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PROGRESSIVE ERA REVIEW

Total questions: 72

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What does the Federal Reserve do?
a)
Regulates monopolies
b)
Regulates the money supply
c)
Regulates trusts
d)
Regulates Prohibition
2.
Which president pushed for the Clayton Anti-Trust Act, Federal Reserve, and Federal Trade Commission?
a)
McKinley
b)
Roosevelt
c)
Taft
d)
Wilson
3.
What did the 19th Amendment provide?
a)
Women's Suffrage
b)
Voting rights for black men
c)
Prohibition
d)
Repeal of prohibition
4.
What did the 18th Amendment do?
a)
Banned marijuana
b)
Banned alcohol
c)
Banned tacos
d)
Banned women from voting
5.
Which amendment allowed for the direct election of US Senators?
a)
16
b)
17
c)
18
d)
19
6.
Which amendment created a national income tax?
a)
16
b)
17
c)
18
d)
19
7.
Who won the election of 1912?
a)
Roosevelt
b)
Taft
c)
Wilson
d)
McKinley
8.
What political party did Roosevelt run as in the election of 1912?
a)
Democrat
b)
Republican
c)
Bull Moose
d)
Libertarian
9.
What happened in the election of 1912?
a)
Roosevelt runs as a third party and wins
b)
Roosevelt runs as a third party and loses
c)
Taft runs as a Republican and wins
d)
Wilson runs as a Republican and loses
10.
Who was the bigger "trustbuster?"
a)
Taft
b)
Roosevelt
11.
This man was elected after Roosevelt to continue the progressive reform agenda.
a)
Andrew Johnson
b)
Franklin Roosevelt
c)
William Howard Taft
d)
William McKinley
12.

The law that placed the income tax on Americans & enforced the 16th Amendment was called the

a)

Clayton Anti-Trust Act

b)

Federal Trade Commission Act

c)

Adamson Act

d)

Underwood Tariff Act

13.

The law that recreated the banking system & stabilized US currency was the

a)

Federal Trade Commission Act

b)

Federal Reserve Act

c)

Federal Highway Act

d)

Federal Farm Loan Act

14.

The law passed in 1913 to restrict illegal trade practices across state lines was the

a)

Clayton Anti-Trust Act

b)

Adamson Act

c)

Federal Trade Commission Act

d)

Keating-Owens Act

15.

The law that increased government control over monopolies in the US was passed in 1914 during Wilson's presidency. It was called the

a)

Clayton Anti-Trust Act

b)

Federal Trade Commission Act

c)

Keating-Owens Act

d)

Federal Highway Act

16.

What were 2 weaknesses of Wilson's progressive ideas?

a)

civil rights & women's issues

b)

child labor & poverty

c)

slums & industrial safety

d)

civil rights & child labor

17.

Which law prohibited the production of goods made by children?

a)

LaFollette Seaman's Act

b)

Keating-Owens Act(Child Labor)

c)

Workingmen's Compensation Act

d)

Adamson Act

18.

Which law began the 8 hour work day, in this case for railroad workers?

a)

LaFollette Seaman's Act

b)

Adamson Act

c)

Federal Highway Act

d)

Keating-Owens Act

19.

Wilson's belief of Progressive Reform was known as?

a)

New Deal

b)

Early Hope

c)

New Freedom

d)

Reconstruction

20.

Which of the following was NOT one of Wilson's progressive reforms during his presidency?

a)

Underwood Tariff of 1913

b)

Federal Reserve Act

c)

Clayton Anti-Trust Act

d)

Oklahoma Adamson Act

21.

What progressive reform did Woodrow Wilson pass that strengthened the Sherman Anti-Trust Act?

a)

Ogdens Gibbons Act

b)

Monopoly Act

c)

Refusal Act

d)

Clayton Anti-Trust Act

22.

Which Progressive President believed in elastic currency and the need to control the amount of money in circulation?

a)

William Taft

b)

