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Progressive Era

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 44mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What amendment provided suffrage for women (1920)?
a)
16th
b)
17th
c)
18th
d)
19th
2.
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
3.
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
4.
What anti monopoly law made all"combinations, contracts, and conspiracies" that restrained free trade illegal (1890)?
a)
Interstate Commerce Act
b)
Sherman Antitrust Act
c)
Clayton Antitrust Act
d)
Keller-Cefauver Act
5.
Who was the person who founded the settlement house (Hull House) for the Assimilation and Americanization of the immigrant poor?
a)
Elixabeth Cady Stanton
b)
Jane Addams
c)
Susan B. Anthony
d)
Belle Starr
6.
Which of the following is an initiative?
a)
People have the right to remove a politician from office
b)
People have the right to choose who will run for President
c)
People have the right to propose a new law
d)
People have the right to veto or accept a law passed by the government
7.
This person helped to found the NAACP
a)
Ida B Wells
b)
Booker T Washington
c)
W E B DuBois
d)
Martin Luther King Jr.
8.
Key Reforms of the Progressive Era
·  Initiative
 ·  Referendum
·  Recall
·  Direct Primary
·  17th Amendment

 How did the reforms listed above impact America?
a)
A system of separate schools for new immigrants
b)
They gave citizens a greater voice in the democratic process of government
c)
More sources of revenue and taxes in state governments.
d)
They successfully brought economic relief to the urban working class
9.
Writers that dig up the bad things going on in society
a)
Suffragists
b)
Muckrakers
c)
Students
d)
Chaffinators
10.
Progressive President who was endorsed originally by Roosevelt (who later runs against him), disliked the presidency, busted up trusts and  monopolies
a)
William H. Taft
b)
Woodrow Wilson
c)
Theodore Roosevelt
d)
Chester A. Arthur
11.
17th Amendment-
a)
Banned sale, distribution and manufacture of alcohol
b)
required direct election of US Senators
c)
established the Income Tax
d)
Gave women suffrage rights
12.
1906- Wrote The Jungle which exposed the conditions in the U.S. meat packing industry. (Helped pass the Pure Food and Drug Act) 
a)
Upton Sinclair 
b)
Lincoln Steffens 
c)
Jacob Riis 
d)
Frank Norris 
13.

____________?____________


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?

a)

Industrialization

b)

Progressive Era

c)

Reconstruction

d)

Prohibition

14.

The idea that the government will tax at different rates based on how much money you make.

a)

Tax Invasion

b)

Salary Tax

c)

Sales Tax

d)

Graduated Income Tax

15.

The campaign to stop abuse in the homes by urging people and the government to stop alcoholism was called

a)

Women Suffrage

b)

Temperance Movement

c)

Alcoholics Anonymous

d)

Fair Weather Fan

16.

Which idea of Theodore Roosevelt’s Square Deal led to the creation of National Parks?

a)

Meat Inspection Act

b)

Preservation

c)

Conservation

d)

Intimidation

17.
What was an important effect of the influx of people from the country to the cities in the late nineteenth century?
a)
a sharp increase in college enrollment
b)
crowded slums and unsanitary conditions
c)
decline in economic growth
d)
 a large amount of unused farmland
18.
Jim Crow laws were laws that
a)
denied citizenship to Asian immigrants.
b)
promoted discrimination against women
c)
separated the races
d)
taxed voters
19.

The Gospel of Wealth encouraged the rich to donate millions to philanthropy and charity.


Which man most likely believed in the Gospel of Wealth?

a)

Andrew Carnegie

b)

