WorksheetsProgressive Era Test Review
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 34mins
In singing this song, what were union members asking for?
stop alcohol transportation, sale and manufacturing
Which statement best describes the role of muckrakers?
They exposed corrupt business and political practices.
They encouraged the growth of railroads.
They increased the power of trusts.
They reported favorably about the lives of the rich.
Why were settlement houses crucial centers of Progressive action?
They provided literary and philosophical perspectives on social questions.
They gave women a reason to teach children how to read the classics.
They showed women’s only concerns were as wives and mothers.
They brought attention to a broader array of urban social problems and civic concerns.
The work of the Muckrakers, the Woman Suffrage, and the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) all demonstrated the
need for more schools
need for social reforms
importance of immigration laws
need for economic reforms
The regulation of Meat Inspections was established because of this man, and his publication of The Jungle. Who was this muckraker?
Jacob Riis
Theodore Roosevelt
Upton Sinclair
Booker T. Washington
William Taft
When Theodore Roosevelt and William Taft split the Republican vote, who ended up winning to become the new president in 1912?
Woodrow Wilson
Booker T. Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
James Howard
Name the man who exposed the terrible tenement houses.
Jacob Riis
Booker T. Washington
Upton Sinclair
W.E.B. DuBois
Who was the person who founded the settlement house (Hull House) for the assimilation and Americanization of the immigrant poor?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Ida B. Wells
· Initiative
· Referendum
· Recall
· Direct Primary
· 17th Amendment
How did the reforms listed above impact America?
Who has been responsible for bringing to light new issues that the government should address and getting those ideas passed as legislation during the Progressive Era?
Citizens
Major political parties
Political machines
Third parties
Which act protected consumers from false and potentially harmful food and medicines?
Meat Inspection Act
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Pure Food and Drug Act
Interstate Commerce Act
What was the goal of the 17th Amendment?
eliminate some political corruption by directly electing senators
create stronger families by prohibiting the sale and consumption of alcohol
even out the income gap between the extremely wealthy and extremely poor by creating a federal income tax based on earnings
allow the other half of the population a say in politics by allowing women to vote
Which reform created the need for elected officials to pay more attention to the needs of the voters?
initiative
referendum
direct election of senators
recall
What was the goal of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act?
to regulate business for the health of the citizens
to break up large monopolies and promote competition by regulating business
to lobby politicians to pass much needed reforms
to create a fairer income structure among the citizens
What led to women having the right to vote?
the ratification of the 18th Amendment
the ratification of the 16th Amendment
the ratification of the 19th Amendment
the ratification of the 17th Amendment
Who was responsible for exposing the practice of lynching in the South?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton an Susan B. Anthony
Ida Tarbell
Ida B. Wells
Jane Addams
What can result by third parties running in an election?
there are no results because third parties have not yet won a federal election
third parties create chaos and nothing gets done
create confusion because the people will not know who to vote for
it can split the vote of one political party causing the other party to win the election
Direct democracy where citizens have more voice in their government was the goal of what?
political reforms
economic reforms
social reforms
health reforms
Which part of Teddy Roosevelt's Square Deal created the National Park Service?
Arbor Day
Controlling corporations
Protecting consumers
Conservation
Which political reform allows the citizens to select the candidates who run for office?
direct democracy
direct primary
direct selection
direct election
Which political party was responsible for the creation and passage of the 16th and 17th Amendments?
Bull Moose
Republicans
Democrats
Populists
What was the temperance movement?
movement to reduce or eliminate the consumption of alcohol
movement to more directly participate in the government
movement to promote women's right to vote
movement to expose the problems of society
What did muckrakers do?
exposed the corruption with the political system
exposed the problems with unfair taxation
exposed the problems of society
exposed the problems with immigration
What act was responsible for decreasing the power of the railroads by government intervention?
Chinese Exclusion Act
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Dawes Act
Interstate Commerce Act
Who wrote a book that exposed the corrupt business practices of John D. Rockefeller and Standard Oil?
Ida B. Wells
Ida Tarbell
Carrie Nations
Jane Addams
What were created in reaction to poor working conditions, low wages, and long hours?
muckrakers
political machines
labor unions
monopolies
What group was most opposed to labor unions?
company owners
political machines
government
immigrants
What publication brought about the governments regulations for the protection of the consumers?
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
How the Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis
Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington
The Red Record by Ida B. Wells
Which reform allowed voters security to vote without fear of intimidation?
referendum
initiative
recall
secret ballot
Which descriptors represent Booker T. Washington? Select all that apply.
created the Tuskegee Institute
former slave
helped form the N.A.A.C.P.
believed vocational training was pathway to civil rights for African Americans
Which descriptors represent W.E.B. DuBois? Select all that apply.
helped form the N.A.A.C.P.
former slave
believed that African Americans should get an education to gain their civil rights immediately
first African American to earn a doctorate degree from Harvard
