WorksheetsThe Progressive Era
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 57mins
When was the Progressive Era?
1870 - 1910
1890 - 1920
1897 - 1920
1900 - 1917
Progressivism is defined as
the attempt to make the new urban-industrial order more humane
a broad-based response to industrialization and its social byproducts: immigration, urban growth, growing corporate power, & widening class divisions
the attempt to to create reform movements for nativism, rural development, town growth, declining corporate power, & widening class divisions
a broad-based reform plan to reduce immigration quotas, increase union membership, increase natural resource conservation, & regulate corporate power
The ultimate goal of progressivism was to
force wealthy businessmen to pay higher taxes
increase public spending for the working classes
make the new rural-urban-industrial order more humane
make the new urban-industrial order more humane
What were some of the traits of the Progressive movement's leaders?
white
native-born Catholics
well-educated
white collar jobs
rural middle class
Thorstein Veblen
criticized the life of wealthy capitalists that flaunted their excessive wealth, built lavish homes, threw lavish parties, and asserted their claims of superiority
believed that truth emerged from real life experiences, his work deepened reformers' skepticism of the older generation's engrained ideas and strengthened their resolve to bring about social change
called for an activist government that mimicked the type of government envisioned by Alexander Hamilton, but instead of serving the interests of the business class, it should serve to the benefit of all. He founded the New Republic magazine to promote progressivism.
saw schools as the central point to enact lasting social change. In his model school located at the University of Chicago he encouraged students to work collaboratively and to interact with one another
focused on changing judicial thinking. He criticized judges who protected corporate interests. He insisted that the law must evolve to match societal changes. He was appointed a Supreme Court justice in 1902, and often dissented from the conservative majority, but as the progressive movement grew, the courts slowly adopted reform legislation
William James
criticized the life of wealthy capitalists that flaunted their excessive wealth, built lavish homes, threw lavish parties, and asserted their claims of superiority
believed that truth emerged from real life experiences, his work deepened reformers' skepticism of the older generation's engrained ideas and strengthened their resolve to bring about social change
called for an activist government that mimicked the type of government envisioned by Alexander Hamilton, but instead of serving the interests of the business class, it should serve to the benefit of all. He founded the New Republic magazine to promote progressivism.
saw schools as the central point to enact lasting social change. In his model school located at the University of Chicago he encouraged students to work collaboratively and to interact with one another
focused on changing judicial thinking. He criticized judges who protected corporate interests. He insisted that the law must evolve to match societal changes. He was appointed a Supreme Court justice in 1902, and often dissented from the conservative majority, but as the progressive movement grew, the courts slowly adopted reform legislation
Herbert Croly
criticized the life of wealthy capitalists that flaunted their excessive wealth, built lavish homes, threw lavish parties, and asserted their claims of superiority
believed that truth emerged from real life experiences, his work deepened reformers' skepticism of the older generation's engrained ideas and strengthened their resolve to bring about social change
called for an activist government that mimicked the type of government envisioned by Alexander Hamilton, but instead of serving the interests of the business class, it should serve to the benefit of all. He founded the New Republic magazine to promote progressivism.
saw schools as the central point to enact lasting social change. In his model school located at the University of Chicago he encouraged students to work collaboratively and to interact with one another
focused on changing judicial thinking. He criticized judges who protected corporate interests. He insisted that the law must evolve to match societal changes. He was appointed a Supreme Court justice in 1902, and often dissented from the conservative majority, but as the progressive movement grew, the courts slowly adopted reform legislation
John Dewey
criticized the life of wealthy capitalists that flaunted their excessive wealth, built lavish homes, threw lavish parties, and asserted their claims of superiority
believed that truth emerged from real life experiences, his work deepened reformers' skepticism of the older generation's engrained ideas and strengthened their resolve to bring about social change
called for an activist government that mimicked the type of government envisioned by Alexander Hamilton, but instead of serving the interests of the business class, it should serve to the benefit of all. He founded the New Republic magazine to promote progressivism.
saw schools as the central point to enact lasting social change. In his model school located at the University of Chicago he encouraged students to work collaboratively and to interact with one another
focused on changing judicial thinking. He criticized judges who protected corporate interests. He insisted that the law must evolve to match societal changes. He was appointed a Supreme Court justice in 1902, and often dissented from the conservative majority, but as the progressive movement grew, the courts slowly adopted reform legislation
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
criticized the life of wealthy capitalists that flaunted their excessive wealth, built lavish homes, threw lavish parties, and asserted their claims of superiority
believed that truth emerged from real life experiences, his work deepened reformers' skepticism of the older generation's engrained ideas and strengthened their resolve to bring about social change
called for an activist government that mimicked the type of government envisioned by Alexander Hamilton, but instead of serving the interests of the business class, it should serve to the benefit of all. He founded the New Republic magazine to promote progressivism.
