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U2 Progressives, Moderns, & Traditionalists

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The ratification of this amendment protected women’s suffrage -

a)

18th Amendment

b)

19th Amendment

c)

16th Amendment

d)

17th Amendment

2.

The growing political influence of this group led to the ratification of the 18th and 19th Amendments.

a)

Nativists

b)

Women

c)

Men

d)

Activists

3.

What amendment did the members of the Temperance movement work to achieve?

a)

16th

b)

17th

c)

18th

d)

19th

4.

These reforms made the government directly accountable to the citizens.

a)

Referendum, recall, initiative, and 17th amendment

b)

19th and 22nd Amendments

c)

Pendleton Act & Homestead Act

d)

16th and 18th Amendments

5.

16th Amendment

a)

Abolished Slavery

b)

Prohibited Alcohol

c)

Grants Citizenship to African Americans

d)

Collecting taxes on income

6.

17th Amendment

a)

Direct Election of Senators

b)

Direct Election of Governors

c)

Direct Election of the US President

d)

Direct Election of Mayors

7.
Harding & Coolidge did all of the following to boost big business EXCEPT:
a)
appointed business people to regulate businesses that opposed regulation
b)
selected Supreme Court Justices that ruled against progressive legislation
c)
Named conservatives to powerful cabinet positions
d)
raised taxes on big business
8.

Calvin Coolidge stated that, “The business of America is _____________.”

a)

Taxes

b)

Tariffs

c)

Farm products

d)

Business

9.

Fear of communism in the US during the 1920s.

a)

Black Scare

b)

Communism Scare

c)

Red Scare

d)

Scopes Scare

10.
Which word best describes the flapper?
a)
modest
b)
innocent
c)
rebellious
d)
quiet
11.

A new breed of young women who wore short skirts, cut their hair into a "bob", and listened and danced to jazz music.

a)

Suffragists

b)

Flappers

c)

Idols

d)

Models

12.
What was the goal of Woodrow Wilson's 14 points?
a)
to achieve world peace
b)
to punish germany
c)
to start WW2
d)
to reward Russia
13.
What was the point of the League of Nations according to Wilson?
a)
to grant independence to nations
b)
to resolve international disagreements
c)
to sue Germany
d)
establish new governments
14.

Which of the following best represents Herbert Hoover's philosophy?

a)

The government should never help people out

b)

The government should help people at the state & local level, not the federal level

c)

There should be a new deal for the American people where the federal government would help people

d)

National government's main concern should be for the economy, then defense, followed by health care.

15.
Who started a civil rights group called the NAACP?
a)
Booker T Wahsington
b)
Ida Wells
c)
WEB DuBois
d)
Susan B Anthony
16.
Who helped immigrants assimilate by creating Settlement Houses in Chicago?
a)
Susan B Anthony
b)
Ida Wells
c)
Francis Willard
d)
Jane Addams
17.
Which political act passed by the Natives and their Know-Nothing Party created quotas that limited immigrants from different countries?
a)
Chinese Exclusion Act
b)
Johnson Reed Act
c)
Gentleman's Agreement
d)
Alien and Sedition Act
18.
Which group's activities reflected a pattern of intolerance toward immigrants in the US. during the 1920's?
a)
American Indian Movement
b)
United Farm Workers
c)
Ku Klux Klan
d)
National Organization for Women
19.

What is the name of the treaty that created the League of Nations?

a)

Treaty of Vessels

b)

Treaty of Germany

c)

Treaty of Versale

d)

Treaty of Versailles

20.

The cartoon pictures President Roosevelt reacting to the efforts of the

a)

muckrackers

b)

enviornmentalist

c)

prohibitionists

d)

suffragettes

21.

The muckrakers of the early 1900's and investigative reporters of recent times are similar in that both

a)

tried to arouse public opinion on important issues

b)

were tools used by the government to hide corruption

c)

represented radical segments of society

d)

worked against the public interest

22.
The Red Scare led to which of the following?
a)
The ratification of the 19th amendment
b)
a demand for limits on immigration
c)
the start of the Great Depression
d)
the repeal of the 18th amendment 
23.
Nativism is
a)
the idea that Native Americans should have more land
b)
the distrust of immigrants by Americans
c)
a fear of radical ideas
d)
hatred of all people by Native Americans
24.
Which received LEAST attention among Progressive policymakers?
a)
Food and Drug purity
b)
Racial equality
c)
Fair labor practices
d)
Antitrust reforms
25.

Progressives focused on three areas of reform:

a)

easing the suffering of the urban ponies, improving unfair and dangerous dragon conditions, and reforming government at the national, snake, and local levels.

b)

easing the suffering of the rural poor, improving unfair and dangerous living conditions, and reforming government at the national, state, and international levels.

c)

easing the suffering of the urban poor, improving unfair and dangerous working conditions, and reforming government at the national, state, and local levels.

26.

At its heart, the Scopes Trial was a clash between

a)

religion and science

b)

biology and science

c)

evolution and science

d)

education and science

27.

Controversial measure that limited civil liberties of freedom of speech by not allowing anyone to speak out against the war

a)

Sedition Act of 1918

b)

18th Amendment Prohibition

c)

Plessy v. Ferguson 1896

d)

Patriot Act 2001

28.

Which president would be more likely to appoint unqualified people to important government positions?

a)

Calvin Coolidge

b)

Warren G. Harding

c)

Theodore Roosevelt

d)

Woodrow Wilson

29.

Which was the name of a scandal during Harding's presidency?

a)

Business Boom Scandal

b)

Supplemental Draft Scandal

c)

Toaster Scandal

d)

Teapot Dome Scandal

30.
This Allied leader brought his "Fourteen Point Peace Plan" to the treaty conference to end WWI.
a)
David Lloyd George
b)
Georges Clemenceau
c)
Woodrow Wilson
d)
Vittorio Orlando
31.

What is the Zimmerman Telegram?

a)

A telegram where the U.S. encouraged Mexico to attack Germany

b)

A telegram where Germany encouraged Mexico to join against the U.S.

c)

A telegram between Germany and Russia encouraging a peace treaty

d)

A telegram between Germany and the US about an invasion on against Mexico