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WorksheetsThe Progressive Era
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
The lady in this image is most likely:
fighting for better working conditions.
fighting in support of the 18th amendment.
encouraging Americans to support the war.
Plessy v. Ferguson resulted in -
an end to unfair and discriminatory Jim Crow laws.
B racial segregation as long as facilities were separate but equal.
an end to the unfair business practices of monopolies.
Which event allowed all women in the United States the right to vote?
18th Amendment
15th Amendment
19th Amendment
20th Amendment
Picketing or standing outside of a building holding signs was one way women suffragists fought for the right to vote.
True
False
Which of the following was NOT a member of the of the Women's Suffrage Movement?
Elizabeth C. Stanton
Sojourner Truth
Julie Chrissley
Alice Paul
Who was the founded of Hull House in Chicago during the height of immigration?
Jacob Riis
Jane Addams
Upton Sinclair
Ida Tarbell
Which amendment that prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transport of alcohol?
17th
18th
19th
20th
She used her hatchet to smash up saloons.
Jane Addams
Susan B. Anthony
Alice Paul
Carrie Nation
Which movement made it illegal to drink, sell, make, or transport alcohol?
Temperance Movement
Gilded Age Movement
All Lives Matter Movement
Anti-Corruption League Movement
When drinking was banned, ___________ increased.
picketing
protests
dancing
crime
Temperance Movement supporters would likely-
Encourage restrictions placed on child labor
Oppose the making and consuming of alcohol
Increase educational opportunities for women
Suffrage is the right to ___.
get an education
own property
work freely
vote
Which of the following made up The Progressive Presidents?
Roosevelt, Washington, Coolidge
Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson
Taft, Wilson, Vanderbilt
Taft, Edison, Chapman
Which movement is best represented in the political cartoon?
Temperance Movement
Suffrage Movement
Westward Movement
Which group of people had their rights restricted because of Jim Crow Laws?
Women
Immigrants
African Americans
Who sat in the white section of a train, got arrested, challenged Separate Car Act, went to the U.S. Supreme Court?
W.E.B. DuBois
Booker T. Washington
Homer Plessy
Thurgood Marshall
The separation of a group of people by race is called ______.
division
segregation
alliances
This U.S. President was known for being a trustbuster, created national parks, and inspired the creation of the teddy bear.
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Which U.S. President passed the 18th and 19th Amendments banned alcohol and gave women voting rights
Woodrow Wilson
William Howard Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Grover Cleveland
Which U.S. Supreme Court Case stated that "separate but equal" was legal?
Brown v. Board of Education
Miranda v. Arizona
Roe v. Wade
Plessy v. Ferguson
Which movement is best represented in the political cartoon?
Women's Suffrage
Great Migration
Temperance
Which idea is best represented in this political cartoon?
Temperance
Women's Suffrage
Separate but Equal
Progressives wanted to create change in America. They wanted to help make America better.
true
false
Booker T. Washington helped create the NAACP along with people like Ida B. Wells.
True
False
W.E.B. DuBois was known for his belief that African Americans should get an education or job training.
True
False
Which Progressive Era author wrote The Jungle about the Chicago meat packing industry and its problems?
Jacob Riis
Jane Addams
Ida Tarbell
Upton Sinclair
Which movement helped women gain the right to vote?
Temperance
Great Migration
Suffrage
Separate But Equal
Who is best represented using the terms in the image?
Ida B. Wells
Ida Tarbell
W.E.B. DuBois
Booker T. Washington
After Reconstruction, segregation and Jim Crow Laws
made it against the law for African Americans to vote
provided money to the South for schools and railroads
separated African Americans and whites in public places
established the practice of sharecropping and dry farming
Which section of the country led the way in recognizing a woman’s right to vote?
Northeast
Southeast
Western
Southern
In which year was the federal amendment granting national women’s suffrage first introduced in Congress?
1848
1878
1920
1966
According to the timeline image, what event happened in 1920?
19th amendment ratified
National Organization for Women formed
Equal Rights Amendment defeated
Seneca Falls Convention
Which speaker would most likely have supported the ideas of the Progressive movement?
A
B
C
D
The key ideas in the boxes represent which time period listed below?
Westward Expansion
Reconstruction Era
Women's Suffrage Era
Progressive Era
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.
primary
initiative
recall
referendum
During Theodore Roosevelt’s presidency, journalists who exposed problems were known as -
muckrakers
reformers
paparazzi
pulitzers
Muckrakers exposed the evils of society during the Progressive Era. Which of the following people is not correctly paired with their cause?
Upton Sinclair – Meatpacking Industry
Jacob Riis-Prohibition
Ida Tarbell-Standard Oil Company
Thomas Nast-Political Corruption
Which groups gained power in the United States during the late 1800s by helping new immigrants in exchange for votes?
Labor Unions
Big Businesses
Settlement Houses
Political Machines & Bosses
Based on the events listed below, which event happened first?
Reconstruction ended
Election of Theodore Roosevelt
Passing of the 13th Amendment
Black Codes/Jim Crow Laws created
Henry Ford's assembly line increased_________
cost of production.
prices of goods.
speed of production.
wages of workers.