saw schools as the central point to enact lasting social change. In his model school located at the University of Chicago he encouraged students to work collaboratively and to interact with one another
focused on changing judicial thinking. He criticized judges who protected corporate interests. He insisted that the law must evolve to match societal changes. He was appointed a Supreme Court justice in 1902, and often dissented from the conservative majority, but as the progressive movement grew, the courts slowly adopted reform legislation
Jane Addams (select all that apply)
Rejected the claim that unrestrained competition offered the best path to social progress
Promoted the idea that within a complex industrial society the well-being of the individual was dependent upon the well being of all citizens
Urged middle class Americans to take action against abuse of the poor working classes and demand better conditions in factories and slums
Pursued welfare reforms that would increase giving to private charities that assisted the poor and supported measures to decrease immigration to allow native-born Americans a better chance of recovery
Criticized businesses who gave to private charities while attempting to decrease liability spending and tax increases in order alleviate the suffering of the working poor
Muckrakers
novelists and journalists chronicled corporate wrongdoing, slum conditions, and industrial abuses
President Roosevelt praised authors who wrote articles about government corruption
Novelists wrote fictionalized accounts business corruption in order to remain anonymous
Journalists wrote opinionated commentaries that bore little factual information and were used for political purposes
Ashcan School
portrayed the realities of slum life and the horrors of child labor
portrayed the realities of factory accidents and horrors of prostitution
portrayed the realities of slum life and the working poor
portrayed the realities of child abuse and the exploitation of women in the workplace
Initiative
allowed voters to instruct the legislature to consider a specific bill
allowed citizens to enact a law or express their views on a proposed measure
was a petition that would allow voters to remove a public official from office with enough signatures
referendum
allowed voters to instruct the legislature to consider a specific bill
allowed citizens to enact a law or express their views on a proposed measure
was a petition that would allow voters to remove a public official from office with enough signatures
recall
allowed voters to instruct the legislature to consider a specific bill
allowed citizens to enact a law or express their views on a proposed measure
was a petition that would allow voters to remove a public official from office with enough signatures
To survive low wages, entire families worked to include children. Nonfarm labor force employed at least __________________________ children. Some as young as ___________
1.5 million; 5
1.6 million; 5
1.6 million; 6
1.7 million; 5
1.7 million; 6
What are examples of where children worked? (check all that apply)
retail stores
construction
mills
tenement sweatshops
street trades
The average work day was _________ hours. But in the South it was as much as _________ hours per day.
9; 12-13
9.5; 12-13
9; 11-13
9.5; 11-13
Upton Sinclair's The Jungle impacted the passage of the
20th Amendment
Pure Food & Drug Act of 1907
19th Amendment
Meat Inspection Act of 1906
While Upton Sinclair's The Jungle exposed the unsanitary conditions of the meatpacking industry, the author initially wrote it in order to
increase public awareness of monopoly practices.
increase public awareness of government corruption.
expose the attempt of the government to control American industry.
expose the unfair work environment experienced by poor immigrant laborers.
Which of these was a result of the circumstances described in the passage?
Many meat-packing plants were shut down due to inhumane working conditions.
Factory conditions became safer very quickly due to workers complaining to factory owners.
Often multiple family members were forced to work outside of the home due to low factory wages.
Factory workers began to actively support capitalism because of its opportunity to earn more wealth than other economic systems.
Many historians have argued that the conditions represented in the novel The Jungle were caused by
the country's strict belief in laissez-faire economics.
the belief that a vegetarian diet was a communist plot.
a lack of labor supply in major American industrial centers.
differing hygiene standards brought into the U.S. by immigrants.
Jacob Riis, Upton Sinclair, Lincoln Steffens, and Ida Tarbell are all associated with what American literary movement?
Muckrakers
Romanticism
Transcendentalism
Harlem Renaissance
Which Progressive-era figure is MOST closely associated with exposing the effects of poverty and overcrowding in American cities in the late 1800s?
Jacob Riis
Ralph Nader
Upton Sinclair
Frederick Jackson Turner
Which choice fits in the blank in this Progressive Era timeline?
1906- Helen Hunt Jackson publishes regarding treatment of Native Americans
1906- Upton Sinclair publishes The Jungle, criticizing the working conditions in the U.S. meat processing industry
1912- Theodore Roosevelt Publishes The Square Deal in which he addresses problems in the treatment of American unions
1912- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle publishes The Lost World showing the deforestation of the rain forests.
Which legislation is most closely associated with the work of Ida Tarbell?
the Dawes Act of 1887
the Mann-Elkins Act of 1910
the Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890
the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906
16th Amendment
empowered Congress to tax incomes
provided for the direct election of senators by voters
prohibited the manufacture, sale, or importation of alcohol
granted women the right to vote
17th Amendment
empowered Congress to tax incomes
provided for the direct election of senators by voters
prohibited the manufacture, sale, or importation of alcohol
granted women the right to vote
18th Amendment
empowered Congress to tax incomes
provided for the direct election of senators by voters
prohibited the manufacture, sale, or importation of alcohol
granted women the right to vote
19th Amendment
empowered Congress to tax incomes
provided for the direct election of senators by voters
prohibited the manufacture, sale, or importation of alcohol
granted women the right to vote
The Act defines unethical business practices, such as price fixing and monopolies, and upholds various rights of labor.
