WorksheetsProgressive Era
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 9hrs 45mins
What political party were the North and West?
Rebublicans
Democrats
Communism
Capitalism
What political party was the South?
Republicans
Democrats
Communism
Capitalism
What were elections like during the Gilded Age?
voter Fraud (paid to vote), elections were formal
Paid for extra votes, but nobody voted
Heavily enforced, and voted fairly
Voter Fraud (paid to vote), elections were a party
What is Patronage?
Firing everyone from government jobs
Giving Jobs to followers
Removal from office
Giving jobs to officials
Describe the Spoils System
When people received government jobs for their support.
When people got fired for being loyal
When officials received more power
When prisoners became free for their support.
What problems did the spoils system bring?
Brought corruption
many workers did not have the skills required for the job
workers stole government money
All of the above
How did President Hayes begin to end the spoils system?
He went on a killing spree
Fired 2 customhouse officials (New York)
He fired everyone in the government
Hired more people
What is a Merit?
Ability
Weakness
Reward
Rabbit
When was President James Garfield assassinated?
January of 1830
August of 2020
July of 1881
October of 1900
What did the Pendleton Act do?
Fired everybody in the government.
Killed all future presidents.
Started an ultimate anarchy upon the United States.
Created the Civil Service Commission, government workers must take a test in order to get a government job.
What did the Sherman Antitrust Act do?
1890, tried to embrace monopolies and trusts. The act required for business to destroy competition.
1890, Banned monopolies and trusts. The act prohibited business from trying to limit/destroy competition.
1890, made people not trust anyone named Sherman.
1890, Did nothing to monopolies. The act required everything to be left the same.
Who Ran NYC in the 1860’s and 1870’s, stole $100 million, put in jail, escaped to Spain where he was caught and returned to America. Died after a short stay in jail?
Donald Trump
Tweed Boss
Boss Tweed
I don't know.
Kim Jong Un
What did Thomas Nast do?
Made political cartoons, responsible for putting Boss Tweed in jail
Became an assassin to kill Boss Tweed
Wrote articles about killing Boss Tweed
Worked with police forces to put Boss Tweed in jail
What was the goal of the reformers?
Their goal was to replace corrupt officials with honest leaders.
Their goal was to replace honest officials with corrupt ones
Their goal was to bring an end to the government all together
Their goal was to make themselves the leaders
Wrote the History of Standard Oil which exposed the corrupt business practices of Standard Oil Company (Rockefeller)
Jacob Riis
Upton Sinclair
Nellie Bly
Ida Tarbell
Progressives are...
Reformers who wanted to make American life miserable
Reformers who wanted to improve American life
Reformers that wanted to start over new
Reformers that wanted communism
When was the Progressive Era?
1997-2008
1492-1560
1890-1917
1966-2001
Who wrote How The Other Half Lives?
Jacob Riis
Upton Sinclair
Nellie Bly
Ida Tarbell
Who wrote The Jungle?
Jacob Riis
Upton Sinclair
Nellie Bly
Ida Tarbell
Who wrote 10 Days in a Madhouse?
Jacob Riis
Upton Sinclair
Nellie Bly
Ida Tarbell
Progressive Political Reform Primary
Voters choose their party’s candidate for the general election.
Gave voters the right to put a bill before the state legislature.
Allowed voters to put a bill on a ballot and vote it into law.
Allowed voters to remove an elected official from office.
Progressive Political Reform Initiative.
Voters choose their party’s candidate for the general election.
Gave voters the right to put a bill before the state legislature.
Allowed voters to put a bill on a ballot and vote it into law.
Allowed voters to remove an elected official from office.
Progressive Political Reform Referendum
Voters choose their party’s candidate for the general election.
Gave voters the right to put a bill before the state legislature.
Allowed voters to put a bill on a ballot and vote it into law.
Allowed voters to remove an elected official from office.
Progressive Political Reform Recall
Voters choose their party’s candidate for the general election.
Gave voters the right to put a bill before the state legislature.
Allowed voters to put a bill on a ballot and vote it into law.
Allowed voters to remove an elected official from office.
16th Amendment
Gave Congress the power to pass an income tax.
Gave congress power to declare war
Gave people the right to vote
Gave people the right to impeach
17th Amendment
Allowed for multiple presidents
Well I have no Idea
Allowed for the direct election of Senators.
Allowed for gun ownership
Who Assassinated President McKinley?
I have no idea, to be honest
Leon Czolgosz
Theodore Roosevelt
Leon Carnegus
Leon Cranolgus
What is Sufferage?
Right to directly elect senators
Right to bear arms
How am I suppossed to know?
Right to Vote
Right to run for office
Where was President McKinley assassinated?
Buffalo, NY
Cheektowaga, NY
Washington, DC
Philidelphia, PA
New York City, NY
Who became president after President McKinley was killed?
Donald Trump
Theodore Roosevelt
James Garfield
Leon Czolgozs
Abraham Lincoln
What did the book How The Other Half Lives expose?
The slum and poverty of city life
the unsanitary conditions of the meat packing industry
Who am I to know this?
The horrors of insane asylums
Something about Standard Oil
