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Progressive Era of Reform

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In the early 1900s, Americans took part in all of these leisure activities, EXCEPT...

a)

listening to Jazz.

b)

listening to Ragtime Music.

c)

watching baseball.

d)

skateboarding.

2.

____________________ was the most famous Boss of a political machine.

a)

William Magear Tweed

b)

A. Philip Randolph

c)

Jacob Riis

d)

Upton Sinclair

3.

__________________ in the Gilded Age included bribes, extortion, convincing the poor to vote a certain way by promising them jobs, and stealing millions from the cities in which they operated.

a)

Technicalities

b)

Distress

c)

Corruption

d)

Influence

4.

Believing that the government should take complete ownership of CORRUPT businesses is called ______________.

a)

Socialism

b)

Progressivism

c)

Corruption

d)

Absolutism

5.

_____________________ is the thought that the government should regulate, not control, corrupt businesses.

a)

Socialism

b)

Progressive

c)

Reformism

d)

Civil Service

6.

Ida Tarbell, Upton Sinclair, Jacob Riis, and Lincoln Steffens were all ________________ , who exposed the "muck" of society.

a)

writers

b)

authors

c)

journalists

d)

muckrakers

7.

The 18th Amendment began a period of _________________, during which the production, sale, and transport of alcohol became illegal in the U.S.

a)

Illegalism

b)

Prohibition

c)

Anti-Alcoholism

d)

Alcoholism

8.

John Dewey advocated changes in public education to place greater emphasis on _____________________ rather than rote memorization.

a)

understanding

b)

praying

c)

getting

d)

believing

9.

Women's Suffrage refers to a woman's right to _______.

a)

work.

b)

get divorced.

c)

vote.

d)

bear children

10.

Was it Booker T. Washington or W.E.B. Du Bois who believed that legal equality for African Americans would put an end to injustice?

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

W.E.B. Du Bois