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WorksheetsProgressive Era Quiz!
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
This reformer wrote The Jungle, which exposed terrible working conditions in the meatpacking industry.
Upton Sinclair
Jacob Riis
Lewis Hine
Ida Tarbell
Exposed the problems of life in NYC tenements in How the Other Half Lives.
Upton Sinclair
Jacob Riis
Lewis Hine
Ida Tarbell
Used cartoons to expose Boss Tweed and corruption in NYC politics.
Theodore Roosevelt
Upton Sinclair
Thomas Nast
Robert La Follette
Exposed factory working conditions for children through his photographs.
Upton Sinclair
Jacob Riis
Robert La Follette
Lewis Hine
Wrote The History of the Standard Oil Company and exposed the corrupt business practices of John Rockefeller.
Andrew Carnegie
Jacob Riis
Ida Tarbell
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Mobilized over one million women as the president of NAWSA in an effort to achieve suffrage for women.
Carrie Chapman Catt
Alice Paul
Lucy Burns
Ida Tarbell
Worked with Theodore Roosevelt and wrote Our National Parks to promote conservation.
Booker T. Washington
W.E.B. DuBois
John Muir
Robert La Follette
Founded the Tuskegee Institute and worked for equality for African Americans.
Theodore Roosevelt
Booker T. Washington
W.E.B. DuBois
John Muir
Began the National Women's Party to work for suffrage for women.
Ida Tarbell
Carrie Chapman Catt
Alice Paul
Theodore Roosevelt
Creator of "The Wisconsin Idea" to end corruption in politics and political machines.
Jacob Riis
Lewis Hine
Upton Sinclair
Robert La Follette
The Sherman Anti-trust Act...
allowed railroads to travel from state to state.
eliminated unfair business practices.
educated farmers about greenbacks.
eliminated competition in business.
A muckraker
switches political parties.
leads the Populist Party.
takes care of horses.
exposes corruption in society - "digs up the dirt."
Which of the following people was a "muckraker"?
Andrew Carnegie
Grover Cleveland
Jacob Riis
William "Boss" Tweed
A primary happens
when a presidential election comes out even.
when a president is impeached.
after a presidential election.
before a presidential election.
Recall is
the ability of voters to propose new laws.
the ability of voters to reject new laws.
the ability of voters to remove an elected official from office.
dialing someone's telephone number several times.
A political machine is
a voting machine that reads ballots.
a political party that controls a city government.
a political party that loses an election.
a local presidential election.
What method helped to expose the corrupt city government of William "Boss" Tweed?
A muckraking novel.
Political cartoons.
Photographs.
Why did reformers criticize the spoils system?
It reduced the power of muckrakers.
It spread corruption.
It reduced the number of government appointments.
It led to the rise of Progressives.
_____ allows voters to approve or disapprove legislation already proposed by a state or local government.
Recall
Referendum
Initiative
Sixteenth Amendment
The Seventeenth Amendment
ended slavery.
gave women the right to vote.
outlawed alcohol in the United States.
allows for the direct election of senators.
Women reformers were influential in getting the ____ Amendment passed, which outlawed the use of alcohol in the United States.
16th
17th
18th
19th
Which term applies best to working for women's right to vote?
Suffrage
Enfranchisement
Disenfranchisement
Anti-Suffrage
Which amendment gave women the right to vote?
16th
17th
18th
19th
Which African American journalist campaigned against lynching?
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Ida Tarbell
Booker T. Washington
W.E.B. DuBois
Booker T. Washington argued that African Americans should
focus on improving their educational and economic well-being.
all move North.
fight violence with violence.
work to end discrimination around the world.
The NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) was founded in 1909 by
Booker T. Washington
W.E.B. DuBois
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Theodore Roosevelt
The ____ amendment established a federal income tax.
16th
17th
18th
19th
President Roosevelt's belief that the interests of business, labor, and consumers should be balanced for the public good.
Square Deal
New Deal
Big Stick Policy
Four Freedoms
How did Theodore Roosevelt become president in 1901?
He was elected.
President McKinley was assassinated.
President Lincoln was assassinated.
He defeated William Howard Taft in the primary.
Why did Theodore Roosevelt create the Bull Moose party in 1912?
Taft would not accept Roosevelt as his running mate.
The Republican Party did not participate in the election of 1912.
Roosevelt did not win the Republican primary election.
President Roosevelt had already served three terms as a Republican.
Which of the following is NOT associated with Theodore Roosevelt?
The Pure Food & Drug Act
Conservation & the US Forest Service
Enforcing the Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Creation of the Fair Deal for Americans
In a free enterprise (capitalist) system
individuals may start any kind of business they choose.
the government controls all business.
corporations are forced to allow competetion.
new businesses pay no taxes for three years.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union was created to
register women to vote.
control alcohol in the United States.
campaign for the 21st amendment.
protest World War I.
What is the purpose of this cartoon?
To highlight the problems of laissez-faire economics.
To show that the senators have more power than monopolists.
To show that our government is a true democracy.
What law would be closely associated with this cartoon?
The Sherman Anti-Trust Act
The Pure Food & Drug Act
The Muckraking Act
The Interstate Commerce Act