Teddy Roosevelt

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

Thomas Edison

20.
This event was one major factor leading to the need for building codes and government regulation of businesses
a)
Haymarket Riot
b)
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
c)
founding of the Tuskegee Institute
d)
attempted assassination of President Garfield
21.
Suffragists included
a)
Alice Paul
b)
Susan B Anthony
c)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
d)
All of the above
22.
The famous immigration center in NYC is
a)
Angel Island
b)
Ellis Island
c)
Coney Island
d)
Long Island
23.
Men or women that fought for woman’s suffrage
a)
Suffragist
b)
Muckraker
c)
Klan Member
d)
People
24.
Roosevelt’s Square Deal refers to:
a)
Fair treatment of people in society
b)
Using the government’s power to help citizens
c)
Settling issues for the betterment of society
d)
All of the above
25.
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
26.
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
27.
Which goal was shared by both the Populists and the Progressives?
a)
free coinage of silver
b)
expansion of opportunities for immigrants
c)
equality for African Americans
d)
greater control of the government by the people
28.
To guarantee an adequate money supply in the national economy, President Wilson introduced 
a)
Pure Food and Drug Act
b)
insurance on all bank deposits
c)
the Federal Reserve System
d)
an end to the gold standard
29.
In the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court ruled that
a)
lynching was a federal crime.
b)
school segregation was unconstitutional.
c)
voting rights could not be tied to any form of tax.
d)
racial segregation in public facilities was legal.
30.

The Progressive goal to implement women's suffrage was accomplished by -

a)

A national referendum

b)

an executive order

c)

A supreme Court decision

d)

a constitutional amendment

31.

What were photographs such as this one taken by Lewis Hine primarily intended to accomplish?

a)

Encourage leaders to make segregation in schools illegal

b)

Document labor conditions during an economic crisis

c)

Depict the evils of capitalism in communist propaganda

d)

Focus attention on the need for child labor reforms

32.

The Pendleton Act required jobs to be -

a)

based on the political party affiliation of the applicant

b)

determined by a merit system based on civil service examinations

c)

based on the approval of lawmakers

d)

set aside for business executives of large corporations

33.
When the people run businesses -- NOT government
a)
Capitalism
b)
Socialism
34.
The _______ Amendment allowed the prohibition of alcohol
a)
16th
b)
17th
c)
18th
d)
19th
35.
When the people - not their representatives - are the ones voting for laws/leaders.
a)
Socialism
b)
Direct democracy
c)
Political machines
36.
Which president created the National Park System?
a)
McKinley
b)
T. Roosevelt
c)
Taft
d)
Wilson
37.
The Teddy bear is named after Theodore Roosevelt. 
a)
true
b)
false
38.
Which of the following is not one of Roosevelt's Square Deal?
a)
Conserve resources
b)
Protect the consumer
c)
Control businesses
d)
Create new jobs
39.

What is the purpose of a labor union?

a)

Organization made up of workers to protect them in the workplace

b)

Organization made up of business owners to make rules for employees

c)

Organization of women who fought for the right to vote

d)

Organization of farmers who work together to improve farming techniques

40.

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

a)

Election of 2016

b)

Election of 1976

c)

Election of 1932

d)

Election of 1912

41.
I was handpicked as Roosevelt's successor.
a)
Taft
b)
Wilson
42.
I  passed the 17th, 18th and 19th amendments
a)
Taft 
b)
Wilson
c)
Roosevelt
43.
I formed the Bull Moose Party
a)
Taft 
b)
Wison 
c)
Roosevelt 
44.
I won the split Election of 1912!
a)
Taft
b)
Wilson
c)
Roosevelt 
45.
Which of the following combinations were the three Progressive Presidents?
a)
Taft, Hayes, T Roosevelt
b)
Wilson, Garfield, Taft
c)
T Roosevelt, Johnson, Morgan
d)
T Roosevelt, Wilson, Taft
46.
Who became president after William McKinley was assassinated?
a)
Andrew Johnson
b)
Franklin Roosevelt
c)
Ulysses Grant
d)
Theodore Roosevelt
47.
What type of business did the Sherman Antitrust Act try to break up?
a)
Monopolies
b)
Small Business
c)
Meat Packaging
d)
Joint-Stock Companies
48.
When was the Progressive Era?
a)
Antebellum
b)
1865-1877
c)
1900-1920
d)
1933-1945
49.
Who advocated for African Americans to take on menial jobs and earn the respect of white America with hard work ?
a)
WEB Du Bois
b)
Marcus Garvey
c)
Booker T. Washington
d)
Nat Turner
50.

Progressivism was a reform movement that addressed which of the following problems (select all that apply):

a)

Monopolies

b)

Corruption

c)

Smoking

d)

Social Injustice

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