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Progressive Movement

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the progressive movement?

a)

The movement to increase physical health of America?

b)

The movement to restore economic opportunities and injustices in America?

c)

The increase of immigrants coming over to the United States?

d)

The massive boom of industry.

2.

Which one of these was NOT part of the Progressive Movement plan?

a)

Promoting Social Welfare

b)

Promoting Moral Improvement

c)

Creating Economic Reform

d)

Immigrant Land Grants.

3.

This is when the government is very involved in local business and its goal is to even out the wage gap by controlling wages passively.

a)

Communism

b)

Socialism

c)

Capitalism

d)

Federalism

4.

This is when the government is separated from local business to promote competition and it results is vast separation in the wealth.

a)

Communism

b)

Capitalism

c)

Socialism

d)

Federalism

5.

This is the act of separating someone based on looks, race, gender, age, etc.

a)

Seperation

b)

Irregulation

c)

Segregation

d)

Racism

6.

This was the first major case to make it to the Supreme Court that challenged Segregation.

a)

Plessy v. Ferguson Case

b)

Jim Crow Case

c)

Dred Scott Case

d)

Little Rock Case

7.

This person pushed for African Americans to assimilate into the labor classes and slowly earn more rights and respect through the working class.

a)

W.E.B Dubois

b)

Teddy Roosevelt

c)

Booker T. Washington

d)

Ida B. Wells

8.

This person was well educated and took a more aggressive stance towards civil reforms and was one of the most prominent reforms of the era.

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

Teddy Roosevelt

c)

W.E.B Dubois

d)

Ida B. Wells

9.

This was part of the 4 point plan of the Progressive Movement where they pushed to PROVE that having less hours worked and more machines would be more effective.

a)

Promoting Moral Improvement

b)

Protecting Social Welfare

c)

Creating Economic Reform

d)

Fostering Efficiency

10.

The period in U. S. history from the end of Reconstruction in 1877 through the early 20th century, when racism in the country was worse than in any other period in the nation's history.

a)

Jim Crow Era

b)

Nadir

c)

Black Codes

d)

Discrimination