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Progressive Era

Total questions: 115

Worksheet time: 1hrs 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the major progressive president?

a)

Woodrow WIlson

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Teddy Roosevelt

d)

Howard Taft

2.

What was Teddy Roosevelt's nickname?

a)

Teddy Bear

b)

Trust Buster

c)

Progressive Pres

d)

Monopoly Maniac

3.

Who is not a progressive president?

a)

Woodrow WIlson

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Teddy Roosevelt

d)

Howard Taft

4.

How did progressives get America to make changes?

a)

labor unions

b)

informing the public through newspapers

5.

What is a muckraker?

a)

someone who exposed bad industries

b)

someone who rakes newspapers

c)

someone who cleaned up after factories

d)

someone who worked in the meat industry

6.

Who are the muckrakers listed?

a)

Ida Tarbell

b)

Upton Sinclair

c)

Teddy Roosevelt

d)

Andrew Carnegie

7.

Who made monopolies illegal?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Teddy Roosevelt

c)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

d)

Andrew Johnson

8.

What trust is Teddy Roosevelt specifically known for busting?

a)

railroad industry

b)

standard oil

c)

steel company

d)

automobile industry

9.

Which two laws were passed by the progressive president Teddy Roosevelt because of muckrakers?

a)

Pure Drug and Food Act

b)

Meat Inspection Act

c)

Labor Union Act

d)

monopoly act

10.

Upton Sinclair exposed the...

a)

oil industry

b)

meat industry

c)

steel industry

d)

automobile industry

11.

Ida Sinclair exposed the...

a)

oil industry

b)

meat industry

c)

steel industry

d)

automobile industry

12.

What amendment made it illegal to make or sell alcohol?

a)

14th

b)

20th

c)

18th

d)

21st

13.

What amendment repealed the 18th and made it legal to sell and drink alcohol?

a)

14th

b)

20th

c)

18th

d)

21st

14.

How did progressives get support for the 18th amendment?

a)

propaganda about German soldiers

b)

transcontinental railroad expansion

c)

labor unions

d)

steel industry workers

15.

When someone illegally makes alcohol, it is called..

a)

bootlegging

b)

speakeasy

c)

temperance

16.

What was an illegal club that sold alcohol during prohibition?

a)

speakeasy

b)

temperance

c)

bootleg

17.
 Which of the following was a NYC politician? 
a)
Jacob Riis 
b)
Boss Tweed
c)
Jane Addams 
d)
Margaret Sanger 
18.
 Which Amendment stated that senators were elected by popular vote instead of by state congress? 
a)
17
b)
15
c)
16
d)
13
19.
Which of the following was not one of the four goals of progressivism?
a)
Protecting social welfare 
b)
Creating economic reform
c)
captains of industry 
d)
Fostering efficiency 
20.
True or False: Muchrakers are journalists who write about all the corruption and what needed to be reformed. 
a)
True
b)
False
21.
Who wrote “The Jungle”?
a)
Jane Addams 
b)
Upton Sinclair
c)
George Waring 
d)
Jacob Riis
22.
Which Progressive Regulated Railroad and protected natural resources? 
a)
Lincoln Steffens
b)
Jacob Riis
c)
Teddy Roosevelt 
d)
Gifford Pinchot 
23.
Which person would enter saloons and smash alcohol bottles? 
a)
Carry Nation 
b)
Teddy Roo
c)
Gifford Pinchot 
d)
Jane Addams 
24.
Why did Thomas Nast draw cartoons of Boss Tweed? 
a)
to show how bad Tweed was 
b)
to help his campa
c)
to teach people to read 
25.
Why did Tweed flee the country?
a)
To take a vacation 
b)
To avoid prison 
c)
To make peace with other counr
d)
He didn’t 
26.
Where did Tweed flee to even though he was captured and died in jail? 
a)
Spain
b)
France 
c)
Mexico 
d)
New Mexico 
27.
True or False: People formed “Good Government Leagues” to continue the corruption. 
a)
True 
b)
False 
28.
Which of the following was an election reform that was a way for citizens to remove a politician before the next election? 
a)
Referendum
b)
Initiative
c)
Recall 
d)
Secret Ballot 
29.
The deal where everyone had equal opportunity to succeed was the 
a)
Triangle Deal 
b)
Square Deal 
c)
Circle Deal 
d)
The Equality Deal 
30.
Muckrakers wrote all about what?
a)
politics 
b)
corruption 
c)
the education system 
d)
the oresident
31.

