore Roosevelt create the Bull Moose party in 1912?

a)

Taft would not accept Roosevelt as his running mate.

b)

The Republican Party did not participate in the election of 1912.

c)

Roosevelt did not win the Republican primary election.

d)

President Roosevelt had already served three terms as a Republican.

31.

Which of the following is NOT associated with Theodore Roosevelt?

a)

The Pure Food & Drug Act

b)

Conservation & the US Forest Service

c)

Enforcing the Sherman Anti-Trust Act

d)

Creation of the Fair Deal for Americans

32.

In a free enterprise (capitalist) system

a)

individuals may start any kind of business they choose.

b)

the government controls all business.

c)

corporations are forced to allow competetion.

d)

new businesses pay no taxes for three years.

33.

The Woman's Christian Temperance Union was created to

a)

register women to vote.

b)

control alcohol in the United States.

c)

campaign for the 21st amendment.

d)

protest World War I.

34.

What is the purpose of this cartoon?

a)

To highlight the problems of laissez-faire economics.

b)

To show that the senators have more power than monopolists.

c)

To show that our government is a true democracy.

35.

What law would be closely associated with this cartoon?

a)

The Sherman Anti-Trust Act

b)

The Pure Food & Drug Act

c)

The Muckraking Act

d)

The Interstate Commerce Act