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Progressive Era Review

Total questions: 65

Worksheet time: 55mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Between 1848 and 1920, suffragists protested for women to have the right to vote.


Which amendment guaranteed women this right in the United States?

a)

16th

b)

17th

c)

18th

d)

19th

2.

The Jungle exposed unsanitary and unsafe practices in the meatpacking industry.


Which muckraker is responsible for exposing the conditions?

a)

Jacob Riis

b)

Lewis Hines

c)

Ida Tarbell

d)

Upton Sinclair

3.

Founder of the NAACP

Pushed for the "Talented Tenth"

Attended Harvard University

a)

Ida B Wells

b)

Booker T Washington

c)

W E B DuBois

d)

Martin Luther King Jr.

4.

Key Reforms of the Progressive Era

· Initiative

· Referendum

· Recall

· Direct Primary

· 17th Amendment


How did the reforms listed above impact the US?

a)

A system of separate schools for new immigrants

b)

They gave citizens a greater voice in the democratic process of government

c)

More sources of revenue and taxes in state governments.

d)

They successfully brought economic relief to the urban working class

5.

Prohibition banned the making, selling, buying, or drinking of alcohol. Which amendment made this possible?

a)

17th Amendment

b)

18th Amendment

c)

19th Amendment

d)

21st Amendment

6.

Reporters, journalists, photographers, and authors who used the media to raise concerns about the negative effects of industrialization were known as

a)

muckrakers

b)

suffragists

c)

immigrants

d)

abolitionists

7.

____________?____________


A period of time when social, economic and political problems caused by rapid industrialization were exposed and in some cases reformed.


What is the most likely title for this?

a)

Industrialization

b)

Progressive Era

c)

Reconstruction

d)

Prohibition

8.

Suffragists included

a)

Alice Paul

b)

Susan B Anthony

c)

Anne Dallas Dudley

d)

All of the above

9.

The purpose of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act was to

a)

break up monopolies

b)

give equal rights to women

c)

help people living in poverty

d)

end racism

10.

The idea that the government will tax at different rates based on how much money you make.

a)

Tax Invasion

b)

Salary Tax

c)

Sales Tax

d)

Graduated Income Tax

11.

The campaign to stop abuse in the homes by urging people and the government to stop alcoholism was called

a)

Women Suffrage

b)

Temperance Movement

c)

Alcoholics Anonymous

d)

Fair Weather Fan

12.

Which idea of Theodore Roosevelt’s Square Deal led to the creation of National Parks?

a)

Meat Inspection Act

b)

Preservation

c)

Conservation

d)

Intimidation

13.
The 19th-century Social Gospel Movement came about as a response to the -
a)
abuses of great wealth and unregulated business
b)
 desire of most Americans to end class distinction
c)
 d) emergence of militant groups such as the Black Panther Party
d)
demands by government to control the means of production
14.
What was an important effect of the influx of people from the country to the cities in the late nineteenth century?
a)
a sharp increase in college enrollment
b)
crowded slums and unsanitary conditions
c)
decline in economic growth
d)
 a large amount of unused farmland
15.
Jim Crow laws were laws that
a)
denied citizenship to Asian immigrants.
b)
promoted discrimination against women
c)
separated the races
d)
taxed voters
16.

Between 1860 and 1910, the U.S. population tripled in size.


This is most likely due to...

a)

The Baby Boom

b)

Immigration

c)

The Homestead Act

d)

Better Healthcare

17.

The Gospel of Wealth encouraged the rich to donate millions to philanthropy and charity.


Which man most likely believed in the Gospel of Wealth?

a)

Andrew Carnegie

b)

Teddy Roosevelt

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

Thomas Edison

18.
In 1884, who addressed The House of Representatives, arguing for an amendment to the US Constitution that granted women the right to vote?
a)
Susan B. Anthony
b)
Jane Addams
c)
Belva Lockwood
d)
Alice Blackwell
19.

What did Elizabeth Cady Stanton organize at Seneca Falls, New York?

a)

the World Anti-Slave Convention

b)

the Women's Rights Convention

c)

The First Teacher's Convention

d)

Comic Con

20.

Which detail from the article best supports the inference or fact that before the Nineteenth Amendment was passed, each state determined the voting rights of its women?

a)

"Some men argued that women should concern themselves only with household and family matters."

b)

"If women were citizens, and the Fifteenth Amendment said that citizens had the right to vote, why couldn't women vote?"

c)

"A major breakthrough in the struggle for the vote came in 1890, when Wyoming entered the Union."

d)

"In the late nineteenth century and twentieth century, several states in the West extended voting rights to women."

