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WorksheetsProgressive Era Review
Total questions: 65
Worksheet time: 55mins
Between 1848 and 1920, suffragists protested for women to have the right to vote.
Which amendment guaranteed women this right in the United States?
16th
17th
18th
19th
The Jungle exposed unsanitary and unsafe practices in the meatpacking industry.
Which muckraker is responsible for exposing the conditions?
Jacob Riis
Lewis Hines
Ida Tarbell
Upton Sinclair
Founder of the NAACP
Pushed for the "Talented Tenth"
Attended Harvard University
Ida B Wells
Booker T Washington
W E B DuBois
Martin Luther King Jr.
Key Reforms of the Progressive Era
· Initiative
· Referendum
· Recall
· Direct Primary
· 17th Amendment
How did the reforms listed above impact the US?
A system of separate schools for new immigrants
They gave citizens a greater voice in the democratic process of government
More sources of revenue and taxes in state governments.
They successfully brought economic relief to the urban working class
Prohibition banned the making, selling, buying, or drinking of alcohol. Which amendment made this possible?
17th Amendment
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
21st Amendment
Reporters, journalists, photographers, and authors who used the media to raise concerns about the negative effects of industrialization were known as
muckrakers
suffragists
immigrants
abolitionists
____________?____________
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?
Industrialization
Progressive Era
Reconstruction
Prohibition
Suffragists included
Alice Paul
Susan B Anthony
Anne Dallas Dudley
All of the above
The purpose of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act was to
break up monopolies
give equal rights to women
help people living in poverty
end racism
The idea that the government will tax at different rates based on how much money you make.
Tax Invasion
Salary Tax
Sales Tax
Graduated Income Tax
The campaign to stop abuse in the homes by urging people and the government to stop alcoholism was called
Women Suffrage
Temperance Movement
Alcoholics Anonymous
Fair Weather Fan
Which idea of Theodore Roosevelt’s Square Deal led to the creation of National Parks?
Meat Inspection Act
Preservation
Conservation
Intimidation
Between 1860 and 1910, the U.S. population tripled in size.
This is most likely due to...
The Baby Boom
Immigration
The Homestead Act
Better Healthcare
The Gospel of Wealth encouraged the rich to donate millions to philanthropy and charity.
Which man most likely believed in the Gospel of Wealth?
Andrew Carnegie
Teddy Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Edison
What did Elizabeth Cady Stanton organize at Seneca Falls, New York?
the World Anti-Slave Convention
the Women's Rights Convention
The First Teacher's Convention
Comic Con
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?
"Some men argued that women should concern themselves only with household and family matters."
"If women were citizens, and the Fifteenth Amendment said that citizens had the right to vote, why couldn't women vote?"
"A major breakthrough in the struggle for the vote came in 1890, when Wyoming entered the Union."
"In the late nineteenth century and twentieth century, several states in the West extended voting rights to women."
These were journalists who wrote book and articles that exposed corruption in business and government:
Progressives
Muckrakers
Sensationalists
Investigative reporters
This time period focused on social and political reforms in the United States in the early 1900s:
Civil War Era
Industrialization Era
Progressive Era
Reconstruction Era
This U.S. president made significant contributions to breaking up big business during the Progressive Era:
Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
Why did the Progressive Era grow in the United States?
because of the negative impact of industrialization
because of the negative impact of the civil war
because industrial tycoons were appalled by the conditions of factories
because the American people were disillusioned by WWI
What goal are you trying to achieve if you're looking to make urban reforms?
getting rid of a capitalistic economy
eliminating political machines/bosses
conservation of natural resources
ending racial discrimination
Why did we want to get rid of political machines?
it was too easy to be corrupt and it was considered to be undemocratic
people didn't participate in the elections
there wasn't anyone willing to become a part of the machines
most people thought they were too much like a labor union
People who were trying to get the 19th Amendment passed were supporting what?
Right to vote for 18 year olds
Right to vote for African Americans
Right to vote for women
Right to vote for those in prison
Those who wanted to make economic reform may have been concerned about which issue?
the influence of monopolies and trusts
eliminating political machines/bosses
conservation of natural resources
ending racial discrimination
Women like Alice Paul participated in which movement?
African American suffrage
Immigrant rights
Women's suffrage
Prohibition
People like W.E.B. du Bois participated in the movement against what?
