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US2 Unit 2 The Progressive Era

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Read the quotation below. Which Progressive Era president was the most likely author of this quotation?


"We demand that big business give the people a square deal; in return, we must insist that when anyone engaged in big business honestly endeavors to do right he shall himself be given a square deal."

a)

William McKinley

b)

Theodore Roosevelt

c)

Howard Taft

d)

Woodrow Wilson

2.

Why did President Wilson establish the Federal Reserve System?

a)

to help the federal government keep the budget balanced

b)

to give trusts more opportunities to expand their businesses

c)

to create banks that could collect the new federal income tax

d)

to regulate the money supply and prevent future economic panics

3.
Which amendment allowed for direct election of senators? 
a)
16
b)
17
c)
18
d)
19
4.
How did the person named in this 1909 handbill work to improve African American lives?
a)
By organizing voter-registration drives for African Americans
b)
By supporting the formation of labor unions by African American workers
c)
By promoting vocational training for African Americans
d)
By organizing boycotts of businesses that refused service to African Americans
5.

Use the quote to help you answer the following question.


"And shortly afterward... a physician made the discovery that the carcasses of steers (cows) which had been condemned as tubercular (sick) by the government inspectors... were left upon an open platform and carted away to be sold in the city."


Public response to revelations such as the one in this excerpt led to the establishment of regulations that were eventually enforced by the-

a)

Food and Drug Administration

b)

Center for Disease Control

c)

Department of Commerce

d)

Institution of Education Sciences

6.
Which of the following best describes the contributions of W.E.B. DuBois?
a)
The Selma-to-Montgomery protest marches to secure voting rights.
b)
The NAACP was organized and used the court system to fight discrimination 
c)
The Civil Rights Act of 1968 outlawed many forms of discrimination.
d)
Arrested for illegally voting in New York and helped pave the way for women's suffrage.
7.
This movement that led to Progressivism taught that to honor God, people must help those less fortunate and reform society.
a)
Gospel of Wealth
b)
Social Gospel
c)
Social Darwinism
d)
Gospel of Darwinism
8.
Examine the cause/effect flowchart below. Which of the following effects best completes the flowchart?
a)
Many working mothers quit work to care for their children at home.
b)
The number of children living on the streets increases sharply.
c)
The number of children in school increases dramatically.
d)
social Children who lose their jobs protest the new laws.
9.

Which progressive reform allows citizens of a state to propose and pass a law without involving their state legislature?

a)

initiative

b)

recall election

c)

referendum

d)

secret ballot

10.
Which of the following progressive reforms was enacted by a constitutional amendment?
a)
women's suffrage
b)
consumer protection
c)
regulation of monopolies
d)
conservation of the environment
11.

This muckraker exposed Rockefeller's ruthless tactics and called to break up monopolies; wrote "The History of Standard Oil"

a)

Jacob Riis

b)

Ida Tarbell

c)

Upton Sinclair

d)

Florence Kelley

12.
Which of these progressive reforms was designed to give voters more power to choose candidates for public office?
a)
secret ballot
b)
recall election
c)
political convention
d)
direct primary
13.

What type of business did the Sherman Antitrust Act try to bust up/break up?

a)

Monopolies/Trusts

b)

Small Business

c)

Meat Packaging

d)

Joint-Stock Companies

14.
Book by Upton Sinclair that led to more regulation of food by the government?
a)
Pride and Prejudice
b)
Red Badge of Courage
c)
The Jungle
d)
Capital
15.
Who helped immigrants assimilate by creating Settlement Houses in Chicago?
a)
Susan B Anthony
b)
Ida Wells
c)
Francis Willard
d)
Jane Addams
16.

Who fought for women's suffrage?

a)

Ida Wells

b)

Susan B Anthony

c)

Booker T Washington

d)

Jane Addams

17.

Which is NOT a Progressive Era President (hint-this is the guy in the picture)?

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

Theodore Roosevelt

c)

William Taft

d)

William Jennings Bryan

18.

Which President was a Conservationist and protected land?

a)

William McKinley

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

Theodore Roosevelt

d)

William Taft

19.

Which election SPLIT the Republican Party & allowed the Democrat Woodrow Wilson to WIN the election?

a)

Election of 1900

b)

Election of 1904

c)

Election of 1908

d)

Election of 1912

20.

Early 1900's Progressive Reformers sought to increase public participation in the government by...

a)

Expansion of the "Spoils" system

b)

Direct Election of Senators

c)

Creation of Electoral College

d)

Formation of Federal Reserve

21.

The goal of 17th Amendment supporters, providing direct election of US Senators was???

a)

Expand power of Legislative Branch

b)

Provide equal voting for minorities

c)

Making the Senate more responsive to the people

d)

Basing Senate representation on state population

22.

Which Amendment says "The manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors is hereby prohibited."?

a)

16th Amendment

b)

17th Amendment

c)

18th Amendment

d)

19th Amendment

23.

The Primary Goal of the Progressive Movement in the US early 20th century was....

a)

Correct Political, Social, and Economic problems/injustices caused by industrialization during the Gilded Age

b)

Maintain traditional Laissez-Faire (government hands off approach) towards business

c)

Encourage Monopolies in big business line Standard Oil and Carnegie Steel

d)

Solve racial tensions in industrial north by further segregating the population

24.