21.

These were journalists who wrote book and articles that exposed corruption in business and government:

a)

Progressives

b)

Muckrakers

c)

Sensationalists

d)

Investigative reporters

22.

This time period focused on social and political reforms in the United States in the early 1900s:

a)

Civil War Era

b)

Industrialization Era

c)

Progressive Era

d)

Reconstruction Era

23.

This U.S. president made significant contributions to breaking up big business during the Progressive Era:

a)

Howard Taft

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

William McKinley

d)

Theodore Roosevelt

24.

Why did the Progressive Era grow in the United States?

a)

because of the negative impact of industrialization

b)

because of the negative impact of the civil war

c)

because industrial tycoons were appalled by the conditions of factories

d)

because the American people were disillusioned by WWI

25.

What goal are you trying to achieve if you're looking to make urban reforms?

a)

getting rid of a capitalistic economy

b)

eliminating political machines/bosses

c)

conservation of natural resources

d)

ending racial discrimination

26.

Why did we want to get rid of political machines?

a)

it was too easy to be corrupt and it was considered to be undemocratic

b)

people didn't participate in the elections

c)

there wasn't anyone willing to become a part of the machines

d)

most people thought they were too much like a labor union

27.

People who were trying to get the 19th Amendment passed were supporting what?

a)

Right to vote for 18 year olds

b)

Right to vote for African Americans

c)

Right to vote for women

d)

Right to vote for those in prison

28.

Those who wanted to make economic reform may have been concerned about which issue?

a)

the influence of monopolies and trusts

b)

eliminating political machines/bosses

c)

conservation of natural resources

d)

ending racial discrimination

29.

Women like Alice Paul participated in which movement?

a)

African American suffrage

b)

Immigrant rights

c)

Women's suffrage

d)

Prohibition

30.

People like W.E.B. du Bois participated in the movement against what?

a)

Racism

b)

Women's suffrage

c)

Child Labor

d)

Prohibition

31.

What was Jacob Riis reveal to the public through his book, How The Other Half Lives?

a)

living conditions of the tenement buildings in New York

b)

working conditions of a textile mill

c)

food production of a meatpacking plant

d)

medical care of soldiers in WWI

32.

What does the power of referendum give voters the right to do?

a)

select a candidate to run in the general election

b)

to propose a law by getting signatures on a petition

c)

remove elected officials from public office

d)

to approve or reject a law (especially one that imposes taxes)

33.

Which of the following is an example of a federal reform made during the Progressive Era?

a)

taking over city utilities

b)

establishing national parks

c)

creating settlement houses in poor communities

d)

providing jobs for young, single men

34.

writers who raked up the 'muck' or dirt of American life.

a)

muckrakers

b)

imperialists

c)

progressives

d)

idealists

35.

creator of settlement houses to assist immigrants moving to the United States

a)

W.E.B. Dubios

b)

Elizabeth Canton

c)

Jane Addams

d)

Ida B. Wells

36.

Considered a Progressive President who initiated the 'Square Deal'

a)

Theodore Roosevelt

b)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

c)

Harry Truman

d)

William Jennings Bryan

37.

Responsible for the 'New Freedom' taming big business and encouraging greater competition. Would later be the President during World War I

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

c)

William Howard Taft

d)

Harry Truman

38.

fought for women's suffrage along side Elizabeth Cady Santon, creating the National American Woman Suffrage Association.

a)

Jane Addams

b)

Ida B. Wells

c)

W.E.B. Dubios

d)

Susan B, Anthony

39.

Who wrote The History of Standard Oil, a book which describes how John D. Rockefeller used ruthless business practices in the oil industry?

a)

Ida Tarbell

b)

Jane Addams

c)

Jacob Riis

d)

Lincoln Steffens

40.

Look at the following diagram, which shows reforms sponsored by two presidential administration, and answer the question below.


Which action best describes a reform supported by President Woodrow Wilson?

a)

reorganization of the banking and monetary systems

b)

adoption of a bimetallic standard and paper currency

c)

legislation to increase tariffs and eliminate income taxes

d)

regulations requiring equal pay for minorities and women

41.

What do we call it when people walk out of their job and refuse to work?

a)

Boycott

b)

Strike

c)

Strikebreakers

d)

Walk out

42.

