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Reform and Progressive

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

one who works to get the right to vote

a)

muckraker

b)

suffragist

c)

progressive

d)

slaughterhouse

2.

a person who is working in place of others who are on strike

a)

reform

b)

labor union

c)

suffragist

d)

strikebreaker

3.

a place where animals are butchered for food

a)

conservation

b)

slaughterhouse

c)

slum

d)

progressive

4.

an organization of workers formed to protect their rights & get better working conditions

a)

reform

b)

suffrage

c)

labor union

d)

anarchist

5.

a person who tries to get rid of any type of government

a)

anarchist

b)

suffragist

c)

strikebreaker

d)

slum

6.

a part of a city where the extremely poor live in bad conditions

a)

progressive

b)

slaughterhouse

c)

strike

d)

slum

7.

wanting to make progress towards better conditions

a)

progressive

b)

labor union

c)

slum

d)

conservation

8.

preservation and protection of the environment and nature

a)

reform

b)

muckraker

c)

conservation

d)

suffrage

9.

a person who searched for and exposed corruption to the public

a)

suffragist

b)

progressive

c)

strike

d)

muckraker

10.

the right to vote

a)

anarchist

b)

suffrage

c)

reform

d)

suffragist

11.

to make changes in order to make things better

a)

reform

b)

labor union

c)

progressive

d)

slaughterhouse

12.

a refusal of workers to do their jobs until their demands are met

a)

reform

b)

conservation

c)

strike

d)

slum

13.

Many European immigrants to America during the Progressive Era came through this location in New York City.

a)

Ellis Island

b)

World Trade Center

c)

U.S. Capitol

d)

Immigration Depot

14.

Which is an example of an Amendment passed during the Progressive Era?

a)

U.S. Senators directly elected by the people

b)

Congress passed an income tax

c)

women can vote

d)

all of the above

15.

What was the result of Triangle Shirtwaist?

a)

reduced number of labor unions

b)

reduced immigration into the U.S.

c)

safety laws were passed to protect workers in factories

d)

a change in the laws regarding tariffs

16.

The Haymarket Square riot caused

a)

businesses to pay more money for wages

b)

Jane Addams to help poor immigrants

c)

people to think unions were made up of anarchists and trouble-makers

d)

the owner of the McCormick Factory to raise wages and shorten workers hours

17.

What was the most important gain women made during the Progressive Era?

a)

the end of segregation

b)

the right to vote

c)

the end of child labor

d)

making alcohol illegal

18.

Which of these groups benefitted the least from the Reform Movement?

a)

women

b)

workers

c)

black Americans

d)

children

19.

Which is correct about How the Other Half Lives?

a)

it is a book by Jacob Riis about poor immigrants

b)

they are magazine articles by Ida Tarbell about orphans in New York

c)

it is a book by John D. Rockefeller about the problems of big business

d)

it is a book by Mother Jones about child labor

20.

Which pair had opposing viewpoints?

a)

Teddy Roosevelt and John Muir

b)

Ida Tarbell and John D. Rockefeller

c)

Gustave Eiffel and Frederic Bartholdi

d)

Upton Sinclair and Teddy Roosevelt

21.

Which one is not true of President Theodore Roosevelt?

a)

he sided with big business in keeping them powerful

b)

he was a president concerned with conservation

c)

he helped change working conditions in meatpacking plants

d)

the Pure Food and Drug Act was passed during his presidency

22.

What is the main way that the work of Upton Sinclair affects us today?

a)

we can learn about the past

b)

our food is much safer

c)

women can vote

d)

prohibition ended

23.

Which one is true today in the U.S.?

a)

factory conditions are worse now than during the Progressive Era

b)

there are few laws about fire safety in public buildings

c)

the U.S. isn't a leading industrial nation in the world

d)

there are individuals and groups who work to improve conditions

24.

Which of the following is true about William Howard Taft?

a)

his accomplishments as a Progressive President were similar to T. Roosevelt

b)

he did not support laws that protected workers

c)

becoming president was his lifelong goal

d)

he was controlled by big business owners

25.

Which of the following happened most recently?

a)

women gain the right to vote nationwide

b)

the death of Susan B. Anthony

c)

the start of World War I

d)

the end of slavery in the U.S.

26.

Which of the following is not correct?

a)

women earned the right to vote in 1920

b)

the Nobel Prize is an outstanding accomplishment recognized today

c)

most immigrants to America found good paying jobs and safe working conditions

d)

typically, those with power don't want to give it up

27.

The IWW was a group that

a)

represented skilled workers only

b)

was made of business owners who worked to put down unions

c)

wanted to create one huge worldwide union of all workers

d)

helped the poor at Hull House

28.

