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WorksheetsCH. 7 ~ Progressive Era (SS.912.A.3.2, 3.6, 3.8, 3.10, 3.11)
Total questions: 56
Worksheet time: 2hrs 52mins
What is one way the Progressive Era reform outlined in this diagram has affected U.S. politics?
More women have been elected to Congress.
Citizens have a more direct influence on lawmaking.
Corrupt officials can be removed from office.
Primary elections are prohibited in several states.
Who wrote the expose piece of literature that revealed the extensive corrupt monopolistic business practices of Standard Oil?
Ida Tarbell
Lewis Hines
Jacob Riis
Upton Sinclair
Whose book led to the direct passage of the Meat Inspection Act and indirect of the Pure Food and Drug Acts?
Jacob Riis
Lewis Hines
Ida Tarbell
Upton Sinclair
Who was the person who founded the settlement house (Hull House) for the Assimilation and Americanization of the immigrant poor?
Elixabeth Cady Stanton
Jane Addams
Susan B. Anthony
Belle Starr
Which Progressive President used Big Stick Diplomacy and was known as a Trust buster?
Teddy Roosevelt
Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Luke Skywalker
Which of the following is an initiative?
People have the right to remove a politician from office
People have the right to choose who will run for President
People have the right to propose a new law
People have the right to veto or accept a law passed by the government
Key Reforms of the Progressive Era
· Initiative
· Referendum
· Recall
· Direct Primary
· 17th Amendment
How did the reforms listed above impact America?
A system of separate schools for new immigrants
They gave citizens a greater voice in the democratic process of government
More sources of revenue and taxes in state governments.
They successfully brought economic relief to the urban working class
This event was one major factor leading to the need for building codes and government regulation of businesses
Haymarket Riot
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
founding of the Tuskegee Institute
attempted assassination of President Garfield
A period of time when social, economic and political problems caused by rapid industrialization were exposed and in some cases reformed
Industrialization
Progressive Era
Reconstruction
Prohibition
Amendment that gave women the right to vote
15th
17th
18th
19th
The Sherman anti-trust act was passed to
break up monopolies
give equal rights to women
help people living in poverty
end racism
Depending on how much money you make, the government will tax you at different rates
Tax Invasion
Salary Tax
Sales Tax
Graduated Income Tax
The ability to remove corrupt government officials from office
Referendum
Initiative
Recall
Primary
The Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food & Drug Act of 1906 were passed because of
Upton Sinclair's "Oil"
Upton Sinclair's "King Coal"
Upton Sinclair's "Dragon's Teeth"
Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle"
Which election SPLIT the Republican Party & allowed the Democrat Woodrow Wilson to WIN the election?
Election of 2016
Election of 1976
Election of 1932
Election of 1912
Progressive Movement and Populist Party shared the goal that....
People should have Free Coinage of Silver
Equality for ALL Races & Genders
Open Immigration
People should have Greater Control of the Government
The 18th Amendment UNEXPECTEDLY led to....
Legalization of Marijuana
African Americans elected to office
A Rise in Organized Crime
Increased Communist Activity
From a cause & effect perspective, what lead the need for what is depicted in this cartoon?
The Spanish American War
Laissez-Faire style leadership
The Great Depression
The Civil War ending
Progressive reformers sought government regulation of business in order to….
Control economic cycles of inflation and recession
Provide money for public services such as schools and libraries
Prevent companies from moving factories overseas
Restore competition by breaking up monopolies and trusts
Term used to describe how Theodore Roosevelt used the presidency to influence the news media and shape legislation (laws)
Reformer
Initiative
Bully Pulpit
Referendum
The granting of public offices in return for aid or money to help one get elected is an example of:
Civil Service
Spoils System
Merit System
Judicial Review
Another term for a monopoly is a . . .
Policy
Trust
Flux
Machine
President who came after Taft; under him women got the right to vote and America entered WWI
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt
William McKinley
Woodrow Wilson
Books such as the The Octopus by Frank Norris, How the Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis, and The Jungle by Upton Sinclair exposed problems that resulted from-
the naturalization of immigrants
environmental conservation
westward expansion
rapid industrialization
What was the goal of those who supported the Seventeenth Amendment, providing for direct election of U.S. Senators?
expanding the power of the legislative branch
providing equal voting rights to minority groups
making the Senate more responsive to the people
basing Senate representation on state population
In the late 1800s, the principles of Social Gospel Movement were most consistent with the ideas of-
the Populists
laissez-faire economics
the Progressives
trust-busting
In the late 1800s, free and unlimited coinage of silver was supported by farmers primarily because they hoped this policy would-
make foreign crop prices less competitive
allow farmers to grow a greater variety of crops
increase crop prices and make it easier to repay loans
bring about political equality between rural and urban residents
Ministers, especially ones belonging to the Protestant branch of Christianity, began to tie salvation and GOOD WORKS together.
Social Gospel Movement
Temperance Movement
Suffrage Movement
16th Amendment
___________________ as the central bank of the United States to provide the nation with a safer, more flexible, and more stable monetary and financial system.
