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The Progressive Era

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What Term originated from a speech given by President Theodore Roosevelt in which he praised journalists for their role in uncovering corruption and problems often hidden from society.

a)

Socialists

b)

Muckrackers

c)

Progressivism

d)

Reformers

2.

Whose book titled "The Jungle" 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.

As a result of the public outcry created by The Jungle, the United States government passed the Meat Inspection Act. The new law set cleanliness standards that had to be followed by meat processing facilities. What was the name of the new Federal Agency Developed as a result?

a)

The Department of Homeland Security

b)

The Department of Agriculture

c)

The Food and Drug Administration

d)

The Environmental Protection Agency

4.
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
5.

____________?____________


A period of time when social, economic and political problems caused by rapid industrialization were exposed and in some cases reformed.


What is the most likely title for this?

a)

Industrialization

b)

Progressive Era

c)

Reconstruction

d)

Prohibition

6.

He was a New York photojournalist who documented the living conditions of the urban poor. His work, How the Other Half Lives (1890), exposed the unhealthy tenement housing that workers and families were forced to live in

a)

Jacob Riis

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

William Sherman

d)

Florence Kelley

7.

Who was the person who founded the settlement house (Hull House) for the Assimilation and Americanization of the immigrant poor?

a)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

b)

Jane Addams

c)

Susan B. Anthony

d)

Belle Starr

8.

Who played a huge role in improving the lives of the urban poor, especially immigrant women and children who were forced by circumstances to work and live in dangerous and unhealthy conditions?

a)

Jane Addams

b)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

c)

Belle Starr

d)

Susan B. Anthony

9.

What is Women's Suffrage?

a)

equal rights for women in the workforce

b)

Independence for Women

c)

Women's right to vote

d)

The name of a protest lead by women

10.
What amendment provided suffrage for women (1920)?
a)
16th
b)
17th
c)
18th
d)
19th
11.
Jim Crow laws were laws that
a)
denied citizenship to Asian immigrants.
b)
promoted discrimination against women
c)
separated the races
d)
taxed voters
12.

The initial purpose of Jim Crow laws was to prevent Blacks from participating in the political process, which included voting, serving in office, and participating in jury trials

a)

False

b)

True

13.

True or False: The famous U.S. Supreme court case Plessy v. Ferguson 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

14.

Founder of the NAACP (stated goals was to secure for all people the rights guaranteed in the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendment )

a)

Ida B Wells

b)

Booker T Washington

c)

W E B DuBois

d)

Martin Luther King Jr.

15.

Which amendment established direct election of US senators? ( in turn gave more power to the voters)

a)

10th Amendment

b)

15th Amendment

c)

17th Amendment

d)

12th Amendment

16.
Which of the following is NOT one of the goals of the labor movement in the late 1800s and early 1900s?
a)
14 hour work days and 7 day work week
b)
limit or end child labor
c)
safe and clean workplaces required by law
d)
employers required to pay wages and medical costs for workers injured on the job
17.

What is a synonym for "conservation?"

a)

conversation

b)

preservation

18.
Theodore Roosevelt's primary action for supporting conservation was 
a)
to pass the endangered species act
b)
to declare a war on pollution 
c)
to limit boat traffic on major rivers in the United States. 
d)
to set aside large portions of land for parks and nature preserves. 
19.
This conservationist was responsible for putting environmental issues high on the national agenda.
a)
Theodore Roosevelt
b)
John Muir 
c)
John Audubon
d)
Gifford Pinchot
20.

This man was a preservationist and largely responsible for having Yosemite added as a national park.

a)

Aldo Leopold

b)

John Muir

c)

Gifford Pinchot

d)

Theodore Roosevelt

21.

During his tenure in office, "Teddy" Roosevelt created the National Forest Service, five new national parks, 18 new U.S. national monuments, 51 bird reserves, four game preserves, and 150 national forests.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE