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Progressive Era

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the Progressive Era?

a)

a period of reconstruction

b)

a period of colonization and settlement

c)

A period of widespread social activism and political reform

d)

A period of intellectual and philosophical movement

2.

When was the progressive era?

a)

1820-1900

b)

1990-2000

c)

1800-1900

d)

1890-1920

3.

Who recommended for African Americans to earn the respect of white Americans with hard work?

a)

W.E.B. Du Bois

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

Nat Turner

d)

Abraham Lincoln

4.

Which of the following is initiative

a)

Vote on an initiative

b)

Allows voters to choose candidates to run in the general election

c)

Bill originated by the people rather than lawmakers

d)

No one can know your vote

5.

Which of the following is recall

a)

Vote on an initiative

b)

Voters can remove public officials by forcing them to face another election

c)

No one can know your vote

d)

allows voters to choose candidates to run in the general election

6.

What person helped found the NAACP

a)

W.E.B. Du Bois

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

Theodore Roosevelt

d)

Malcolm X

7.

What were the writers that exposed bad things happening in society called

a)

Socialists

b)

Muckrakers

c)

Imperialists

d)

Activists

8.

Created to allow women to vote

a)

1st Amendment

b)

21st Amendment

c)

19th Amendment

d)

18th Amendment

9.

Preserves water, plants, and other natural resources?

a)

Conservation

b)

fusion

c)

prohibition

d)

progression

10.

Banned people from making, drinking, or selling alcohol?

a)

19th Amendment

b)

18th Amendment

c)

21st Amendment

d)

16th Amendment

11.

Made it illegal to create Monopolies?

a)

Truman Doctrine

b)

Sherman Antitrust Act

c)

Antimonopoly Act

d)

Sherwin Antitrust Act

12.

What was the banning of alcohol called

a)

Antidrunk Policy

b)

Restriction

c)

Prohibition

d)

Contraband

13.

Which U.S. president supported women's sufrage

a)

Franklin Roosevelt

b)

Theodore Roosevelt

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

William Howard Taft

14.

Which amendment gave African-American males the right to vote?

a)

15th Amendment

b)

17th Amendment

c)

14th Amendment

d)

16th Amendment

15.

What two laws were passed as a result of Upton Sinclair's novel, "The Jungle"

a)

Food and drug prevention Act

b)

No shoes no service Act

c)

Federal reserve Act

d)

Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act

16.

What was a trust?

a)

A large business with significant market power

b)

A small business investment

c)

To rely and believe in a business

d)

The protection of items that hold value

17.

Who supported the Temperance Movement?

a)

Women

b)

Factory owners

c)

Progressive and religious orginizations

d)

All of the above

18.

What was made for child labor?

a)

New law requiring school for children

b)

The child development policy

c)

The underage policy

d)

The child protection act

19.

What reform was made for a governing body for the money supply?

a)

The federal reserve act

b)

The Money protection act

c)

The JG Wentworth policy

d)

None of the above

20.

What is suffrage?

a)

to suffer for a movement or cause

b)

To suffer the burden of a cause or movement

c)

To have the right to vote

d)

None of the above