Theodore Roosevelt

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

John Adams

23.
Exposed tenement life in How the Other Half Lives
a)
Jane Addams
b)
Jacob Riis
c)
Upton Sincliar
d)
Lincoln Steffins
24.
Exposed lynching and was threatened with lynching
a)
Ida B. Wells
b)
Ida Tarbell
c)
Jane Addams
d)
WEB DuBois
25.
Exposed the Standard Oil Trust 
a)
Ida Tarbell
b)
Ida B. Wells
c)
Jane Addams
d)
Jacob Riis
26.
Exposed political machines and voter fraud
a)
Jacob Riis
b)
Upton Sinclair
c)
Woodrow Wilson
d)
Lincoln Steffins
27.
Exposed the meat packing industry
a)
Upton Sinclair
b)
Jacob Riis
c)
Joseph Pulitzer
d)
William McKinley
28.
What is the term for a journalist who exposes the negative aspects of society, business, and government?
a)
Yellow Journalists
b)
Muckraker
c)
Progressive
d)
Populist
29.
Allowed people to directly elect their Senators
a)
17th Amendment
b)
Referendum
c)
Direct Primary
d)
Initiative
30.
Allowed voters to start a law through a petition
a)
Referendum
b)
Initiative
c)
Recall
d)
Secret Ballot
31.
Allowed voters to remove a public official from office
a)
Referedum
b)
Impeachment
c)
Recall
d)
Initiative
32.
Allowed voters to choose their candidates for office
a)
Secret Ballot
b)
17th Amendment
c)
Direct Primary
d)
Referendum
33.
Allowed voters to accept/reject a legislature’s law
a)
Initiative
b)
Recall
c)
Referendum
d)
Direct Primary
34.
What was Roosevelt's domestic, Progressive plan for America called?
a)
New Deal
b)
Fair Deal
c)
New Freedom
d)
Square Deal
35.
Which of the following is NOT one of the four parts of Roosevelt's domestic program?
a)
Conservation
b)
Consumer Protection
c)
Controlling Corporations
d)
Creating Laissez Faire Government
36.
Which of the following was one thing that Roosevelt did as part of his conservation efforts?
a)
Formed the US Forest Service
b)
Formed National Parks
c)
Put land into wildlife preserves
d)
All of the above
37.
Which of the following was one thing that Roosevelt did as part of his efforts to control corporations?
a)
Filed 90 lawsuits against businesses
b)
Created a new anti-trust act
c)
Filed suit against the Northern Securities Railroad 
d)
Took over public businesses
38.
Which of the following was one thing that Roosevelt did as part of his efforts to regulate business?
a)
Regulating the amount of money meat packers could make
b)
Regulating railroad rates
c)
Regulating the wages businesses could pay workers
d)
Regulating the number of employees each factory could have
39.
Which of the following was NOT part of Teddy Roosevelt's efforts to protect consumers?
a)
Forming the Food and Drug Administration
b)
Signing the Pure Food and Drug Act
c)
Signing the Meat Inspection Act
d)
Passing the Clayton Antitrust Act
40.
What was Roosevelt's role in the Anthracite coal strike in 1902?
a)
Arbitrator
b)
Laissez-Faire
c)
Sided with the bosses
d)
Injunction
41.
Which of the following is NOT a goal of the progressive mov
a)
Promote Social Welfare
b)
Promote Morality
c)
Increase efficiency in government
d)
Promote bimetalism
42.
Which of the following court cases established a ten-hour workday for women?
a)
Muller v. Oregon
b)
Wabash v. Illinois
c)
Marbury v. Madison
d)
Plessy v. Ferguson
43.
The agreement that Teddy Roosevelt negotiated between striking workers and management at a coal mine
a)
New Deal
b)
Fair Deal
c)
Square Deal
d)
Super Deal
44.
This was created to regulate railroads
a)
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
b)
Interstate Commerce Commision
c)
Railway Regulation Firm
d)
Clayton Anti-Trust Act
45.
This was created to regulate monopolies
a)
Interstate Commerce Commission
b)
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
c)
Roosevelt Anti-Trust Act
d)
Slayton Anti-Trust Act
46.
What nickname did Roosevelt get after breaking up monopolies with the Sherman Anti-Trust Act?
a)
Trustbuster
b)
Monopolybuster
c)
Theodore Roosevelt Destroyer of Trusts
d)
Slayer of trusts and eradicator of monopolies
47.
True or False:  Teddy Roosevelt destroyed all trusts.
a)
True
b)
False
48.
This disaster killed over 100 workers and resulted in workplace safety codes
a)
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
b)
Circle Pantswaist Factory Fire
c)
Sherman Factory Fire
d)
The Jungle Factory Fire
49.
The Jungle--by muckraker Upton Sinclair--exposed the unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry and led to this law
a)
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
b)
Meat Inspection Act
c)
Food Cleanliness Act
d)
Clayton Anti-Meat Act
50.
This law banned harmful medical products and false medical claims.
a)
Pure Food and Drug Act
b)
Food Inspection Act
c)
Meat Inspection Act
d)
Pure Food Analysis Act
51.
This president created the national parks system and helped to preserve America's natural resources
a)
Teddy Roosevelt
b)
Grover Cleveland
c)
William McKinley
d)
Franklin Roosevelt
52.
Who became president after William McKinley was assassinated?
a)
Andrew Johnson
b)
Franklin Roosevelt
c)
Ulysses Grant
d)
Teddy Roosevelt
53.

