WorksheetsProgressive Era - WWI
Total questions: 70
Worksheet time: 35mins
What were powerful groups that controlled local government, police department, and other services called?
Banzai
Monopolies
Political Machine
Oligopoly
What was William M. Tweed's nickname?
King Tweed
Jungle King
World Boss
Boss Tweed
What system has been in place since Andrew Jackson, it gave government jobs and favors to political supporters?
Spoils Systems
Spoils of War
Election Spoils
Election System
Chester Arthur pressures Congress to create the ___________ _____________ Commission, which tests individuals for federal jobs.
Oligopoly Friends Commission
Civil Services Commission
The World Commission
Labor Board Commission
What law was created to break up trusts?
Roosevelt Antitrust Act
Taft Antitrust Act
Sherman Antitrust Act
Wilson Antitrust Act
What is a muckraker?
Someone who rakes dirt for a living in major cities as a form of sanitation
Someone who covers up corruption for big businesses by bribing newspapers
Someone who edits newspapers about labor strikes happening in the city
Someone who investigates and reports on corruption and exposes it
Which of the following people exposed the political machines in NYC?
Ida Tarbell
Theodore Roosevelt
Lincoln Steffens
William H. Taft
Which of the following people exposed the oil trust's unfair practices and helped bring down Standard Oil?
Ida Tarbell
Theodore Roosevelt
Lincoln Steffens
William H. Taft
Whose book led Congress to pass the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act?
Theodore Roosevelt
Upton Sinclair
William McKinley
Woodrow Wilson
What does the book The Jungle depict?
The nearby forests that people could travel to
The horrors of the Chicago meatpacking industry
An autobiography of someone's life living in a jungle in South America
A survival strategy for getting trapped in a jungle
Which Constitutional amendment provided for the direct election of Senators?
Seventeenth (17th)
Sixteenth (16th)
Fifteenth (15th)
Eighteenth (18th)
The 19th Amendment guaranteed:
Equal rights for Indians
An end to the spoils systems
Pure food and drugs
Women's suffrage
Which Constitutional amendment made it illegal to make, transport, or sell alcohol in the United States?
Seventeenth (17th)
Sixteenth (16th)
Nineteenth (19th)
Eighteenth (18th)
True or False: One justification for prohibition was that drinking led to poverty.
True
False
Which group of people heavily pushed for temperance and prohibition?
Men
Immigrants
Women
Children
How did Theodore Roosevelt become president?
He won the election of 1900
William McKinley was assassinated
He was given it when William H. Taft stepped down
He had the former president arrested
What nickname did Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt have ?
Monopoly Buster
Mr. Trust
Trustbuster
Mr. Bust
What deal did Theodore Roosevelt offer? It gave fair and equal treatment to all, called for government regulation, and supported the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act.
Round Deal
New Deal
Square Deal
Old Deal
Which of the following was a lifelong interest of Theodore Roosevelt?
Debate
Performing Arts
Nature/Outdoors
Business Investing
Which of the following did Theodore Roosevelt NOT create?
U.S. Forest Service
National Conservation Commission
National Wildlife Federation
Nation Park Services
What did the sixteenth (16th) amendment do?
Create Social Security
Created a national sales tax
Created a national ban on alcohol
Created a national income tax
After his second term, Theodore Roosevelt steps down to allow WHO to become the present?
William McKinley
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Barnum Bailey
Who is president after William Howard Taft?
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Andrew Johnson
Wilson proposed the idea of "___________"
"New Government"
"New Powers"
"New Liberty"
"New Freedom"
In the 1800s, what was the majority of Americans?
White Catholics born in the US
White Protestants born in the US
Mixed ethnicity born in another country
Mixed ethnicity born in the US
What is the unequal treatment because of race, religion (creed), ethnic background, or place of birth?
Assimilation
Discrimination
Destination
Segregation
What group did the American Protective Association discriminate against?
Immigrants
African Americans
Catholics
Hispanics
What terms is used to describe discrimination against Jews?
Anti-Christi
Anti-Semitism
Anti-Islam
Anti-Pole
What did the the Supreme Court rule in Plessy v. Ferguson?
Jim Crow laws were unconstitutional
Poll taxes were constitutional
Segregation was lawful as long as separate facilities were equal
Sharecropping was a form of slave labor
What group targets Catholics, Jews, immigrants, and African Americans in acts of horror and terror?
Lu Lux Clan
Ca Clax Clan
Ku Klux Klan
Ju Jux Jam
What policy did George Washington want his predecessors have in regards to foreign relations?
Isolationist
Expansionist
Tyrannical
Monastic
What is imperialism?
