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American History chapter 12: Struggle for Reform

Total questions: 67

Worksheet time: 2hrs 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which Amendment granted women the right to vote?

a)

15th

b)

18th

c)

19th

d)

21st

2.

What term means the movement to make social change?

a)

Temperance Movement

b)

Progressive Movement

c)

Mass Production

d)

Women's Suffrage Movement

3.

___________ created the Hull House.

a)

Mary McLeod Bethune

b)

Jane Addams

c)

Lucy Stone

d)

Susan B. Anthony

4.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton did what?

a)

Helped ban alcohol because she thought drinking was immortal or because of alcohol abuse.

b)

Helped organize a women’s rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York and later she and Anthony led the women’s suffrage movement for 50 years.

c)

Protested women's rights.

d)

Created a newspaper called the Chicago Defender

5.
Define Muckraker.
a)
photographers who took pictures during the progressive era
b)
people who were writers during the progressive era
c)
people who were dirty and mucky when they immigrated here
d)
journalist and photographers who exposed the problems in society
6.
What does suffrage mean?
a)
right to go to school
b)
right to work for better pay
c)
right to better housing
d)
right to vote
7.
Who was the photographer who revealed to the world how the lower class lived?
a)
Alexander Bell
b)
Jacob Riis
c)
Upton Sinclair
d)
Theodore Roosevelt
8.

What organization was created in 1917 to fight for fair and equal treatment for African Americans in the United States?

a)

NAACP

b)

AFL

c)

ACLU

d)

FBI

9.

Which of the following is true about Booker T. Washington?

a)

He never knew his mother, so he had compassion that led him to begin the Hull House

b)

He was born a slave but pursued education. He started the Tuskegee Institute and became a leader in the African American community.

c)

He created the Chicago Defender newspaper which played an important role in the Great Migration

d)

He was an immigrant who became an influential muckraker as an author of the book The Jungle

10.

What was the name of the college that Booker T. Washington started?

a)

The Washington Institute

b)

The University of Alabama

c)

The Tuskegee Institute

d)

Fisk University

11.

He ran Tuskegee University.

a)

Upton Sinclair

b)

Booker T Washington

c)

WEB DuBois

d)

Mary McLeod Bethune

12.

He founded the NAACP and went to Harvard.

a)

Booker T Washington

b)

George Washington Carver

c)

W.E.B. Dubois

d)

Homer Plessy

13.
What is suffrage?
a)
Sadness
b)
Right to bear arms
c)
Right to vote
d)
Freedom of speech
14.
Which of the following was NOT a famous muckraker during the early 1900's?
a)
Jacob Riis
b)
Upton Sinclair
c)
Teddy Roosevelt
d)
Ida Tarbell
15.

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)

Samuel Gompers

c)

Jacob Riis

d)

John Marshall Harlan

16.
In 1906, Upton Sinclair shocked the nation when he published __________. This novel revealed gruesome details about the meatpacking industry in Chicago. 
a)
The Industry
b)
The Jungle
c)
The Meat Company
d)
The Muckraker
17.
By 1900, reformers were calling themselves _______.
a)
Progressives
b)
Protestant
c)
Ministers
d)
Muckrakers
18.
John Muir and Theodore Roosevelt worked together on which movement?
a)
safe food and drug laws
b)
conservation
c)
racial equality
d)
child labor laws
19.
Mother Jones (Mary Harris Jones) led the fight against
a)
discrimination
b)
food safety
c)
pollution
d)
child labor
20.

What did the Sherman antitrust act do?

a)

end discrimination

b)

stop monopolies (break up big businesses into smaller ones)

c)

label ingredients on food and drugs

d)

require inspections of meat in meat packing plants

21.
What did the NAACP focus on?
a)
child labor
b)
equal rights
c)
conservation
d)
protection of animals
22.
Which Amendment gave women the right to vote?
a)
18
b)
19
c)
20
d)
21
23.
Wrote a novel about the meat packing industry.
a)
Ida Tarbell
b)
Upton Sinclair
c)
John Upton
d)
Eugene Debs
24.