What term means the movement to make social change?

a)

Temperance Movement

b)

Progressive Movement

c)

Mass Production

d)

Women's Suffrage Movement

32.

Which Amendment granted women the right to vote?

a)

15th

b)

18th

c)

19th

d)

21st

33.

Which Amendment banned alcohol across the United States in the 1920's?

a)

15th

b)

18th

c)

19th

d)

21st

34.

Which cause is Susan B. Anthony most known for?

a)

temperance

b)

consumer safety

c)

women's suffrage

d)

abolition of child labor

35.

What do the 15th and 19th amendments have in common?

a)

suffrage rights

b)

African American rights

c)

child labor

d)

women's rights

36.

The 17th amendment is-

a)

direct election of senators

b)

freed the slaves

c)

graduated income tax

d)

prohibition of alcohol

37.

The 16th amendment is-

a)

graduated income tax

b)

direct election of senators

c)

prohibition of alcohol

d)

women's suffrage

38.

Upton Sinclair's book, The Jungle, directly led to-

a)

federal government taking responsibility for safety of employees

b)

federal government taking responsibility for safety of consumers

c)

federal government taking responsibility for breaking up monopolies

39.

Frances Willard-

a)

founded the Hull House

b)

carried a hatchet and opposed alcohol

c)

opposed alcohol and fought for women's rights

40.

Initiative, referendum, and recall resulted in-

a)

separate schools for African American students

b)

citizen's participating more in democracy

c)

graduated income tax

d)

prohibiting discrimination in voting based on gender

41.

Why did the government create the Federal Reserve Act?

a)

to reform banks

b)

restrict labor unions

c)

prohibit alcohol

42.

What is the spoils system/patronage?

a)

rebate

b)

segregation

c)

handing out government jobs as favors

43.

Which of the following was created due to unfair railroad companies?

a)

Pendleton Act

b)

