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Progressive Era

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
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
2.
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
3.
What amendment provided suffrage for women (1920)?
a)
16th
b)
17th
c)
18th
d)
19th
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 Progressive President used Big Stick Diplomacy and was known as a Trust buster?
a)
Teddy Roosevelt
b)
Taft
c)
Woodrow Wilson
d)
Luke Skywalker
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.
Banned people from making, drinking or selling alcohol
a)
17th Amendment
b)
18th Amendment
c)
19th Amendment
d)
21st Amendment
11.
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 
12.

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

13.

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

14.

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

15.
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
16.
Jim Crow laws were laws that
a)
denied citizenship to Asian immigrants.
b)
promoted discrimination against women
c)
separated the races
d)
taxed voters
17.

Between 1860 and 1910, the U.S. population tripled in size.


This is most likely due to...

a)

The Baby Boom

b)

Immigration

c)

The Homestead Act

d)

Better Healthcare

18.

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

19.
The peoples chance to vote on their parties candidate, instead of it being appointed.
a)
Primary
b)
Referedum
c)
19th Amendment
d)
21st Amendment
20.
The ability to remove corrupt government officials from office
a)
Referendum
b)
Initiative
c)
Recall
d)
Primary
21.
Law that requires company to properly label food and medicines
a)
Medicine Man
b)
Food Amendment
c)
Label Lemons
d)
Pure Food and Drug Act
22.
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
23.
A way for people to vote directly on a proposed new law
a)
Recall
b)
Referendum
c)
Initiative
d)
Primary
24.
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
25.
Trying to improve our nation by moving forward and preceding step by step
a)
Progressive
b)
Reform
c)
Era
d)
Chapter
26.
A process that allows voters to put a bill before a state legislature.
a)
Reall
b)
Referendum
c)
Initiative
d)
Primary
27.
Allowed alcohol by retracting the 18th Amendment
a)
17th Amendment
b)
18th Amendment
c)
19th Amendment
d)
21st Amendment
28.
The banning of alcohol.
a)
Institution
b)
Referendum
c)
Principal
d)
Prohibition
29.
Southern states restricted the voting rights of blacks by enacting
a)
literacy tests
b)
grandfather clause
c)
poll taxes
d)
all of the above
30.
The famous immigration center in NYC is
a)
Angel Island
b)
Ellis Island
c)
Coney Island
d)
Long Island
31.
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
32.
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
33.
What southern state was Plessy in?
a)
Louisiana
b)
Texas
c)
Georgia
d)
Alabama
34.
What did Homer Plessy do that got him arrested?
a)
Sat in the white only part of the bus.
b)
Took a seat in the white only car of a train.
c)
Sat at a white only section of a lunch counter.
d)
All of the above
35.

Plessy and the other members of his organization were trying to challenge

a)

the Brown v. Board of Education case

b)

Segregation and the Jim Crow laws

c)

Reconstruction

d)

equal pay for equal work

36.

Which branch of government has the power to declare laws unconstitutional (and therefore abolish certain laws)?

a)

Legislative Branch

b)

Executive Branch

c)

Judicial Branch

37.

True or False: the U.S. Supreme court sided with Homer Plessy. They said his 14th Amendment rights were being violated by having to sit in a separate train car.

a)

true

b)

false

38.
What was the result of the case?
a)
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Plessy saying segregation was illegal.
b)
The Supreme Court never made a ruling.
c)
The Supreme Court ruled that segregation was legal.
d)
Plessy never took the case to the Supreme Court.
39.

What is a another word for "country"?

a)

county

b)

state

c)

nation

d)

continent

40.
What famous phrase came out of the Plessy case?
a)
"Separate but equal"
b)
"Give me liberty or give me death."
c)
"May the force be with you."
d)
"I'll be back."
41.

Once the Supreme Court decided on the Homer v. Plessy case, U.S. states could legally create Jim Crow laws for black people and other people of color.

a)

true

b)

false

42.

One problem with the idea of "separate but equal" was that the separate facilities for black people were almost never truly _______________.

a)

national

b)

federal

c)

equal

d)

unequal

43.
The Plessy decision was not overturned until what famous case was decided by the Supreme Court?
a)
Worcester v. Georgia
b)
Marbury v. Madison
c)
Dred Scott
d)
Brown v. Board of Education
44.

This is when the decision of a court case becomes the model or rule for how to decide in future court cases:

a)

illegal

b)

segregation

c)

legal

d)

precedent

45.

What do you call the basic laws and rights for the entire United States?

a)

Gettysburg Address

b)

Constitution

c)

Declaration of Independence

d)

Emancipation Proclamation

46.

Author of Shame of the Cities- this book exposed corruption in urban government

a)

Lincoln Steffens

b)

Jane Adams

c)

Florence Kelley

d)

Jacob Riis

47.

Muckracking photographer and author of How the Other Half lives- exposed the conditions of the urban cities

a)

Jacob Riis

b)

Lincoln Steffens

c)

Florence Kelley

d)

Jane Adams

48.

Belief that following Christian principles could bring about social change

a)

Social Gospel

b)

Direct Primary

c)

Mr. Scott's Sermon on Sunday

d)

Referendum

49.

Community center that provided services for the urban poor

a)

Settlement House

b)

Initiative

c)

Referendum

d)

National Consumers League

50.

Leader in the settlement house movement

a)

Jane Adams

b)

Florence Kelley

c)

Lincoln Steffens

d)

Robert Reid

51.

Allowed voters to select candidates rather than having them selected by party members

a)

Direct Primary

b)

Referendum

c)

Recall

d)

Initiative

52.

Gave citizens the power to propose new laws

a)

Initiative

b)

Direct Primary

c)

Referendum

d)

Recall

53.

Founded the National Consumers League

a)

Florence Kelley

b)

Jane Adams

c)

Lincoln Steffens

d)

Jacob Riis

54.

Labeled and publicized "goods produced under fair, safe, and healthy working conditions."

a)

National Consumers League

b)

NAACP

c)

Muckrakers

d)

NAWSA

55.

Opened the first birth control clinic

a)

Margaret Sanger

b)

Betty Crocker

c)

Alice Paul

d)

Jane Addams

56.

Helped to found the National Association of Colored Women

a)

Carrie Chapman Catt

b)

Margaret Sanger

c)

Ida B. Wells

d)

Florence Kelly

57.

Social activist who led women to picket at the White House

a)

Alice Paul

b)

Carrie Catt

c)

Margaret Sanger

d)

Jane Addams

58.
The Progressive Era is also known as the ___________________ Age because American society appeared to be wealthy on the outside, but when you looked closely there was poverty, crime, and corruption. 
a)
Radical
b)
Golden
c)
Gilded
d)
Sparkle
59.
A name given to powerful organizations that used both legal and illegal methods to get their candidates elected to public office were known as _____________________.
a)
Political Machines
b)
Gilded Boomers
c)
Muckrakers
d)
Industrial Workers
60.
Who did Roosevelt handpick to run against William Jennings Bryant?
a)
Harry S Truman
b)
Woodrow Wilson
c)
William McKinley
d)
William Howard Taft 

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