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WorksheetsSpanish American War and Progressive Era
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 28mins
A revolution in ___________ drew the United States into the Spanish-American War in 1898.
Cuba
Hawaii
Spain
Victory in the Spanish-American War caused ____________ to become part of the United States.
Hawaii
Mexico
Puerto Rico
The Nineteenth Amendment guaranteed ______________ the right to vote in all elections in the United States.
immigrants
Native Americans
women
What event caused Congress to declare war on Spain in 1898?
a revolt against Spanish rule in Cuba
the destruction of the battleship Maine
Spain's attack on a United States warship in the Phulippines
Spain's refusal to sell Cuba to the United States
Which of the following places did the United States gain control of after winning the Spanish-American War?
the Dominican Republic
the Hawaiian Islands
the Philippines
the Bahamas
What did Henry Ford do to make his cars less expensive?
He build a car called the Model T.
He built cars on an assembly line.
He lowered workers' wages.
He increased workers' hours.
What did the Seventeenth Amendment to the Unites States Constitution accomplish?
It allowed voters to elect their United States senators directly.
It established a system of national parks.
It outlawed child labor in the United States.
It established a tax on people's incomes.
What goals did the reformers want to achieve during the Progressive Movement?
They wanted to make changes that would help business owners receive more power and control over their employees.
They wanted to expand the Jim Crow laws to the northern and western states.
They wanted to make changes that would help improve society, education, and government.
The wanted to return to the ways of the "Old South".
What were the positive and negative effects on industrialization in Tennessee?
Industrialization helped Tennessee's economy grow, but it also refused to offer any jobs to immigrants.
Industrialization provided more jobs to Tennesseans, but it also produced crime, dishonesty, and poor working conditions.
Industrialization allowed more Tennesseans to leave the cities and start farms, but it also led to a decrease in crop prices.
Industrialization provided more jobs to Tennesseans, but it also prevented prevented any advancement in technology.
Which of the following is an area of American life that Progressives wanted to improve?
overcrowded houses in cities
unfair working conditions in factories
equal rights for women and African Americans
all of the above
What was the Sherman Anti-Trust Act?
It was a law created to keep large businesses from receiving too much power.
It was a law created to keep factory workers from protesting against their employers.
It was a law created to protect Americans from buying unsafe food.
It was a law created to improve the tenement housing in larger cities.
What was the purpose of Jane Addams' Hull House?
It was built to help black children receive a better education.
It was built to provide suffragists a place to meet and organize.
It was built to help immigrants and other people adjust to life in U.S. cities.
It was built to provide more jobs to immigrants who had just moved to the city.
Why wasn't the statement "separate but equal" true when it came to Jim Crow laws?
Although facilities fro blacks were equal to facilities for whites, they were not separate.
"Whites only" facilities refused to serve or hire immigrants.
Facilities for white people were always in poorer conditions in the South than facilities for white people in the North.
Facilities for black people were always in poorer conditions than the facilities for white people.
Why did some Americans want to get involved in the Spanish-American War?
They wanted to fight against the Spanish government because it was under the rule of a harsh dictator.
They saw similarities between the Cuban struggle for independence and the American struggle for independence in 1776.
They knew that joining the war would provide Americans with more jobs.
They feared that once Spain conquered Cuba, it would attack the United States.