Which agency was created as a direct result of a novel about the meatpacking industry?

a)

Food and Drug Administration

b)

Federal Trade Commission

c)

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

d)

World Health Organization

25.
Teddy Roosevelt reduced the power of these types of businesses which controlled the American economy?
a)
horizontal monopolies
b)
small businesses
c)
corporations
d)
trusts
26.
Term given to growth of cities
a)
urbanization
b)
muckracker
c)
tenement
d)
industrialization 
27.
What anti monopoly law made all"combinations, contracts, and conspiracies" that restrained free trade illegal (1890)?
a)
Interstate Commerce Act
b)
Sherman Antitrust Act
c)
Clayton Antitrust Act
d)
Keller-Cefauver Act
28.
To preserve water, trees, plants, and other natural resources
a)
Precipitation
b)
Confurion
c)
Conservation
d)
Infusion
29.
Where was the first women's rights convention held?
a)
New York City
b)
Seneca Falls
c)
Dallas
d)
Philadelphia
30.
What is suffrage?
a)
Sadness and misery
b)
Right to bear arms
c)
Right to vote
d)
Freedom of speech
31.
One of the major goals of the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 was to
a)
limit the amount of sugar in snack products.
b)
protect farmers from bankruptcy due to changing food prices.
c)
control the price put on beverages and food products.
d)
ensure that products were labeled accurately.
32.

Who was the leader of the American Federation of Labor (AFL)?

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

Jacob Riis

c)

Samuel Gompers

d)

Upton Sinclair

33.
Whose book caused the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act to be passed?
a)
Upton Sinclair
b)
Lincoln Steffens
c)
Ida Tarbell
d)
Jacob Riis
34.

Which long-awaited goal of the women’s rights movement was achieved during the Progressive Era?

a)

the right for women to vote

b)

the right to own property

c)

equal pay for equal work

d)

equal access to employment and education

35.
The founder of the NAACP who encouraged African Americans to fight to end segregation
a)
Booker T. Washington
b)
George Washington Carver
c)
WEB Dubois
d)
Upton Sinclair
36.
Made it illegal to create trusts and monopolies
a)
Sherman Antitrust Act
b)
Sherman Antimonopoly Act
c)
Sherman Shortly Act
d)
Sherman No Business Act
37.

The founder of the Tuskegee Institute and a leader in the African American community

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

George Washington Carver

c)

W.E.B Dubois

d)

Upton Sinclair

38.

Which of the following represents the best definition for temperance movement?

a)

a widespread effort by few people to increase the consumption of alcohol. (mid 1800's to early 1900's)

b)

a widespread effort by many people to reduce the consumption of alcohol. (mid 1800's to early 1900's)

c)

a widespread effort by many people to reduce the consumption of tobacco. (mid 1800's to early 1900's)

d)

the fight for equal rights such as education,voting, and workplace rights for women.

39.
What did Homer Plessy do that got him arrested?
a)
Sat in the white only part of the bus.
b)
Took a seat in the white only car of a train.
c)
Sat at a white only section of a lunch counter.
d)
All of the above
40.
Plessy and those who worked with him were trying to challenge
a)
the Brown v. Board of Education case
b)
Segregation and the Jim Crow laws
c)
Reconstruction
d)
equal pay for equal work
41.

What was the result of the Plessy v. Ferguson case?

a)

The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Plessy saying segregation was illegal.

b)

The Supreme Court never made a ruling.

c)

The Supreme Court ruled that segregation was legal.

d)

Plessy never took the case to the Supreme Court.

42.
What famous phrase came out of the Plessy case?
a)
"Separate but equal"
b)
"Give me liberty or give me death."
c)
"May the force be with you."
d)
"I'll be back."
43.
Suffrage means the right to _______________.
a)
own a firearm
b)
vote in political elections
c)
practice your religion
d)
free speech
44.

Which of the people below was the most important figure in the Women's Suffrage Movement?

a)

Mary Harris "Mother" Jones

b)

Susan B. Anthony

c)

Dolley Madison

d)

