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Worksheets05 Progressive Era
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 18mins
Which of the following could be a PUSH factor for immigrants moving to America?
War in their homeland
Jobs in America
Religious freedom
Freedom of Speech
Which of the following would be a pull factor for immigrants moving to America?
Freedom of speech
Not being able to find a job
War
Religious persecution
True or False: Most immigrants travelling to America were wealthy.
True
False
Where did 'New Immigrants' come from?
Southern & Eastern Europe
Northern & Western Europe
Southeast Asia
South America
Why did many immigrants live nearby people who also moved from their homeland?
Made the transition to America easier.
The U.S. government required immigrants to live in specific areas.
Nativists forced immigrants to buy houses in specific locations.
Immigrants wanted to live in the nicest and safest neighborhoods.
Process of holding onto old traditions while adapting to a new culture.
Acculturation
Prohibition
Suffrage
Temperance
Which of the following would be considered a ‘nativist’ belief?
The different cultures and religions of immigrants will prevent them from blending into American culture.
New types of foods that immigrants bring will be good for American restaurants.
Immigrants will be good for the work force and help build American cities.
Different cultures and religions will improve American churches.
Prevented Chinese from moving to America.
Chinese Exclusion Act
19th Amendment
Prohibition Act
Temperance Act
The movement of people from farms to cities.
Urbanization
Immigration
Acculturation
Prohibition
Small apartment in a city slum, usually lacking appropriate living conditions.
Tenement
Temperance
Urbanization
Suffrage
Which word best describes life for those living in tenements.
Uncomfortable
Exciting
Boring
Dull
Created to keep make American cities safer.
Building Codes
Tenements
Settlement Houses
Horse Stables
What was the purpose of settlement houses ?
To provide a variety of services to help the poor.
To encourage people to move from farms to cities.
To make sure that city apartments were safe.
To limit immigration to American cities.
What impact did patronage and the spoils system have on the government?
It led to corruption and inefficiency.
It allowed citizens to elect superior leaders compared to those of the past.
It helped improve our economy.
Strengthened the military
Who did political bosses use to gain more political power?
Lower class people and immigrants
Wealthy business owners
Foreign leaders
U.S. Senators
Made trusts and monopolies illegal.
Sherman Antitrust Act
Interstate Commerce Commission
Spoils System
19th Amendment
Journalists that exposed the corruption and poor working and living conditions in American cities.
Muckrakers
Patrons
Political Bosses
Regulators
Which answer best describes the impact of primaries, initiatives, referendums, and recalls?
These additions gave American citizens more power over the government.
These additions gave political leaders more control over the laws they can create.
These additions gave more power to the wealthiest Americans.
These additions took political power away from American citizens.
Gave federal government the power to tax the income of citizens.
16th Amendment
17th Amendment
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
President Theodore Roosevelt believed that all trusts should be eliminated.
True
False
What inspired the creation of the Pure Food and Drug Act?
The widespread popularity of Upton Sinclair's book 'The Jungle'.
President Roosevelt was fed bad burgers and got really sick.
Consumers filed multiple lawsuits against a Chicago meatpacking company.
Drug companies demanded the government provide inspection of their products.
In what way did President Theodore Roosevelt preserve the environment?
Established the National Forest Service
Made logging illegal
Made hunting illegal
Established the Environmental Protection Agency
Which of the following helped Woodrow Wilson win the election of 1912?
Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft had similar views and split the Republican vote.
Theodore Roosevelt was assassinated just before the election.
William Howard Taft was suspected of corruption and criminal behavior while president.
Taft was accused of being a Russian spy, which caused people to turn on him.
Which of the following was created by President Woodrow Wilson to manage the U.S. financial system?
Federal Reserve
Federal Trade Commission
Square Deal
The right to vote.
Suffrage
Temperance
Prohibition
Urbanization
What is the significance of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution?
It granted women the right to vote.
It made slavery in the United States illegal.
It made it legal for the federal government to tax the income of citizens.
It made the production and sale of alcohol illegal in the United States.
What was the purpose of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union?
To persuade people to stop drinking.
To get women the right to vote.
To urge the government to require workplace safety inspections.
To convince the government to pass laws that ended child labor.
Why did many women support the Temperance Movement?
They blamed crime, violence, and abuse on men who drank too much alcohol.
They believed alcohol was prohibited by the Bible.
They believed alcohol was promoting racist beliefs.
They believed alcohol was causing diseases.
What was the significance of the 18th Amendment?
It made the sale, production, and transportation of alcohol illegal.
It granted women suffrage.
It made it legal for the federal government to tax the income of citizens.
Gave Americans the ability to vote directly for US Senators.
Which African American leader believed African Americans could gain equality if they learned a trade or skill?
Booker T. Washington
W.E.B. DuBois
George Washington Carver
Ida B. Wells
Which African American leader crated the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)?
W.E.B. DuBois
Booker T. Washington
Ida B. Wells
George Washington Carver
How did streetcars, trolleys, subways and other forms of mass transit affect the development of American cities and towns?
They led to the development of suburbs.
They led to the decline of railroads.
They led to the development of laws that temporarily made cars illegal.
People were more likely to go on vacation.
Made shopping much easier in the early 1900s.
Department Stores
Shopping Mall
Shopping Centers
Target
Why did states pass laws requiring children attend school?
Industry demanded a more educated workforce.
States believed it would decrease the crime rate.
European countries were scoring better on standardized tests and filling up American universities.
Government feared future politicians would not be smart enough.
News reporting that focused on sensational stories that were frequently not true.
Yellow Journalism
Prohibition
Temperance
Suffrage
Why were people critical of yellow journalism?
Focused on scandals
Focused on the perspective of foreign countries.
Focused only on sports.
Focused only on weather forecasting.