Federal Reserve Act
Referendum
Initiative
Clayton Anti-trust Act
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people for six years.
17th Amendment
16th Amendment
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
_________________ in 1848 launched the women's suffrage movement in the United States.
The Seneca Falls Convention
The Susan B. Anthony Convention
The Settlement House Convention
The Hull House Convention
An institution in an inner-city area providing educational, recreational, and other social services to immigrants.
Settlement House Movement
Muckrakers
How the Other Half Lives
17th Amendment
________________ is an early publication of photojournalism by Jacob Riis, documenting poor living conditions in New York City slums in the 1880s.
How the Other Half Lives
The Jungle
Hull Houses
Settlement Homes
Drawn in 1904, this political cartoon depicts Teddy Roosevelt and lions each marked with the name of a business trust. What do you think is the cartoonist's view on Trust-busting in the early 20th century?
Businesses who involve themselves in trusts are weak and therefore pose no danger to the U.S economy.
The government plays only a small role in eliminating trusts that have formed within the United States.
Roosevelt wants to only curb trusts' power within the economy, rather than eliminate them altogether.
Roosevelt is admired for his powerful stance on destroying trusts within the United States.
This is Luther Watson whose right arm was cut off by a band saw while he was working in a box factory on Nov. 14, 1907. Which law addressed the concerns raised by the case of Luther Watson?
Sherman Antitrust Act and Clayton antitrust Act
Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act
Workman's compensation act and child labor laws
Graduated income tax and Federal Reserve Act
In 1913, President Wilson proposed a reduction in tariffs. How did Wilson plan to make up for the loss of these revenues by the federal government?
Reducing federal expenditures
Introducing a new federal income tax
Requiring contributions by state governments
Having government ownership of some industries, such as electricity
In the city-manager form of municipal government, an elected city council hires a city manager. The city manager is an expert in public administration who runs city services. What was a DISADVANTAGE of this new form of city government?
City government became more efficient than before.
The City manager was not directly responsible to the electorate.
Experts with special training in public administrations ran the city.
The influence of political machines on the city government was reduced.
Progressive Era Timeline
1890-Sherman Antitrust Act
1902-Antitrust lawsuit filed against Northern Securities Company
1904-Supreme Court affirms break-up of Northern Securities Company
1906-Antitrust lawsuit files against Standard Oil Company
1911-Supreme Court affirms break up of Standard Oil Company
1913-Clayton Antitrust Act
What was the primary goal of the government in these actions?
to break up all trusts since every trust tries to prevent competition
to break up trusts that adopt unfair or dishonest business practices
to increase the role of government in guaranteeing full employment
to make examples discouraging business owners form establishing new trusts
The excerpt below was published in 1904 by Ida B. Tarbell in her book The History of the Standard Oil Company.
"So long as Standard Oil Company can control transportation as it does today, it will remain master of the oil industry, and the people of the United States will pay for their indifference and folly in regard to transportation a good sound tax on oil, and they will yearly see an increasing concentration of natural resources and transportation systems in the Standard Oil crowd."
Which action took place in response to these criticisms?
The federal government purchase its own oil wells and refineries.
President Roosevelt filed a lawsuit to break up the Standard Oil Company.
The powers of the Interstate Commerce Act were extended to set railroad rates.
John D. Rockefeller sold all his shares in the Standard Oil Company to the public.
In 1902, Lincoln Steffens and Claude Wetmore published the article below about St. Louis in McClure's magazine.
"About 1890, public franchises and privileges were sought, not only for legitimate profit and common convenience but for loot.
Taking but slight and always selfish interest in the public councils, the big men misused politics. The riff-raff, catching the smell of corruption, rushed into the Municipal Assembly, drove out the respectable men, and sold the city-its streets, its wharves, its markets, and all that it had-to the now greedy businessmen and bribers."
Which type of activity does this article illustrate?
Reporting by muckrakers
Social Gospel Movement
Government by city-manager
Operation of settlement houses
What was the purpose of the Federal Reserve System?
To regulate banks and create a more elastic currency
To keep better track of government income and expenditure
To meet the demands of Populist and Progressives for bimetallism
To reassure bondholders that America would remain on the gold standard
The Constitution originally specified that, in each state, U.S. Senators would be elected by
leaders of the majority party there.
the legislature of each state.
the majority party in each state.
the voters of each state.
Progressive Era Legislation
1905-US Forest Service established to manage the nation's water and timber resources
1906-Meat Inspection Act passed to regulate meat processing to ensure clean conditions
1906- Pure Food and Drug Act passed to outlaw dishonest labeling of food and drugs
1913- Department of Labor established to promote the interests of working people
The common purpose of these legislative acts were to
Protect the nation's national resources
Improve the conditions for recent immigrants to the US
Advance the growth of big businesses
Promote the general welfare of the American public
The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.
What amendment is this?
15th
16th
17th
18th