Who published the book titled, "How The Other Half Lives."

a)

Ida B. Wells

b)

Max Kellerman

c)

Jacob Riis

d)

W.E.B. Dubois

54.

This person led an anti-lynching crusade in the US during the 1890's. Who was this person?

a)

Jacob Riis

b)

Lincoln Steffens

c)

Ida B. Wells

d)

Jane Adams

55.

What year was Lincoln Steffens born in?

a)

1879

b)

1920

c)

1866

d)

1709

56.

This person helped to establish the "Hull House" and was a leader in the settlement house movement. Who was this person?

a)

Elizabeth Lane

b)

Muhammad Ghandi

c)

Jane Adams

d)

Eliza Helms

57.

This person argued for better housing, adequate lighting and sanitation for tenement housing. Who was this person?

a)

Anderson Cooper

b)

Michael Adams

c)

Lincoln Steffens

d)

Jacob Riis

58.

This person was an African American journalist, an advocate of women's suffrage, and an abolitionist. Who was this person?

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Ida B. Wells

c)

Meredith Williams

d)

Wilda Meyers

59.

This person specialized in investigating government and political corruption and two collections of his articles were published as "The Shame of Two Cities" and "The Struggle for Self-Government." Who was this person?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

George Thoroughgood

c)

Lincoln Steffens

d)

Alastor McHenry

60.

Jacob Riis helped expose the harsh conditions in New York's tenement housing by publishing his book but also by using what?

a)

The Newspaper

b)

Immigrant strikes

c)

a camera

d)

political cartoons

61.

"The Shame of Cities" is about what?

a)

The workings of immigrants on strike against the captains of industry in the South.

b)

The efforts taken by Nativist to welcome immigrants to America.

c)

The attempts of cities to take away land from poor farmers in rural areas in an attempt to establish a monopoly.

d)

The workings of corrupt political machines in several US cities, along with efforts to combat them.

62.

This person was an advocate for women's rights and was elected vice president of the National American Woman's Suffrage Association(NAWSA) in 1911. Who was this person?

a)

Elizabeth Lyle

b)

Heather Ashby

c)

Jane Adams

d)

Lisa Anderson

63.

Which Amendment granted Women the right to vote?

a)

17th Amendment

b)

15th Amendment

c)

19th Amendment

d)

18th Amendment

64.

Who published the book "The Jungle" and what was it about?

a)

J.K. Rowling-the unfair political practices of immigrant discrimination in the work place

b)

J.R.R. Tolkien-the pollution issues of the Standard Oil Company

c)

Charles Dickens-The story of a young immigrant boy and his rise from rags to riches in the American world.

d)

Upton Sinclair-the unclean and dangerous process of the meat packaging industry

65.

What year did Susan B. Anthony call for the first Women's Suffrage Convention?

a)

1928

b)

1844

c)

1869

d)

1945

66.

Susan B. Anthony was a strong supporter of?

a)

Women's Suffrage, the right for women to vote

b)

Southern succession from the Union, slavery

c)

High taxes on imported goods, foreign policy

d)

Immigrant discrimination in the work place

67.

The 19th Amendment is also known as what?

a)

The Roger Dawes Amendment

b)

The Walter Raleigh Amendment

c)

The Ida B. Wells Amendment

d)

The Susan B. Anthony Amendment

68.

Which Women's suffrage activist was arrested for voting?

a)

Ida B. Wells

b)

Jacob Riis

c)

Susan B. Anthony

d)

Harriet Tubman

69.

Reform-minded journalists/people in the Progressive Era in the United States (1890's–1920's) who exposed established institutions and leaders as corrupt were known as what?

a)

Political Activist

b)

Muckrakers

c)

Philanthropists

d)

Antagonists

70.

President William Howard Taft, President Theodore Roosevelt, and President Woodrow Wilson were all what?

a)

Gilded Age Presidents

b)

Progressive Era Presidents

c)

Westward Movement Era Presidents

d)

Bronze Age Presidents

71.

The practice in which a political party, after winning an election, gives government civil service jobs to its supporters, friends, and relatives as a reward for working toward victory, and as an incentive to keep working for the party. The process of rewarding individual based upon political association or support of a particular political party.

a)

Oligarchy

b)

Rewardisms

c)

Spoils System

d)

Democracy

72.

The 16th Amendment helped establish what?

a)

Women's right to vote

b)

Federal income tax

c)

African Americans right to vote

d)

The right to bear arms

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