Which Amendment says: " Income Tax, Congress shall have the power to lay and collect taxes on income"?

a)

16th Amendment

b)

17th Amendment

c)

18th Amendment

d)

19th Amendment

25.

When did the US make the most REFORMS that include: Populism, Progressivism, Temperance Movement, and Women's Suffrage?

a)

Gilded Age

b)

Progressive Era

c)

Roaring 20's

d)

World War 2

26.

Muckrakers were those who

a)

created a demand for reform

b)

exposed corruption

c)

wanted to improve society as a whole

d)

All of the above

27.

Muckrakers wanted to

a)

expose corruption and abuses in industry

b)

increase immigration

c)

close all industrial factories

d)

shut down farms in the mid west

28.
Which of the following marked the end of the progressive era?
a)
Starting of World War II
b)
Starting of Vietnam War
c)
Starting of World War I
d)
Starting of Iraq War
29.
Which of the following is a Recall?
a)
People have the right to choose who will run for President
b)
People have the right to remove an elected official from office
c)
People have the right to propose a new law
d)
People have the right to vote on any law passed by their government for approval/veto
30.
This man was elected after Roosevelt to continue the progressive reform agenda.
a)
Andrew Johnson
b)
Franklin Roosevelt
c)
William Howard Taft
d)
William McKinley
31.
What political party did Roosevelt run as in the election of 1912?
a)
Democrat
b)
Republican
c)
Bull Moose
d)
Libertarian
32.
Which president pushed for the Clayton Anti-Trust Act, Federal Reserve, and Federal Trade Commission?
a)
McKinley
b)
Roosevelt
c)
Taft
d)
Wilson
33.
What does the Federal Reserve do?
a)
Regulates monopolies
b)
Regulates the money supply
c)
Regulates trusts
d)
Regulates Prohibition
34.
Civil service reform in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was a reaction to which of the following issues?
a)
the dwindling influence of political machines
b)
the emergence of single-issue third parties
c)
the corrupt and inefficient distribution of government jobs by political machines
d)
the ignorance of voters who elected well-meaning but incompetent public officials
35.
What was the main different between W.E.B. DuBois and Booker T. Washington?
a)
DuBois wanted the African American Community to get an education in order to fight inequality, while Washington believed inequality would end naturally
b)
Washington wanted the African American community to get an education in order to fight inequality, while DuBois believed inequality would end naturally
c)
Washington wanted free education for all people, while DuBois believed in private education
36.
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.
37.
What did progressives think needed to play a more active role in solving society’s problems
a)
Churches
b)
Social Welfare Programs
c)
The Government
d)
Big Business
38.
Progressivism was partly a reaction against ___________ economics, which emphasized an unregulated free market.
a)
free trade
b)
laissez-faire
c)
conservative
d)
Social Darwinist
39.
This quote by Jane Addams refers to which issue of the Progressive Era
a)
health and safety codes
b)
the suffrage movement
c)
support for prohibition
d)
unsafe working conditions for children
40.

Which Progressive Era President ended child labor with the Children's Bureau?

a)

Roosevelt

b)

Taft

c)

Wilson

d)

McKinley

41.
What President called his platform to support antitrust legislation, banking reform and reduced tariffs the "New Freedom"?
(Hint: More office manager than outdoorsman)
a)
Teddy Roosevelt
b)
Woodrow Wilson
c)
William Howard Taft
d)
William Jennings Bryan
42.

The issue addressed in this political cartoon was later settled by —

a)

the creation of the Temperance Society

b)

the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment

c)

the initiation of the Settlement House movement

d)

the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment

43.

One way the U.S. government responded to the problems caused by the conditions in this list was by —

a)

passing the Interstate Commerce Act

b)

implementing the silver standard for currency

c)

creating a federal jobs program for the unemployed

d)

establishing a new tax on capital gains

44.
Pictures like this would have been discussed in what book?
a)
The Jungle
b)
History of the Standard Oil Company
c)
The Shame of the Cities
d)
How the Other Half Lives
45.

“(T)he manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States . . . is hereby prohibited . . .”


This text is an excerpt from which amendment?

a)

16th Amendment

b)

17th Amendment

c)

18th Amendment

d)

19th Amendment

46.

Citizens could remove public officials from office before their terms expired by organizing ____________ election. This allowed citizens to control who serves in government.

a)

an initiative

b)

a citizen’s

c)

a recall

d)

a referendum

47.

____________________ also began a Progressive ________________ movement, which conserved millions of acres of wilderness lands, particularly in western states

a)

Thomas Edison, collaborative

b)

Samuel Gompers, union

c)

Ida Tarbell, investigation

d)

Theodore Roosevelt, conservation

48.

The organization founded in 1909 that sought racial equality was the:

a)

NWA

b)

AARP

c)

NAACP

d)

NAFTA

49.

The thin disguise of “equal” accommodations for passengers in railroad coaches will not mislead anyone nor atone for the wrong done this day.

The above quote came from the dissenting opinion in what landmark legal case?

a)

Brown vs. Board of Education

b)

Plessy vs. Ferguson

c)

Dred Scott

d)

Marbury vs. Madison

50.

Which of the following did the Plessy v. Ferguson decision make legal?

a)

equal rights for women

b)

separate schools for blacks and whites

c)

U.S. takeover of Cuba

d)

Mexican worker rights

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