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WorksheetsProgressive Era
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 25mins
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Class
Date
1.
Which law was passed as a result of muckraking literature of Upton Sinclair?
a)
Meat Inspection Act
b)
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
c)
Federal Reserve Act
d)
Interstate Commerce Act
2.
Which goal, set a a women's convention in Seneca Falls in 1848, was finally achieved during the Progressive Era?
a)
passage of the Food and Drug Act
b)
creation of the Interstate Commerce Commission
c)
adoption of a graduated income tax
d)
ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment
3.
"In slave times, the Negro was kept subservient and submissive by the frequency and severity of the scouraging [whipping], but with freedom, a new system of intimidation came into vogue; the Negro as not only scourged; he was lynched."
The above quotation most closely represented the views held by -
The above quotation most closely represented the views held by -
a)
William Jennings Bryan
b)
Ida B Wells
c)
Upton Sinclair
d)
Susan B Anthony
4.
How were the Interstate Commerce Act, the Sherman Antitrust Act and the Clayton Antitrust Act similar
a)
They authorized the breakup of labor unions
b)
They rejected the use of trust-busting strategies
c)
They increased the federal government's power to regulate business practices
d)
They reaffirmed the federal government's laissez-faire attitude toward big business
5.
During the Progressive Era, many state and local governments adopted the initiative, referendum, and recall. Together these procedures -
a)
extended the righ to vote to 18-year old citizens
b)
gave citizens a more direct voice in government
c)
let registered voters select each state's Presidential electors
d)
allowed a state's residents to bring lawsuits against another state
6.
The peoples chance to vote on their parties candidate, instead of it being appointed.
a)
Direct Primary
b)
Referedum
c)
19th Amendment
d)
21st Amendment
7.
This organization helps fight to end discrimination against different races
a)
NSA
b)
WCTU
c)
NAACP
d)
RESPECT
8.
Writers that dig up the bad things going on in society
a)
Suffragists
b)
Muckrakers
c)
Students
d)
Chaffinators
9.
Campaign to stop abuse in the homes by urging people and the government to stop alcoholism.
a)
Women Suffrage
b)
Temperance Movement
c)
Alcoholics Anonymous
d)
Fair Weather Fan
10.
The founder of the NAACP who encouraged African Americans to fight to end segregation
a)
Booker T. Washington
b)
George Washington Carver
c)
WEB Dubois
d)
Upton Sinclair
11.
The founder of the National Women’s Suffrage Association that helped lead congress to vote on woman’s suffrage
a)
Ida Tarbell
b)
Ida B. Wells
c)
Susan B. Anthony
d)
Francis Willard
12.
Banned people from making, drinking or selling alcohol
a)
17th Amendment
b)
18th Amendment
c)
19th Amendment
d)
21st Amendment
13.
Made it illegal to create trusts and monopolies
a)
Sherman Antitrust Act
b)
Sherman Antimonopoly Act
c)
Sherman Shortly Act
d)
Sherman No Business Act
14.
The founder of the Tuskegee Institute and head of the African Americans community
a)
Booker T. Washington
b)
George Washington Carver
c)
W.E.B Dubois
d)
Upton Sinclair
15.
Allowed alcohol by retracting the 18th Amendment
a)
17th Amendment
b)
18th Amendment
c)
19th Amendment
d)
21st Amendment
16.
The Sherman anti-trust act was passed to
a)
break up monopolies
b)
give equal rights to women
c)
help people living in poverty
d)
end racism
17.
Upton Sinclair's The Jungle is credited with exposing the unsanitary conditions in the food industry and helping to pass the
a)
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
b)
18th Amendment
c)
Pure Food and Drug Act
d)
Equal Rights Amendment
18.
Who wrote about and exposed the corrupt monopolistic business practices of Standard Oil?
a)
Ida Tarbell
b)
Lewis Hines
c)
Jacob Riis
d)
Upton Sinclair
19.
Suffrage refers to:
a)
Discrimination
b)
Women’s Rights
c)
The Right To Vote
d)
The Denial of Voting
20.
Which idea of Theodore Roosevelt’s led to the creation of National Parks (National Park Services)?
a)
Meat Inspection Act
b)
Preservation
c)
Conservation
d)
Intimidation
21.
During what era was there an in increase in corruption, big business, immigration, and urbanization?
a)
Gilded Age
b)
Progressive Era
c)
Cold War
d)
Great Depression
22.
These reforms made the government directly accountable to the citizens.
a)
16th and 18th amendments
b)
19th and 22nd amendments
c)
referendum, recall, initiative, and 17th amendments
d)
Pendleton Act & Homestead Act
23.
Which amendment allowed for the direct election of senators?
a)
18
b)
19
c)
17
d)
16
24.
Which amendment created income tax?
a)
16
b)
17
c)
18
d)
19
25.
What allows us to vote on candidates that we want to represent each party for president?
a)
16th amendment
b)
17th amendment
c)
direct primary
d)
poll tax
26.
Giving the people more say in government and more chances to vote is...
a)
Direct Primary
b)
Direct Democracy
c)
17th Amendment
27.
In The Jungle, Upton Sinclair exposed
a)
Dangers faced by coal miners
b)
Corrupt business practices of the Standard Oil Company
c)
Unsanitary conditions in the meat-packing industry
d)
Illegal deals between special interests and the government
28.
Suffrage refers to:
a)
Discrimination
b)
Women’s Rights
c)
The Right To Vote
d)
The Denial of Voting
29.
Which idea of Theodore Roosevelt’s led to the creation of National Parks?
a)
Meat Inspection Act
b)
Preservation
c)
Conservation
d)
Intimidation
30.
Who wrote the expose piece of literature that revealed the extensive corrupt monopolistic business practices of Standard Oil?
a)
Ida Tarbell
b)
Lewis Hines
c)
Jacob Riis
d)
Upton Sinclair
31.
Whose book led to the direct passage of the Meat Inspection Act and indirect of the Pure Food and Drug Acts?
a)
Jacob Riis
b)
Lewis Hines
c)
Ida Tarbell
d)
Upton Sinclair
32.
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
33.
The famous immigration center in NYC is
a)
Angel Island
b)
Ellis Island
c)
Coney Island
d)
Long Island
35.
I won the split Election of 1912!
a)
Taft
b)
Wilson
c)
Roosevelt
35.
I won the split Election of 1912!
a)
Taft
b)
Wilson
c)
Roosevelt
36.
I formed the Bull Moose Party
a)
Taft
b)
Wison
c)
Roosevelt
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