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WorksheetsUnit 3: How Do We (Prog and GD)
Total questions: 44
Worksheet time: 34mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What amendment provided suffrage for women (1920)?
a)
16th
b)
17th
c)
18th
d)
19th
2.
Whose book led to the direct passage of the Meat Inspection Act and indirect of the Pure Food and Drug Acts?
a)
Jacob Riis
b)
Lewis Hines
c)
Ida Tarbell
d)
Upton Sinclair
3.
Who advocated for African Americans to take on menial jobs and earn the respect of white America with hard work ?
a)
WEB Du Bois
b)
Marcus Garvey
c)
Booker T. Washington
d)
Nat Turner
4.
Which of the following is an initiative?
a)
People have the right to remove a politician from office
b)
People have the right to choose who will run for President
c)
People have the right to propose a new law
d)
People have the right to veto or accept a law passed by the government
5.
Which of the following is a Referendum?
a)
People have the right to remove an elected official from office
b)
People have the right to choose who will run for President
c)
People have the right to propose their own law
d)
Any law passed by the government can be voted on for approval or veto by the people
6.
This person helped to found the NAACP
a)
Ida B Wells
b)
Booker T Washington
c)
W E B DuBois
d)
Martin Luther King Jr.
7.
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
8.
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
9.
One major legacy of the Social Gospel Movement was
a)
an end to racial segregation in Southern states.
b)
the conversion of many Catholic immigrants to Protestantism.
c)
the intervention of prominent religious leaders into electoral politics
d)
an increased attention to the needs of the poor in industrial society
10.
Which of the following is the most significant impact of the Progressive parties?
a)
restoration of the nation’s cities
b)
stagnation of opportunities for immigrants
c)
improvement in the status of Native Americans
d)
increased control of government by the people
11.
Writers that dig up the bad things going on in society
a)
Suffragists
b)
Muckrakers
c)
Students
d)
Chaffinators
12.
Banned people from making, drinking or selling alcohol
a)
17th Amendment
b)
18th Amendment
c)
19th Amendment
d)
21st Amendment
13.
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
14.
This event helped bring about workplace safety regulations.
a)
The Great Chicago Fire
b)
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
c)
Rectangle Shirtwaist Fire
d)
Galveston Flood
15.
This amendment allowed the government to levy a federal income tax.
a)
17th
b)
18th
c)
16th
d)
19th
16.
The nearly total control of the distribution, sale, and manufacturing of a product
a)
Monopoly
b)
Primary
c)
Conservation
d)
Strike
17.
Theodore Roosevelt’s actions forced the Northern Securities Company and the Standard Oil Trust to
a)
help their competitors.
b)
change their rules about hiring people.
c)
give all their money away.
d)
break up into smaller companies.
18.
This president created the national parks system and helped to preserve America's natural resources
a)
Teddy Roosevelt
b)
Grover Cleveland
c)
William McKinley
d)
Franklin Roosevelt
19.
Theodore Roosevelt ran for presidency in 1904, promising the people
a)
discrimination
b)
new housing
c)
laissez-faire government
d)
a square deal
20.
regulates banking
a)
Sixteenth Amendment
b)
Eighteenth Amendment
c)
Federal Reserve Act
d)
Sherman Antitrust Act
21.
During the Progressive Era, support for a graduated income tax was based primarily on the
a)
desire of corporations to reduce their taxes
b)
need to raise income from the lower classes
c)
belief that all people should be taxed the same
d)
resentment over the unequal distribution of wealth
22.
The Democratic donkey and Republican elephant in the background of this cartoon clearly indicate that the animal in the foreground represents a new third party challenger. Which of the following most accurately identifies that challenger and party?
a)
Henry Wallace, Progressive party
b)
James B. Weaver, Greenback party
c)
Theodore Roosevelt, Bull Moose party
d)
Millard Fillmore, American or Know Nothing party
23.
During the late 19th century, labor union members generally believed that immigrants would
a)
help workers achieve higher wages
b)
provide necessary skills for the labor force
c)
create a threat to their job security
d)
refuse to become United States citizens
24.
This natural disaster served to worsen the effects of the Great Depression on Farmers in the Midwest
a)
Tornados
b)
Dust Bowl
c)
Black Tuesday
d)
Hurricanes
25.