Interstate Commerce Act

44.
Journalists who exposed corruption and problems in society are called--
a)
Progressivists
b)
Muckrakers
c)
Prohibitionists
d)
Muckmen
45.
Who wrote the “History of the Standard Oil Company,” in 1902 and showed how Rockefeller’s rise was based on unfair business practices? 
a)
Ida B. Wells 
b)
Ida Tarbell 
c)
Jacob Riis
d)
Upton Sinclair
46.
Who photographed conditions of the urban poor in “How the Other Half Lives" which resulted in people examining the conditions of the poor in America’s cities? 
a)
Upton Sinclair 
b)
Lincoln Steffens 
c)
Jacob Riis 
d)
Frank Norris 
47.
The banning of alcohol.
a)
Muckraking
b)
21st amendment
c)
Principal
d)
Prohibition
48.
Banned people from making, drinking or selling alcohol
a)
17th Amendment
b)
18th Amendment
c)
19th Amendment
d)
21st Amendment
49.
The Progressive Era could best be summed up as...
a)
an era that experienced massive job loss due to the collapse of the economy.
b)
an era that placed a great emphasis on reforming the corruption and injustices throughout American society.
c)
an era where the US started the "war on terror"
d)
an era where there was no government regulation on American businesses.
50.
What was the role of muckrakers in society?
a)
Muckrakers were members of the Presidential cabinet responsible for solving society’s problems.
b)
Muckrakers were government officials who were blamed for society’s problems.
c)
Muckrakers were journalists who wrote about the worst problems in society and provoked the public to respond.
d)
Muckrakers were workers who were sent in to replace workers on strike. 
51.
One of the major goals of the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 was to
a)
limit the amount of sugar in snack products.
b)
protect farmers from bankruptcy due to changing food prices.
c)
control the price put on beverages and food products.
d)
ensure that products were labeled accurately.
52.
These people combined careful research, vivid writing, and moral outrage to motivate the public to get on board with Progressive changes. 
a)
political machines
b)
muckrackers 
c)
trusts
d)
politicians
53.
Investigative author who exposed unsanitary conditions
a)
muckracker
b)
tenement
c)
subsitence
d)
industrialization
54.
Author of the "The Jungle", which exposed the horrors of the meatpacking industry.
a)
Ida B. Wells
b)
Upton Sinclair
c)
Robert La Follette
d)
Frances Willard
55.
During the Gilded Age there was a boom in ______________
a)
Presidents
b)
births
c)
industry
d)
disease
56.
What is one is the main jobs of the Federal Reserve?
a)
to loan out money to people directly
b)
to give businesses a leg up on their competition
c)
to break up monopolies
d)
to help prevent and solve economic crises 
57.
Which Progressive Constitutional Amendment granted suffrage to all women?
a)
16th
b)
17th
c)
18th
d)
19th
58.
Who were the three Progressive Era Presidents?
a)
Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson 
b)
Lincoln, Roosevelt, FD Roosevelt
c)
Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson
d)
Roosevelt, Wilson, Obama
59.
What is conservation and which Progressive President is closely associated with it?
a)
protection of business, Taft
b)
protection of Children, Wilson
c)
protection of health, Obama
d)
protection of the environment, Roosevelt
60.
What was the name of Roosevelt's Progressive Party in the 1912 election? 
a)
Socialist Party
b)
Populist Party
c)
Bull Moose Party
d)
Federalist Party
61.
What is prohibition?
a)
The one great accomplishment of the Progressive Era
b)
banning black Americans from voting
c)
banning alcohol
d)
banning guns
62.
Who wrote the expose piece of literature that revealed the extensive corrupt monopolistic business practices of Standard Oil?
a)
Ida Tarbell
b)
Lewis Hines 
c)
Jacob Riis
d)
Upton Sinclair
63.
Whose book led to the direct passage of the Meat Inspection Act and indirect of the Pure Food and Drug Acts?
a)
Jacob Riis
b)
Lewis Hines
c)
Ida Tarbell
d)
Upton Sinclair
64.
How did Thomas Nast expose down Boss Tweed and his political machine?
a)
by photographing the truth
b)
By drawing political cartoons about them
c)
By singing about them
d)
By yelling at them
65.
Wrote "A History of Standard Oil" 
a)
Sinclair
b)
Tarbell
c)
Twain
d)
Lafollette
66.
Cartoonist ____________ showed Boss Tweed as a vulture destroying the city.
a)
Abraham Ruef 
b)
Boss William Tweed
c)
Ida Tarbell
d)
Thomas Nast
67.
Photographer _________ provided shocking images of slum life. 
a)
Ida Tarbell
b)
Jacob Riis
c)
Upton Sinclair
d)
Thomas Nast
68.
In 1906, Upton Sinclair shocked the nation when he published __________. This novel revealed gruesome details about the meatpacking industry in Chicago. 
a)
The Industry
b)
The Jungle
c)
The Meat Company
d)
The Muckraker
69.
By 1900, reformers were calling themselves _______.
a)
Progressives
b)
Protestant
c)
Ministers
d)
Muckrakers
70.
Another name for Progressives was _______.
a)
Goo Goos
b)
Reformers
c)
Trustbusters
d)
Teddy Beards
71.
Public _______ or the good of the people, should guide government actions. 
a)
Recall
b)
Interest
c)
Referendums
d)
Initiatives
72.
Which Progressive Era leader, was known as a "trust-buster," but also worked to protect the environment?
a)
Mother Jones
b)
Theodore Roosevelt
c)
Upton Sinclair
d)
John D. Rockefeller
73.
Roosevelt's domestic policies focusing on the common people
a)
Reclamation Act 
b)
Conservation
c)
Square Deal
d)
Progressive Movement
74.
Reform governor and later Senator from Wisconsin who led many Progressive
reforms?
a)
Theodore Roosevelt
b)
Upton Sinclair
c)
Robert La Follette
d)
Lincoln Steffins
75.

