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The Progressive Era

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The lady in this image is most likely:

a)

fighting for better working conditions.

b)

fighting in support of the 18th amendment.

c)

encouraging Americans to support the war.

2.

Plessy v. Ferguson resulted in -

a)

an end to unfair and discriminatory Jim Crow laws.

b)

B racial segregation as long as facilities were separate but equal.

c)

an end to the unfair business practices of monopolies.

3.

Which event allowed all women in the United States the right to vote?

a)

18th Amendment

b)

15th Amendment

c)

19th Amendment

d)

20th Amendment

4.

Picketing or standing outside of a building holding signs was one way women suffragists fought for the right to vote.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Which of the following was NOT a member of the of the Women's Suffrage Movement?

a)

Elizabeth C. Stanton

b)

Sojourner Truth

c)

Julie Chrissley

d)

Alice Paul

6.

Who was the founded of Hull House in Chicago during the height of immigration?

a)

Jacob Riis

b)

Jane Addams

c)

Upton Sinclair

d)

Ida Tarbell

7.

Which amendment that prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transport of alcohol?

a)

17th

b)

18th

c)

19th

d)

20th

8.

She used her hatchet to smash up saloons.

a)

Jane Addams

b)

Susan B. Anthony

c)

Alice Paul

d)

Carrie Nation

9.

Which movement made it illegal to drink, sell, make, or transport alcohol?

a)

Temperance Movement

b)

Gilded Age Movement

c)

All Lives Matter Movement

d)

Anti-Corruption League Movement

10.

When drinking was banned, ___________ increased.

a)

picketing

b)

protests

c)

dancing

d)

crime

11.

Temperance Movement supporters would likely-

a)

Encourage restrictions placed on child labor

b)

Oppose the making and consuming of alcohol

c)

Increase educational opportunities for women

12.

Suffrage is the right to ___.

a)

get an education

b)

own property

c)

work freely

d)

vote

13.

Which of the following made up The Progressive Presidents?

a)

Roosevelt, Washington, Coolidge

b)

Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson

c)

Taft, Wilson, Vanderbilt

d)

Taft, Edison, Chapman

14.

Which movement is best represented in the political cartoon?

a)

Temperance Movement

b)

Suffrage Movement

c)

Westward Movement

15.

Which group of people had their rights restricted because of Jim Crow Laws?

a)

Women

b)

Immigrants

c)

African Americans

16.

Who sat in the white section of a train, got arrested, challenged Separate Car Act, went to the U.S. Supreme Court?

a)

W.E.B. DuBois

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

Homer Plessy

d)

Thurgood Marshall

17.

The separation of a group of people by race is called ______.

a)

division

b)

segregation

c)

alliances

18.

This U.S. President was known for being a trustbuster, created national parks, and inspired the creation of the teddy bear.

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

c)

William Howard Taft

d)

Theodore Roosevelt

19.

Which U.S. President passed the 18th and 19th Amendments banned alcohol and gave women voting rights

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

William Howard Taft

c)

Theodore Roosevelt

d)

Grover Cleveland

20.

Which U.S. Supreme Court Case stated that "separate but equal" was legal?

a)

Brown v. Board of Education

b)

Miranda v. Arizona

c)

Roe v. Wade

d)

Plessy v. Ferguson

21.

Which movement is best represented in the political cartoon?

a)

Women's Suffrage

b)

Great Migration

c)

Temperance

22.

Which idea is best represented in this political cartoon?

a)

Temperance

b)

Women's Suffrage

c)

Separate but Equal

23.

Progressives wanted to create change in America. They wanted to help make America better.

a)

true

b)

false

24.

Booker T. Washington helped create the NAACP along with people like Ida B. Wells.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

W.E.B. DuBois was known for his belief that African Americans should get an education or job training.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

Which Progressive Era author wrote The Jungle about the Chicago meat packing industry and its problems?

a)

Jacob Riis

b)

Jane Addams

c)

Ida Tarbell

d)

Upton Sinclair

27.

Which movement helped women gain the right to vote?

a)

Temperance

b)

Great Migration

c)

Suffrage

d)

Separate But Equal

28.

Who is best represented using the terms in the image?

a)

Ida B. Wells

b)

Ida Tarbell

c)

W.E.B. DuBois

d)

Booker T. Washington

29.

After Reconstruction, segregation and Jim Crow Laws

a)

made it against the law for African Americans to vote

b)

provided money to the South for schools and railroads

c)

separated African Americans and whites in public places

d)

established the practice of sharecropping and dry farming

30.

Which section of the country led the way in recognizing a woman’s right to vote?

a)

Northeast

b)

Southeast

c)

Western

d)

Southern

31.

In which year was the federal amendment granting national women’s suffrage first introduced in Congress?

a)

1848

b)

1878

c)

1920

d)

1966

32.

According to the timeline image, what event happened in 1920?

a)

19th amendment ratified

b)

National Organization for Women formed

c)

Equal Rights Amendment defeated

d)

Seneca Falls Convention

33.

Which speaker would most likely have supported the ideas of the Progressive movement?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

34.

The key ideas in the boxes represent which time period listed below?

a)

Westward Expansion

b)

Reconstruction Era

c)

Women's Suffrage Era

d)

Progressive Era

35.

The mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin was photographed taking bribes (money for favors). Which Progressive reform could the citizens of the city use to end his term of office? Use the chart to help you decide.

a)

primary

b)

initiative

c)

recall

d)

referendum

36.

During Theodore Roosevelt’s presidency, journalists who exposed problems were known as -

a)

muckrakers

b)

reformers

c)

paparazzi

d)

pulitzers

37.

Muckrakers exposed the evils of society during the Progressive Era. Which of the following people is not correctly paired with their cause?

a)

Upton Sinclair – Meatpacking Industry

b)

Jacob Riis-Prohibition

c)

Ida Tarbell-Standard Oil Company

d)

Thomas Nast-Political Corruption

38.

Which groups gained power in the United States during the late 1800s by helping new immigrants in exchange for votes?

a)

Labor Unions

b)

Big Businesses

c)

Settlement Houses

d)

Political Machines & Bosses

39.

Based on the events listed below, which event happened first?

a)

Reconstruction ended

b)

Election of Theodore Roosevelt

c)

Passing of the 13th Amendment

d)

Black Codes/Jim Crow Laws created

40.

Henry Ford's assembly line increased_________

a)

cost of production.

b)

prices of goods.

c)

speed of production.

d)

wages of workers.