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Progressive Era Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Book by Upton Sinclair that led to more regulation of food by the government?
a)
Pride and Prejudice
b)
Red Badge of Courage
c)
The Jungle
d)
Capital
2.
Who helped immigrants assimilate by creating Settlement Houses in Chicago?
a)
Susan B Anthony
b)
Ida Wells
c)
Francis Willard
d)
Jane Addams
3.

How did Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle contribute to a change in the relationship between government and business?

a)

government worked to end child labor

b)

federal troops ended Coal Strike

c)

increased food regulations

d)

break up of railroad monopolies

4.
Key Reforms of the Progressive Era
·  Initiative
·  Referendum
·  Recall
·  Direct Primary
·  17th Amendment

 
How did the reforms listed above impact America?
a)
A system of separate schools for new immigrants
b)
They gave citizens a greater voice in the democratic process of government
c)
More sources of revenue and taxes in state governments.
d)
They successfully brought economic relief to the urban working class
5.
To preserve water, trees, plants, and other natural resources
a)
Precipitation
b)
Confurion
c)
Conservation
d)
Infusion
6.
Which act was rushed to Congress and passed shortly after the publication of Upton Sinclair’s novel The Jungle in 1906? 
a)
Federal Reserve Act
b)
Clayton Antitrust Act
c)
Australian Ballot Act
d)
Meat Inspection Act
7.
Who was the photographer who revealed to the world how the lower class lived?
a)
Alexander Bell
b)
Jacob Riis
c)
Upton Sinclair
d)
Theodore Roosevelt
8.
A bill that originates from the people rather than legislators is known as what? Example of these is like the bills on the White House website:
a)
A Recall
b)
An Initiative
c)
A Referendum
d)
An Amendment
9.

A period of widespread social activism and political reform across the United States that spanned the 1890s to the 1920s.

a)

Gilded Age

b)

Westward Expansion

c)

Manifest Destiny

d)

Progressive Era

10.

The direct election of senators is the result of

a)

16th Amendment

b)

17th Amendment

c)

18th Amendment

d)

19th Amendment

11.

A direct vote in which an entire electorate (the people) is invited to vote on a particular proposal.

a)

Initiative

b)

Referendum

c)

Recall

12.

A procedure by which voters can remove an elected official from office through a direct vote before that official's term has ended.

a)

Initiative

b)

Referendum

c)

Recall

13.

What famous phrase came out of the Plessy case?

a)

"Separate but equal"

b)

"Give me liberty or give me death."

c)

"By any means necessary"

14.

The Plessy v. Ferguson case had what impact on the U.S.?

a)

It legalized Jim Crow (Segregation) Laws throughout the U.S.

b)

It made Jim Crow (Segregation) Laws illegal throughout the U.S.

c)

It created more equality

15.
Who wrote the expose piece of literature that revealed the extensive corrupt monopolistic business practices of Standard Oil?
a)
Ida Tarbell
b)
Lewis Hines 
c)
Jacob Riis
d)
Upton Sinclair