Clayton Antitrust Act
Morgan Antitrust Act
Keating-Owen Act
Adamson Act
a short-lived statute enacted by the U.S. Congress which sought to address child labor by prohibiting the sale in interstate commerce of goods produced by factories that employed children under fourteen, mines that employed children younger than sixteen
Clayton Antitrust Act
Morgan Antitrust Act
Keating-Owen Act
Adamson Act
a federal law that established an eight-hour workday, with additional pay for overtime work, for interstate railroad workers.
Clayton Antitrust Act
Morgan Antitrust Act
Keating-Owen Act
Adamson Act
Clayton Antitrust Act
1914
1915
1916
1917
Keating-Owen Act
1914
1915
1916
1917
Adamson Act
1914
1915
1916
1917
Underwood-Simmons Tariff
1913
1914
1915
1916
Federal Reserve Act
1913
1914
1915
1916
Federal Trade Commission Act
1913
1914
1915
1916
Underwood-Simmons Tariff Act
Reduced tariffs on Southern goods by 15%
put more control of the nation's banking/finances with the government
acted as a watchdog administration to investigate violations of federal regulations
barred products produced by child labor
Federal Reserve Act
Reduced tariffs on Southern goods by 15%
put more control of the nation's banking/finances with the government
acted as a watchdog administration to investigate violations of federal regulations
barred products produced by child labor
Federal Trade Commission Act
Reduced tariffs on Southern goods by 15%
put more control of the nation's banking/finances with the government
acted as a watchdog administration to investigate violations of federal regulations
barred products produced by child labor
ICC
International Criminal Court
International Cricket Council
Interstate Commerce Commission
Internet Commerce Corporation
Which of these was a characteristic of the Progressive movement?
constant pressure to reduce government regulation and control of business
efforts to increase the control held by the nation's elite, upper class citizens
passage of Civil Rights legislation to end segregation and discrimination in the south
work towards the removal of corrupt influences on local, state, and national government
In 1902, President Roosevelt became involved in and supported the workers in a strike in what industry?
textiles
coal mining
gold mining
oil drilling
Theodore Roosevelt is often called a "Progressive" President. Which of these would BEST be an example of this label?
his refusal to seek a third term as President
he backed the construction of the Panama Canal
his support of "banana republics" in Latin American.
he supported passage of the Food and Drug Act of 1906
With which area of Progressive reform was Gifford Pinchot MOST closely associated?
public education
child labor laws
women's suffrage
environmental conservation
Which 20th century U.S. President is credited with establishing the national forest and park system in order to better manage American resources and wilderness areas?
Jimmy Carter
Harry S. Truman
George W. Bush
Theodore Roosevelt
Which of these BEST describes Theodore Roosevelt's "Square Deal" policies?
a reduction in prices of all luxury items
governmental cheese and bread for all needy Americans
a plan to bring the country out of a severe economic depression
fair business competition and increased welfare for needy Americans
In obtaining passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act in 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt would likely have encountered more resistance than the passage of the Hepburn Act because
the Hepburn Act strengthened existing government control of railroads.
the Hepburn Act supported the railroad industry's desire to deregulate.
the Pure Food and Drug Act weakened existing government control of the food industry.
the Pure Food and Drug Act supported the food industry's desire for government oversight.
Although the Hepburn Act passed Congress with relative ease during the term of Theodore Roosevelt, the Pure Food and Drug Act
was enacted under the leadership of President Taft.
was not enacted until the later creation of the Food and Drug Administration.
was overturned in a later decision by the Supreme Court led by Chief Justice Taft.
was enacted only after the public outcry following the literary works of muckrakers.
In the presidential election of 1912, he ran as the Democratic candidate. What was his platform?
Socialism
New Freedom
Square Deal
Conservativism
Which Progressive leader is BEST known for his role in the movement to conserve America's natural resources, forests, and wilderness areas?
Horace Mann
Upton Sinclair
Gifford Pinchot
Lincoln Steffens
Which action of President Taft angered the progressives in his party?
signing the Payne-Aldrich Tariff
busting 90 trusts in a four-year term
dismissing James Sherman as his Vice President
appointing Gifford Pinchot as Secretary of Interior
All of these are describing the
the National Park Service.
the Bureau of Land Management.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Woodrow Wilson's "New Freedom" dealt with reform along which of these issues?
peace
tariffs
prohibition
segregation
Which of these represents a major deciding factor in the Election of 1912?
Women had gained the right to vote
Hoover was blamed for the Depression
There was a split in the Republican Party
World War I was unpopular in the United States.
Which government agency is responsible for enforcing national consumer protection laws?
Better Business Bureau
Federal Trade Commission
County Sheriff's Department
State Attorney General's
In 1920 Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the ____ Amendment, earning it the nickname "The Perfect 36."
17th
18th
19th
20th
With which of these reform movements was Carrie Chapman Catt MOST closely associated?
Abolition
Child Labor
Labor Unions
Women's Suffrage