Who wrote, "The Shame of Cities"?

a)

Ida Tarbell

b)

Jacob Riis

c)

John Spargo

d)

Lincoln Steffens

76.

The Temperance Movement was opposed to what?

a)

organized labor

b)

consuming alcohol

c)

citizenship for immigrants

d)

child labor

77.

Which amendment allowed direct election of senators by people of their States?

a)

20th Amendment

b)

16th Amendment

c)

17th Amendment

d)

22nd Amendment

78.

Which amendment passed income tax laws?

a)

16th Amendment

b)

17th Amendment

c)

18th Amendment

d)

19th Amendment

79.
Which Constitutional Amendment finally allowed American women to vote in 1920?
a)
15th Amendment
b)
19th Amendment
c)
16th Amendment
d)
18th Amendment
80.
What American Suffragist was arrested for picketing the White House on behalf of Suffrage?
a)
Carrie Chapman Catt
b)
Susan B. Anthony
c)
Alice Paul
d)
Betty Friedan
81.
The ________Amendment started Prohibition.  
a)
10th 
b)
19th 
c)
20th 
d)
18th 
82.
What was the name of the group of women involved in Prohibition ? 
a)
Women Against Drinking
b)
Mothers against drinking
c)
Women's Temperance Society 
d)
Women against Alcohol 
83.

Which of the following represents the best definition for temperance movement?

a)

a widespread effort by few people to increase the consumption of alcohol. (mid 1800's to early 1900's)

b)

a widespread effort by many people to reduce the consumption of alcohol. (mid 1800's to early 1900's)

c)

a widespread effort by many people to reduce the consumption of tobacco. (mid 1800's to early 1900's)

d)

the fight for equal rights such as education,voting, and workplace rights for women.

84.

Which of the following key words or phrases best represent the temperance movement?

a)

voting rights

b)

education

c)

workers' rights

d)

prohibition

85.

Which two female leaders were heavily involved in both woman's suffrage and temperance movement?

a)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Alice Paul

b)

Lucy Burns and Alice Paul

c)

Alice Paul and Susan B. Anthony

d)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony

86.

Who is pictured in this photo?

a)

Susan B. Anthony

b)

Frances Willard

c)

Ella Boole

d)

Carry A. Nation

87.

Which of the following choices best describes Frances Willard?

a)

(1858-1952) Married William Boole, a Temperance Activist. Became the Vice-President of her local chapter of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union

b)

(1839-1898) Became leader of the WCTU. She worked to educate people about the evils of alcohol. She urged laws banning the sale of liquor. Also worked to outlaw saloons as step towards strengthening democracy.

c)

(1846-1911) Temperance advocate; she took extreme measures to further her cause by entering saloons in her native state of Kansas and smashing bottles of alcohol with a hatchet.

88.

Which of the following are causes of the temperance movement? MARK ALL THAT APPLY.

a)

Domestic violence became a trend

b)

Men/husbands were spending a lot of money on alcohol

c)

Men/husbands were spending so much time at bars and saloons

89.

What did the 21st Amendment accomplish?

a)

It repealed the 18th Amendment by legalizing the sale and consumption of alcohol.

b)

It repealed the 15th Amendment

c)

It repealed the 19th Amendment by legalizing the sale and consumption of alcohol.

90.