Why were strikes unsuccessful?

a)

A boss does not need employees to run a business.

b)

Employees did not want to strike.

c)

Strikebreakers would fill the jobs of those on strike.

d)

What's a strike?

43.

Who were typically strikebreakers?

a)

Immigrants

b)

White Males

c)

Women

d)

Children

44.

Why would people go on strike?

a)

To demand better working conditions

b)

To demand for more money

c)

To demand to work less hours

d)

All of these are correct

45.

Who made the least amount of money working in factories?

a)

African American Men

b)

Women

c)

Children

d)

Immigrant men

46.

How much were children paid a week?

a)

$2.00

b)

$7.00

c)

$10.00

d)

$200,000,000

47.

Who founded the American Federation of Labor? (AFL)

a)

George Washington

b)

Martin Luther King Jr.

c)

Andrew Carnegie

d)

Samuel Gompers

48.

What were the goals of the American Federation of Labor? (AFL).

a)

Higher Wages

b)

Shorter Hours

c)

All of these choices

d)

Safer Working Conditions

e)

None of these choices

49.

What event lead to laws being passed about fire exits?

a)

GAP Factory fire

b)

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire

c)

Circle Shirtwaist Factory fire

d)

The great fire of NYC

50.

What is a boycott?

a)

When employees refuse to work.

b)

When customers refuse to buy a product from a certain company.

c)

When employers refuse to open their business

d)

When everyone just goes to work on a normal day.

51.

What is a monopoly?

a)

When the government owns everything.

b)

When the people of the United States own everything.

c)

When one person or one company owns an entire industry.

d)

When a multitude of business owners own an entire industry.

52.

Why were immigrants more willing to take the jobs that Americans were on strike from?

a)

The jobs paid a lot of money.

b)

Immigrants were desperate for money, and were willing to do the work.

c)

Immigrants were bored with their new lives in America.

d)

Immigrants didn't think the conditions were bad at all.

53.

Why was The Jungle an important book?

a)

It wasn't a book

b)

It showed the poor condition of factories

c)

It showed poor conditions of meat factories

d)

It showed the poor condition of tenements

54.

People who tried to find solutions to problems

a)

Muckrakers

b)

Progressives

c)

Politicians

d)

Crooks

55.

Which law broke up big business trusts into small companies?

a)

Sherman Antitrust Act

b)

Roosevelt Antitrust Act

c)

Trust Act

d)

Act of breaking up trusts

56.

Writers that helped spread Progressive's ideas. Wrote about muck that was going on.

a)

Rakers of muck

b)

muckrakers

c)

raking up the muck writers

d)

journalist

57.

What did the 16th Amendment do?

a)

Allowed the government to tax people's income

b)

Allowed the government to relocate immigrants

c)

Allowed the government the right to vote

d)

Allowed people the right to vote

58.

What did the 17th Amendment do?

a)

Allowed the government to tax their income

b)

Allowed people to vote

c)

Allowed citizens the right to vote for their senators

d)

Allowed citizens to vote for their governors

59.
Abolished slavery in the US
a)
18th Amendment
b)
21st Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
d)
13th Amendment
60.
The group of laws that granted basic rights to former slaves
a)
13th, 14th and 15th amendments
b)
15th, 16th and 17th amendments
c)
11
61.

When the Civil War was over, the United states ratified the 15th amendment which promised that a person's right to vote could not _____

a)

be denied based on whether you were male or female

b)

be denied based on race, color or previous condition as a slave

c)

be denied even if a person was not a citizen

62.
Which amendment did the Voting Right Act of 1965 reinforce?
a)
The 15th Amendment protects minorities' right to vote
b)
The 1st Amendment's freedom of speech
c)
The 13th Amendment makes slavery illegal
d)
The 10th Amendment allowing states to make voting laws
63.
How does the 14th Amendment protect individual rights?
a)
It made slavery illegal
b)
Women could now vote in all elections
c)
It made poll taxes illegal
d)
It defined citizenship so all citizens have the same rights
64.
How does the 14th Amendment protect individual rights?
a)
It made slavery illegal
b)
Women could now vote in all elections
c)
It made poll taxes illegal
d)
It defined citizenship so all citizens have the same rights
65.

When the Civil War was over, the United states ratified the 15th amendment which promised that a person's right to vote could not _____

a)

be denied based on whether you were male or female

b)

be denied based on race, color or previous condition as a slave

c)

be denied even if a person was not a citizen