Labor unions can help get better working conditions for workers because

a)

They pay off the owners with bribes

b)

workers band together to give them more power against the owners

c)

owners like that they can deal with union leaders

d)

all of the above

29.

Suffragists did the following to get attention for their cause:

a)

picketed and protested at the White House

b)

were willing to be arrested

c)

went on hunger strikes

d)

all of the above

30.

What was the status of women's voting before 1920?

a)

no women were allowed to vote

b)

individual states decided if women could vote

c)

women could choose to vote if they wanted to

d)

women could vote in any election except for president

31.

Which of these is not a reform made during the Progressive Era?

a)

monopolies were broken up

b)

the Pure Food and Drug Act was passed

c)

the establishment of the National Park Service

d)

equal pay and job opportunities for women

32.

Why can strikes be effective in getting rights for workers?

a)

companies don't make money when the workers aren't making products

b)

the violence of strikers results in getting more support from others

c)

strikebreakers can get jobs when the workers are out on strike

d)

all of the above

33.

Match the description with the person: Leader of the IWW labor union

a)

August Spies

b)

Bill Haywood

c)

Samuel Gompers

d)

Alice Paul

34.

Match the description with the person: A leader in the women's suffrage movement in the 1800's

a)

August Spies

b)

Jacob Coxey

c)

Alice Paul

d)

Susan B. Anthony

35.

Match the description with the person: Person who called attention to the plight of working children, resulting in child labor laws

a)

Alice Paul

b)

Mother Jones

c)

Jacob Coxey

d)

John Muir

36.

Match the description with the person: Reformer who started "Hull House" in Chicago and considered the first social worker

a)

Bill Haywood

b)

Jacob Coxey

c)

Mother Jones

d)

John Muir

37.

Match the description with the person: Leader of the women's suffrage movement in the 1900's who led a hunger strike

a)

Alice Paul

b)

Mother Jones

c)

Bill Haywood

d)

Samuel Gompers

38.

Match the description with the person: Conservationist who brought concerns to the attention of the American public

a)

August Spies

b)

Bill Haywood

c)

Jacob Coxey

d)

John Muir

39.

Match the description with the person: One of four labor leaders hanged after the Haymarket Riot in Chicago

a)

August Spies

b)

Bill Haywood

c)

Samuel Gompers

d)

Alice Paul

40.

Match the description with the person: Led unemployed on a 500-mile march to Washington D.C. to get government attention

a)

Jane Addams

b)

Samuel Gompers

c)

Jacob Coxey

d)

John Muir

41.

Match the description with the person: Leader of the AF of L whose goal was to improve workers lives

a)

August Spies

b)

Samuel Gompers

c)

Jacob Coxey

d)

John Muir

42.

Match the description with the person: Muckraker who exposed the corruption of Standard Oil, leading to its break-up

a)

Ida Tarbell

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

Joseph Pulitzer

d)

Samuel McClure

43.

Match the description with the person: Wrote a book, "The Jungle" exposing slaughterhouse conditions

a)

William Howard Taft

b)

Alfred Nobel

c)

Upton Sinclair

d)

Jacob Riis

44.

Match the description with the person: Editor of a magazine in which "muckraking" articles appeared

a)

Alfred Nobel

b)

Samuel McClure

c)

Theodore Roosevelt

d)

Woodrow Wilson

45.

Match the description with the person: Took pictures of poor in slums to bring awareness to others

a)

William Howard Taft

b)

Alfred Nobel

c)

Upton Sinclair

d)

Jacob Riis

46.

Match the description with the person: Used money from the invention of dynamite to establish prizes for peace, medicine etc.., in his name

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

Alfred Nobel

c)

Joseph Pulitzer

d)

Upton Sinclair

47.

Match the description with the person: Newspaper publisher who raised money for the base of the Statue of Liberty and whose money established a prize for excellence in journalism

a)

Samuel McClure

b)

Alfred Nobel

c)

Joseph Pulitzer

d)

Upton Sinclair

48.

Match the description with the person: Won the 1912 election when the Republican vote was split, was president during WWI

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

Samuel McClure

c)

Theodore Roosevelt

d)

Jacob Riis

49.

Match the description with the person: The most trusts were broken up during presidency, later was a Supreme Court Justice

a)

Samuel McClure

b)

Alfred Nobel

c)

Joseph Pulitzer

d)

William Howard Taft

50.

Match the description with the person: Became president when McKinley was assassinated, was the first progressive president

a)

Theodore Roosevelt

b)

Alfred Nobel

c)

Upton Sinclair

d)

Jacob Riis