Define Prohibition.

a)

A partial ban on the sale and consumption of tobacco

b)

A partial ban on the sale and consumption of alcohol

c)

A total ban on the sale and consumption of tobacco

d)

A total ban on the sale and consumption of alcohol

91.
The movement to grant woman the legal right vote was called--
a)
Prohibition 
b)
Woman Sufferage
c)
The Temperance Movement
d)
Jim Crow Law 
92.
Susan B. Anthony was a--
a)
Suffragist 
b)
Social Worker
c)
Muckracker
d)
Farm Leader
93.
The movement to ban the making, sale and transport of alcoholic beverages was called--
a)
The Progressive Movement
b)
Woman's Sufferage
c)
The Temperance Movement
d)
Jim Crow Laws
94.
This person was considered a "muckraker" because he/she exposed corruption.
a)
Susan B. Anthony
b)
Jane Addams
c)
Upton Sinclair
d)
Carry Nation
95.
The 18th Amendment was about--
a)
Workplace Reforms
b)
Woman's Sufferage
c)
Prohibition of Alcohol 
d)
Racial Segregation
96.

Where was the first convention held?

a)

Buffalo, New York

b)

Seneca Falls, New York

c)

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

d)

Worcester, Massachusetts

97.
Suffrage means the right to _______________.
a)
own a firearm
b)
vote in political elections
c)
practice your religion
d)
free speech
98.
Which Constitutional Amendment granted women suffrage?
a)
14th
b)
15th
c)
18th
d)
19th
99.
6) What women's rights leader held a hunger strike in jail?
a)
Alice Paul
b)
Paul Ryan
c)
Ryan Reynolds
100.
The Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 crafted a document that was very similar to the __________________.
a)
Emancipation Proclamation
b)
Halifax Resolves
c)
Declaration of Independence
d)
Articles of Confederation
101.
Those opposed to women suffrage believed that women were childlike and incapable of independent thought.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
102.
Which Constitutional Amendment granted women suffrage?
a)
14th
b)
15th
c)
18th
d)
19th
103.
Which constitutional amendment outlawed the manufacture and sale of Alcohol?
a)
17
b)
18
c)
19
d)
21
104.

Criminals used who to smuggle alcohol into the United States

a)

Bootleggers

b)

Bootgangers

c)

Bootsmugglers

d)

Bootmakers

105.

The federal law that actually put Prohibition into effect was called the

a)

National Origins Act

b)

Emergency Quota Act

c)

Volstead Act

d)

Dawes Act

106.

People who illegally made & sold liquor in the US during Prohibition were known as

a)

criminals

b)

smugglers

c)

bootleggers

d)

mobsters

107.

Bars that sold illegal alcohol during the 1920's were called

a)

bootlegging establishments

b)

speakeasies

c)

vamps

d)

flappers

108.

Before Prohibition was passed, what were its supporters known as?

a)

Wets

b)

Dries

c)

Pros

d)

Alcoholics

109.
Why would the government benefit from ending prohibition?
a)
more laws could be approved
b)
taxes on legal alcohol would help the country
c)
more groups would go to sporting events
110.
Who fought for control of liquor sales, prostitution, and gambling?
a)
John Bots
b)
Police Force
c)
Government
d)
Gangsters
111.

Since criminal organizations became richer and more powerful, what started to increase in cities?

a)

Charity work

b)

Violence

c)

Homelessness

d)

Divorce rates

112.
Where did the wealthy mainly go to consume Alcohol?
a)
at home
b)
Bars
c)
Speakeasies
d)
all choices are correct
113.

Overall, prohibition was considered...

a)

a success because it decreased immoral behavior.

b)

a success because it boosted the economy.

c)

a failure because it lead to an increase in organized crime.

d)

a failure because it took away the rights of citizens.

114.

People who illegally made & sold liquor in the US during Prohibition were known as

a)

criminals

b)

smugglers

c)

bootleggers

d)

mobsters

115.
The end of the Prohibition era came with the
a)
passage of the Volstead act
b)
21st Amendment
c)
arrest of Al Capone
d)
start of the Great Depression

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