Racism
Women's suffrage
Child Labor
Prohibition
What was Jacob Riis reveal to the public through his book, How The Other Half Lives?
living conditions of the tenement buildings in New York
working conditions of a textile mill
food production of a meatpacking plant
medical care of soldiers in WWI
What does the power of referendum give voters the right to do?
select a candidate to run in the general election
to propose a law by getting signatures on a petition
remove elected officials from public office
to approve or reject a law (especially one that imposes taxes)
Which of the following is an example of a federal reform made during the Progressive Era?
taking over city utilities
establishing national parks
creating settlement houses in poor communities
providing jobs for young, single men
writers who raked up the 'muck' or dirt of American life.
muckrakers
imperialists
progressives
idealists
creator of settlement houses to assist immigrants moving to the United States
W.E.B. Dubios
Elizabeth Canton
Jane Addams
Ida B. Wells
Considered a Progressive President who initiated the 'Square Deal'
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry Truman
William Jennings Bryan
Responsible for the 'New Freedom' taming big business and encouraging greater competition. Would later be the President during World War I
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Harry Truman
fought for women's suffrage along side Elizabeth Cady Santon, creating the National American Woman Suffrage Association.
Jane Addams
Ida B. Wells
W.E.B. Dubios
Susan B, Anthony
Who wrote The History of Standard Oil, a book which describes how John D. Rockefeller used ruthless business practices in the oil industry?
Ida Tarbell
Jane Addams
Jacob Riis
Lincoln Steffens
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?
reorganization of the banking and monetary systems
adoption of a bimetallic standard and paper currency
legislation to increase tariffs and eliminate income taxes
regulations requiring equal pay for minorities and women
What do we call it when people walk out of their job and refuse to work?
Boycott
Strike
Strikebreakers
Walk out
Why were strikes unsuccessful?
A boss does not need employees to run a business.
Employees did not want to strike.
Strikebreakers would fill the jobs of those on strike.
What's a strike?
Who were typically strikebreakers?
Immigrants
White Males
Women
Children
Why would people go on strike?
To demand better working conditions
To demand for more money
To demand to work less hours
All of these are correct
Who made the least amount of money working in factories?
African American Men
Women
Children
Immigrant men
How much were children paid a week?
$2.00
$7.00
$10.00
$200,000,000
Who founded the American Federation of Labor? (AFL)
George Washington
Martin Luther King Jr.
Andrew Carnegie
Samuel Gompers
What were the goals of the American Federation of Labor? (AFL).
Higher Wages
Shorter Hours
All of these choices
Safer Working Conditions
None of these choices
What event lead to laws being passed about fire exits?
GAP Factory fire
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
Circle Shirtwaist Factory fire
The great fire of NYC
What is a boycott?
When employees refuse to work.
When customers refuse to buy a product from a certain company.
When employers refuse to open their business
When everyone just goes to work on a normal day.
What is a monopoly?
When the government owns everything.
When the people of the United States own everything.
When one person or one company owns an entire industry.
When a multitude of business owners own an entire industry.
Why were immigrants more willing to take the jobs that Americans were on strike from?
The jobs paid a lot of money.
Immigrants were desperate for money, and were willing to do the work.
Immigrants were bored with their new lives in America.
Immigrants didn't think the conditions were bad at all.
Why was The Jungle an important book?
It wasn't a book
It showed the poor condition of factories
It showed poor conditions of meat factories
It showed the poor condition of tenements
People who tried to find solutions to problems
Muckrakers
Progressives
Politicians
Crooks
Which law broke up big business trusts into small companies?
Sherman Antitrust Act
Roosevelt Antitrust Act
Trust Act
Act of breaking up trusts
Writers that helped spread Progressive's ideas. Wrote about muck that was going on.
Rakers of muck
muckrakers
raking up the muck writers
journalist
What did the 16th Amendment do?
Allowed the government to tax people's income
Allowed the government to relocate immigrants
Allowed the government the right to vote
Allowed people the right to vote
What did the 17th Amendment do?
Allowed the government to tax their income
Allowed people to vote
Allowed citizens the right to vote for their senators
Allowed citizens to vote for their governors
When the Civil War was over, the United states ratified the 15th amendment which promised that a person's right to vote could not _____
be denied based on whether you were male or female
be denied based on race, color or previous condition as a slave
be denied even if a person was not a citizen
When the Civil War was over, the United states ratified the 15th amendment which promised that a person's right to vote could not _____
be denied based on whether you were male or female
be denied based on race, color or previous condition as a slave
be denied even if a person was not a citizen
