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Progressive Test : Conklin

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Labor unions

a)

try to make conditions better for workers

b)

try to make conditions better for owners

2.

Temperance movement tried to outlaw

a)

suffrage

b)

alcohol

c)

labor unions

d)

child labor

3.

What amendment created prohibition?

a)

16

b)

17

c)

18

d)

19

4.

What amendment created women's suffrage?

a)

16

b)

17

c)

18

d)

19

5.

A time of great reform in America from 1890-1920

a)

progressive movement

b)

temperance movement

c)

mechanized movement

d)

civil rights movement

6.

Another word for suffrage is

a)

banning alcohol

b)

voting rights

c)

education rights

d)

working rights

7.

This novel exposed the horrible conditions in the meat industry

a)

The Jungle

b)

How the Other Half Lives

c)

The History of Standard Oil

8.

The Meat Inspection Act /Pure Food and Drug Act were a result of this

a)

CNN 10

b)

The History of Standard Oil

c)

How the Other Half Lives

d)

The Jungle

9.

Who wrote How the Other Half Lives: about tenements

a)

Upton Sinclair

b)

Jacob Riis

c)

Ida Tarbell

d)

Ida Wells

10.

The Homestead Strike against Carnegie Steel was in

a)

Cleveland

b)

Toronto

c)

Buffalo

d)

Pittsburgh

11.

These writers and photographers exposed corruption in society

a)

scalawags

b)

conservationists

c)

muckrakers

d)

trustbusters

12.

Carrie Catt and Alice Paul were both

a)

union workers

b)

suffragists

c)

senators

d)

teachers

13.

John Muir wanted

a)

environmental protection/conservation

b)

the banning of alcohol

c)

to increase the number of Supreme Court justices

d)

to end child labor

14.

Any change to the constitution is done by

a)

making an amendment

b)

making an extension

c)

using white-out

15.

Thomas Nast

a)

was a journalist

b)

was an author

c)

drew political cartoons

d)

was a the governor of Wisconsin

16.

Robert La Follette

a)

drew political cartoons

b)

was the governor of Wisconsin

c)

was an author

d)

was a journalist

17.

Corrupt leader of N.Y City who stole millions of dollars

a)

Upton Sinclair

b)

Robert La Follette

c)

Thomas Nast

d)

Boss Tweed

18.

Teddy Roosevelt's domestic programs: fair for all

a)

Good deal

b)

Deal or no deal

c)

New Deal

d)

square deal

19.

Wrote about John Rockefeller and Standard Oil

a)

Ida Tarbell

b)

Ida Wells

20.

Led anti-lynching movement

a)

Ida Tarbell

b)

Ida Wells

21.

Founded N.A.A.C.P., demanded immediate equality

a)

W.E.B. Du Bois

b)

Booker T. Washington

22.

He suggested learning a trade first and getting an education, racial equality will come later

a)

W.E.B. Du Bois

b)

Booker T. Washington

23.

She picketed the White House, went to jail, and was force fed, all for women's voting rights

a)

Carie Catt

b)

Susan B. Anthony

c)

Alice Paul

d)

Ida Tarbell

24.

This is when voters can suggest a law

a)

initiative

b)

referendum

c)

recall

25.

This is when voters can vote directly on a law

a)

initiative

b)

referendum

c)

recall

26.

This is when voters can vote out or remove a corrupt official

a)

initiative

b)

referendum

c)

recall

27.

This amendment gave Congress the power to pass an income tax

a)

16

b)

17

28.

This amendment allowed the people of each state to directly vote in their two Senators

a)

16

b)

17

29.

When people have to take a test to get a government job

a)

I.Q. test

b)

Tweed Test

c)

Civil Service

d)

Community Service

30.

The more money you make the greater percentage of your income you will pay in taxes

a)

graduated income tax

b)

middle school graduation

c)

no taxation without representation

31.

This is when the people vote to choose the party's candidates

a)

Golden Globes

b)

Primary

c)

referendum

32.

This amendment repealed (got rid of) prohibition

a)

16

b)

17

c)

18

d)

21