When people went to the bank to withdraw their money and the banks had no money was known as the
a)
Bank Crisis
b)
Black Tuesday
c)
Stock Market Crash
d)
New Deal
26.
The President who was mostly blamed for worsening the Great Depression
a)
Roosevelt
b)
Eisenhower
c)
Hoover
d)
Jefferson
27.
The Agricultural Adjustment Agency (AAA) helped farmers get crop prices under control. This is an example of:
a)
Relief
b)
Recovery
c)
Reform
28.
This new deal program helped with the recovery process by hiring the unemployed to work on outdoor projects such as deforestation
a)
PWA
b)
CCC
c)
AAA
d)
FDIC
29.
The collection of markets and exchange where the issuing and trading of equities, bonds and other sorts of securities takes place.
a)
Margin
b)
New Deal
c)
Deficit Spending
d)
Stock Market
30.
This new deal programs helps to ensure retirement funds for all americans and helps those in need of immediate monetary assistance
a)
FDIC
b)
SSA
c)
AAA
d)
CCC
31.
The name given to the programs enforced by FDR to ensure relief, recovery and reform.
a)
Stock Market
b)
Great Depression
c)
Margin
d)
New Deal
32.
This New Deal program insured the public's deposits to make sure that the bank runs never happened again
a)
PWA
b)
WPA
c)
SSA
d)
FDIC
33.
Government spending, in excess of revenue, of funds raised by borrowing rather than from taxation.
a)
Deficit Spending
b)
Margin
c)
Stock Market
d)
Bank Crisis
34.
When FDR closed all the banks and did not allow them to reopen until they were stable
a)
Bank closures
b)
Bank retreats
c)
Bank Holiday
d)
Margin Holiday
35.
In 1929, the stock market crash was the beginning of the "Great Depression." Which of the following BEST describes the Great Depression?
a)
The depression was severe, but only in the United States.
b)
Governments acted quickly and the depression only lasted two years
c)
The depression caused revolutions all across the world.
d)
Many countries around the world experienced the economic depression
36.
In 1929 the Great Depression started in the United States. In 1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected president and he promised a "New Deal" to the American people. Which of the following BEST describes the role of the government during the New Deal?
a)
) The government wanted people to take care of themselves and not use the government.
b)
The New Deal led to the government being more involved in the economy of the country.
c)
The government wanted people to let the government provide everything they needed.
d)
The New Deal led to the government being less involved in the economy of the country.
37.
Fireside Chats
a)
JFK's informal radio talks; talked about nation's problems and plan to fix them.
b)
FDR's informal radio talks; talked about nation's problems and plan to fix them.
c)
Ronald Reagan's informal radio talks; talked about nation's problems and plan to fix them.
d)
Offered outdoor work to unemployed single men.
38.
Towns of cardboard houses popped up during the depression that werecalled_______________.
a)
Franklynvilles
b)
Hoovervilles
c)
Obama towns
d)
Washington Heights
39.
The TVA helped transform the Tennessee River Valley from poverty to productivity by ...
a)
soil conservation and tree planting
b)
building highways, bridges, public buildings, public parks, and airports
c)
building hydroelectric dams throughout a seven-state region to control floods and generate electricity
d)
provide assistance to farmers
40.
Which of the following New Deal laws/agencies regulated the buying and selling of stocks?
a)
Securities and Exchange Commission
b)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
c)
Emergency Banking Act
d)
Home Owners Insurance Corporation
41.
Which of the following was NOT a way the Hoover tried to fix the economy?
a)
he founded government agencies
b)
encouraged labor harmony
c)
supported local aid
d)
gave citizens money for aid
42.
Veterans of this conflict were owed bonus pay for their service.
a)
World War I
b)
World War II
c)
Gulf War
d)
Civil War
43.
Also known as Keynesian Economics, it's when the government spends more money than it receives in taxes
a)
deficit spending
b)
speculation
c)
buying on margin
d)
surplus spending
44.
President Hoover supported supply-side economics through reduced tax rates to
a)
encourage economic growth
b)
create more public-works jobs
c)
increase government regulation of business
d)
decrease defense spending
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