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Progressive Era Test Practice

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Between 1848 and 1920, suffragists protested for women to have the right to vote.


Which amendment guaranteed women this right in the United States?

a)

16th

b)

17th

c)

18th

d)

19th

2.

The Jungle exposed unsanitary and unsafe practices in the meatpacking industry.


Which muckraker is responsible for exposing the conditions?

a)

Jacob Riis

b)

Lewis Hines

c)

Ida Tarbell

d)

Upton Sinclair

3.

Prohibition banned the making, selling, buying, or drinking of alcohol. Which amendment made this possible?

a)

17th Amendment

b)

18th Amendment

c)

19th Amendment

d)

21st Amendment

4.

Reporters, journalists, photographers, and authors who used the media to raise concerns about the negative effects of industrialization were known as

a)

muckrakers

b)

suffragists

c)

immigrants

d)

abolitionists

5.

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

6.

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

7.

Contrary to Social Darwinism, this movement said that people should give back to other people (like through charity work) in order to achieve salvation.

a)

Social Darwinism

b)

Social Gospel Movement

c)

Political Machines

d)

Eugenics Movement

8.
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
9.
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
10.
Which of the following was a major goal of Jane Addams' settlement house movement in Chicago?
a)
The founding of women's colleges
b)
The introduction of prison reform
c)
The assimilation of immigrants
d)
The establishment of public libraries
11.
Carrie Nation and the Women's Christian Temperance Union fought against what?
a)
Women's Suffrage
b)
Alcohol
c)
Marijuana
d)
Tenements
12.

Created by Jane Addams, what provided help for poor people in the cities such as a place to stay, English classes, sewing and cooking classes, etc.?

a)

Settlement (Hull) Houses

b)

Freedman's Bureau

c)

NAACP

d)

Tenement Farming

13.
What muckraker was most well known for exposing life in the tenements?
a)
Riis
b)
Sinclair
c)
Tarbell
d)
Sanger
14.

This era was most notable for fixing the problems created throughout the Gilded Age by industrialization and urbanization

a)

Progressive

b)

Reconstruction

c)

Populist

d)

Gilded

15.

The act of breaking up trusts so that they lose their power and hold over the competition is known as?

a)

Political Machine

b)

Trustbusting

c)

Clayton Antitrust Act

d)

Conservationism

16.
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
17.
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
18.
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
19.

The People's party, also known as the _____________________, was formed in 1890 to elect candidates and promote the interests of farmers.

a)

Cross of Gold

b)

Farmer's alliance

c)

Populists

d)

Grange

20.
Which Black Activist would say  “Segregation is an abomination and must be ended immediately!”
a)
Booker T Washington
b)
Marcus Garvey
c)
WEB Du Bois
d)
John Cena
21.
Which black activist would most likely say “respect must be earned through hard work and patience?”
a)
Booker T Washington
b)
Marcus Garvey
c)
WEB Du Bois
d)
James Earl Jones
22.

Which was a response to the unsanitary conditions around meat and the mislabeling of drugs?

a)

Federal Reserve Act

b)

Pure Food and Drug Act

c)

16th Amendment

d)

Keatings Own Act

23.

What movements during the 1920s believed that some people were inferior and should not reproduce.

a)

Eugenics & Social Darwinism

b)

Red Scare & Nativism

c)

Social Gospel & Muckrakers

d)

Tin Pan Alley & Harlem Renaissance

24.
What third party did Teddy Roosevelt found and run under during the 1912 Presidential Election?
a)
Tea Party
b)
Whig Party
c)
Green Party
d)
Bull Moose Party
25.

The first Progressive President known as a Trust buster because he went after big business. This president also worked to regulate the railroads and wanted conservationism?

a)

Teddy Roosevelt

b)

William Howard Taft

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

William McKinley

26.

How did political machines get the support of immigrants?

a)

they promised to stop illegal immigration from Latin America

b)

They wasted money on military spending

c)

They helped them find homes and jobs in exchange for votes

d)

They developed a system to make becoming a citizen easier

27.

Why are political machines an example of corruption in the Gilded Age?

a)

They made sure unions could not protect workers from management

b)

They forced immigrants into the US from Latin America

c)

They took control of city governments and stole millions of dollars from the cities

d)

They prevented immigrants from being Americanized

28.

The most famous political machine was Tammany Hall in New York lead by- (he was also targeted by Thomas Nast)

a)

Bill the Butcher

b)

Andrew Carnegie

c)

William "Boss" Tweed

d)

John D Rockefeller

29.
What was the name of the organizations that often ran city, county, and state politics during the late 1800s?
a)
political machines
b)
monopolies
c)
power brokers
d)
the mafia
30.

Using ones political power for personal gain.

a)

Political Machine

b)

Ghetto

c)

Graft

d)

Blue Laws

31.

Allowed citizens to reject or accept existing laws passed by their legislature

a)

Referendum

b)

Initiative

c)

Recall

d)

Direct Primary

32.

Gave voters the power to remove legislators before their term is finished

a)

Recall

b)

Referendum

c)

Initiative

d)

Direct Primary

33.
What does the Federal Reserve do?
a)
Regulates monopolies
b)
Regulates the money supply
c)
Regulates trusts
d)
Regulates Prohibition
34.

This man was elected after Roosevelt and broke up 90 trusts.

a)

Andrew Johnson

b)

Franklin Roosevelt

c)

William Howard Taft

d)

William McKinley

35.

16th Amendment

a)

Abolished Slavery

b)

Prohibited Alcohol

c)

Grants Citizenship to African Americans

d)

Collecting taxes on income

36.

Supported by bankers and businessmen. Would put less money into circulation, prices would fall, and fewer people would have money

a)

Gold Bugs

b)

Silverites

37.

Supported by farmers and laborers. Wanted bimetallism which would put more money into circulation and raise prices but the value of money would decrease (inflation).

a)

Gold Bugs

b)

Silverites

38.

Some opponents of women's suffrage worried that with the vote women would

a)

increase political corruption

b)

neglect their homes

c)

forget about progressive reforms

d)

pass up college educations

39.

The Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) was created

a)

to spread Christianity

b)

to eliminate child labor

c)

to work for world peace

d)

to fight against alcohol

40.

President who was in office for (won first election with just 42% of vote): Clayton Anti-trust Act, Federal Reserve Act, Women's Right to Vote, and Prohibition

a)

Theodore Roosevelt

b)

William H. Taft

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

William McKinley

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