A powerful European country
A form of government in which the government provides for the poor of the country
A policy of providing financial relief for neighboring countries
The policy of extending a nation's rule over other territories and countries
What piece of land did the United States buy from Russia for $7.2 million?
Hawaii
Washington
California
Alaska
What is a narrow strip of land connecting two larger bodies of land called?
Isthmus
Peninsula
Island
Strait
Through which Latin American country did we build a canal through to connect the Atlantic and Pacific?
Columbia
Ecuador
Panama
Venezuela
What insect would kill thousands of workers because it could transmit diseases like yellow fever and malaria?
Dragonflies
Ants
Grasshoppers
Mosquitoes
Who was the last queen of Hawaii?
Queen Liliuokalani
Queen Ulrika
Queen Urraca
Queen Constance
What were the sections of China that Japan and several European nations carved called?
Areas of Control
Places of Power
Spheres of Influence
Zones of Diplomacy
The sinking of the USS Maine helped lead to which war with which country?
France
Spain
Portugal
Great Britain
Which of the following is a protectorate of the United States today?
Puerto Rico
Philippines
Cuba
Guam
Which of the following is an independent country today?
Puerto Rico
Philippines
Cuba
Guam
What does M stand for in M.A.I.N?
Monopolies
Money
Militarism
Millennials
What does A stand for in M.A.I.N?
Academies
Aggression
Alliances
Africa
What does I stand for in M.A.I.N?
Inventions
Imperialism
Inquiry
Isthmus
What does N stand for in M.A.I.N?
Nativism
Nationalism
Neanderthal
Nothing
Which of the following Were part of the TRIPLE ALLIANCE?
Germany
France
Italy
Austria-Hungary
Great Britain
Which of the following were part of the Triple Entente?
Russia
Italy
France
Belgium
Great Britain
Who was the man that sparked WWI (The assassin's name)?
James Earl Ray
Leon Czolgosz
Gavrilo Princip
Nathuram Godse
Who was killed to spark World War I?
Archduke Leapold Wilhelm
Archduke Otto Van Bismark
Archduke Maximilian Hapsburg
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Why did so many different countries get pulled into World War I?
Nationism
Alliance System
The country halted peace
Was time for war
Which of the following would be an alternate name for World War I?
The Vast War
The War for Power
The Deathly War
The Great War
The ___________ ___________ consisted of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria.
Central Powers
Allied Powers
The ________ __________ consisted of Serbia, Russia, Great Britain, France, Japan, Italy, and the United States (eventually)
Allied Powers
Central Powers
Why was most of World War I a stalemate?
Trench warfare
Shooting galleries
Good diplomacy
New inventions
What would the area between two trenches be called?
Dead Country
No Man's Land
Death Valley
Surrender Zone
What new naval weapon did the Germans start using against the allies?
Torpedoes
Sonar
U-boats
Undersea mines
What directly caused the United States to be involved in World War I?
Propeganda
Zimmerman Telegram
Sinking of the Lusitania
Sinking of the Sussex
Which president is going to lead the United States into World War I?
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
William McKinley
Woodrow Wilson
What type of government rose to power in Russia causing them to back out of the war?
Socialist
Communist
Democratic
Republic
What was the name of the American army in Europe?
American Army
American Expeditionary Force
American Forces
American International Army
What nickname did the American soldiers have?
Pillsbury
Pizzamen
Doughboys
Dumplings
Which battle is the biggest in American history?
Battle of the Argonne Forest
Battle of Verdun
Battle of the Somme
Battle of Paris
What board helped prevent stoppages, pressure businesses to grant workers key demands, and help provide a steady stream of war materials?
National Labor Union
War Board of Commerce
National War Labor Board
American Work Board
Who was chosen to head the new Food Administration?
Calvin Coolidge
Theodore Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
William McKinley
Which of the following did NOT oppose the war?
German Americans
Socialists
Pacifists
French Americans
Which act made it a crime to say, print, or write criticism perceived as negative about the government?
Sabotage Act of 1918
Espionage Act of 1917
Red Scare Act of 1917
Sedition Act of 1918
What was the name of Woodrow Wilson's peace plan?
The Lasting Peace
The Shining Star
The Fourteen Points
The Peace Pledge
World War I was ended with which treaty?
Treaty of Pairs
Treaty of Versailles
Treat of Gent
Treaty of Portsmouth
What date did World War I end?
July 4, 1915
November 11, 1918
April 6, 1917
July 28, 1914
What pre-modern international group was created after World War I to help prevent another world war? (the United States did not join)
United Nations
League of Nations
League of Friends
European Union
