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WorksheetsProgressive Era
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
An early 20th century reform movement seeking to return control of the government to the people, restore economic opportunities, and correct injustices in American life is called…
Imperialism
Progressivism
Industrialization
Reconstruction
People that wrote about the corrupt side of business and public life in newspapers and magazines were called…
Inside Reporters
Suffragists
Muckrakers
Yellow Journalists
This amendment to the Constitution gave women the right to vote…
16th
17th
18th
19th
Progressive reformers sought government regulation of business in order to….
Control economic cycles of inflation and recession
Provide money for public services such as schools and libraries
Prevent companies from moving factories overseas
Restore competition by breaking up monopolies and trusts
The 1890 Census indicated that there was no longer a frontier line in the West. Early in the 20th century, President Roosevelt pushed for the conservation of the nation’s natural resources. This signaled a change in how people perceived:
Farmland
Urban Areas
Industry Centers
Wilderness
What happened at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory on March 25, 1911 that signaled a need for safety regulations in factories?
Workers got sick from a by product being produced there
The building collapsed because of poorly constructed steel beams
A fire started on an upper floor of the building killing 146 people
A worker fell into a machine and suffered fatal injuries
The 17th Amendment allowed people to directly elect their:
Senators
Representatives
President
Governors
These were leaders in the Women’s Suffrage movement
Susan B. Anthony / Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Betsy Ross / Abigail Adams
Booker T. Washington / W.E.B Dubois
Florence Kelly / Jane Addams
Term used to describe how Theodore Roosevelt used the presidency to influence the news media and shape legislation (laws)
Reformer
Initiative
Bully Pulpit
Referendum
In The Jungle, Upton Sinclair exposed:
Dangers faced by coal miners
Corrupt business practices of the Standard Oil Company
Unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry
Illegal deals between special interest and the government
This individual not only helped foster efficiency by creating a shorter work day for his employees, but also gave his workers an extra day off from work and the assembly line.
Florence Kelly
Upton Sinclair
Henry Ford
Eugene V. Debs
What problem arising from industrialization did progressive reformers want the federal government to address?
The use of child labor in the workplace
Unfair taxes on the wealthy
Restrictions on the use of natural resources
Lack of capital for railroad expansion
Another term for a monopoly is a . . .
Policy
Trust
Flux
Machine
The law that required truthful labels was the:
Pure Food and Drug Act
Meat Inspection Act
Sherman Antitrust Act
Interstate Commerce Act
The granting of public offices in return for aid or money to help one get elected is an example of:
Civil Service
Spoils System
Merit System
Judicial Review
The lead women’s suffrage activist during the Progressive Era
Ida Wells
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Florence Kelley
Susan B. Anthony
Busted over 90 Trusts and was hand picked to replace Theodore Roosevelt in the Presidential office
Woodrow Wilson
William Mckinley
William Howard Taft
Franklin Roosevelt
Women’s Rights and children’s rights activist who helped pass the Illinois Factory Act in 1893.
Ida Wells
Florence Kelley
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Susan B. Anthony
President of the United States who used the office as a Bully Pulpit, busted trusts and was a conservationist leader
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
William McKinley
Franklin Roosevelt
Helped organize the American Socialist party and was a labor leader who pushed for improvements for everyday workers
Eugene V. Debs
W.E.B. DuBois
William McKinley
Franklin Roosevelt
President who came after Taft; under him women got the right to vote and America entered WWI
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt
William McKinley
Woodrow Wilson