Harriett Tubman

45.
Which conclusion below is the most accurate?
a)
The Northern region of the United States showed the most support towards the Women's Suffrage Movement.
b)
The Western region of the United States showed the most support towards the Women's Suffrage Movement.
c)
The Southern region of the United States showed the most support towards the Women's Suffrage Movement.
d)
The Eastern region of the United States showed the most support towards the Women's Suffrage Movement.
46.
Which statement best summarizes the Women's Suffrage Movement?
a)
Some things are not worth fighting for.
b)
Patience and perseverance pays off. 
c)
The use of violence is the best way to accomplish your goals
d)
Trying to change things in society is easy
47.
Why did women in the West get suffrage sooner than the rest of the United States?
a)
The weather was nicer and men were not as angry
b)
Pioneer women work side by side with men on the land
c)
Slavery ended in the West sooner and this encourage men to give women the right to vote
d)
None of the above
48.
Which international conflict actually helped the Women's Suffrage Movement?
a)
The American Civil War
b)
World War I
c)
The French and Indian War
d)
The Revolutionary War
49.
How did U.S. involvement in World War I impact the Women’s Suffrage Movement?
a)
Returning soldiers were exposed to the Woman Suffrage Movement in England and became more supportive.
b)
President Wilson decided to support voting rights for women after witnessing the contributions women made in the war effort.
c)
Congress refused to consider requests for domestic issues.
d)
People no longer considered granting women the right to vote because the war was a priority.
50.
According to this map, Wyoming (WY) was the state to give women _________________.
a)
Presidential Suffrage
b)
Local School Elections
c)
Full Suffrage
d)
Municipal Suffrage
51.

Which of the following happened due to people working in factories?

a)

farms and ranches were abandoned

b)

prices for products dropped

c)

housing was knocked down to build factories

d)

urbanization and housing shortages

52.

These organizations tried to improve working conditions for workers-

a)

Political Bosses

b)

Labor Unions

c)

Political Machines

d)

Farmers

53.

A refusal to work (most successful method)

a)

strikes

b)

lockouts

c)

collective bargaining

d)

black lists

54.

A refusal to work (most successful method of unions to demand changes)

a)

strikes

b)

lockouts

c)

collective bargaining

d)

black lists

55.
Legislation used by T. Roosevelt to file 44 antitrust suits forbidding he creation of monopolies
a)
Clayton Antitrust Act
b)
Sherman Antitrust Act
c)
Mann-Elkins Act
d)
Elkins Act
56.

What conclusions can you draw about trusts that controlled industries in the early 1900s?

a)

As trusts grew, less attention was paid to the worker

b)

The first progressives were the trust owners

c)

Trusts protected children against dangerous working conditions

d)

When a new trust formed, working conditions got better for workers

57.

What did government do in order to provide programs that could improve citizen's lives,

a)

They made strikes and boycotts legal.

b)

They used muckrakers to expose government corruption.

c)

The government taxed people's income to pay for these programs.

d)

Government workers went on strike on the citizen's behalf.

58.
Mary McLeod Bethune had a vision that African American women could be successful by 
a)
getting an education. 
b)
writing like Phyllis Wheatley. 
c)
protesting. 
d)
waiting for the law to allow equal treatment. 
59.
In which state did Mary McLeod Betthune found a school for African American women?
a)
Florida
b)
Georgia
c)
South Carolina
d)
Illinois
60.

What Were Jim Crow Laws?

a)

Laws that integrated black and white people

b)

Laws that made it illegal to separate black and white people

c)

Laws that made it legal to separate blacks and whites in public places

d)

Laws that all people followed on the road

61.
Legal separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other differences.
a)
Integration
b)
Conflagration
c)
Confederation
d)
Segregation
62.

The Supreme Court ruled that segregation was not discriminatory, stated that "separate but equal" is legal.

a)

Mawer v. Utter

b)

Brown v. Board of Education

c)

Marbury v. Madison

d)

Plessy v. Ferguson

63.

The movement to encourage people to stop drinking alcohol was called the ______________________________ movement.

a)

proposal

b)

suffrage

c)

temperance

d)

declaration

64.

Who worked at Tuskegee Institute and helped farmers become more successful?

a)

George Washington Carver

b)

W.E.B. Du Bois

c)

Samuel Gompers

d)

Robert S. Abbot

65.

Which organization later fought to end school segregation through the court case Brown v Board of Education?

a)

Tuskegee Institute

b)

Chicago Defender

c)

National Woman Suffrage Association

d)

NAACP

66.
How did Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton fight for women's suffrage?
a)
giving speeches about abolishing slavery
b)
giving speeches about fair pay for women
c)
writing books about their history
d)
giving speeches about the right to vote
67.
Who worked closely with Susan B. Anthony in gaining the right to vote for women?
a)
Mary McLeod Bethune
b)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
c)
Eleanor Roosevelt
d)
Thurgood Marshall