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WorksheetsThe Progressive Era U.S. History Test Study Guide
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 45mins
How did progressives try to prevent politicians from intimidating and bribing voters?
Direct Primary
Initiative
Referedum
Secret Ballot
All of the following measures furthered direct democracy except . . .
the secret ballot
direct primaries
referendums
city managers
What was the goal of the city manager form of government?
direct democracy
government intervention
government efficiency
conservation
A graduated income tax is an income tax . . .
for those who hold academic degrees
charging one amount to all the people
charging a higher percentage to the rich
based on the size of a taxpayer's family
What amendment made a federal income tax legal?
the Sixteenth Amendment
the Seventeenth Amendment
the Eighteenth Amendment
the Nineteenth Amendment
Why did progressives support Prohibition?
they wanted to reduce crime and poverty
they wanted to reduce sin
they hoped to increase productivity in the workplace
they wanted to remove waste
What amendment gave women the right to vote?
the Sixteenth Amendment
the Seventeenth Amendment
the Eighteenth Amendment
the Nineteenth Amendment
What theme did Theodore Roosevelt adopt during his first campaign?
New Deal
New Freedom
New Nationalism
Square Deal
What industry was "busted" by the Northern Securities case?
coal mining
meatpacking
railroads
oil
What law was passed after the publication of The Jungle?
Clayton Antitrust Act
Federal Trade Commission Act
Hepburn Act
Pure Food and Drug Act
What was the subject of The Jungle?
conservation
Jim Crow Laws
meatpacking
poor housing
What was most significant about the coal miners' strike in 1902?
the public sympathized with the miners
the federal government acted as a mediator
Coal was the major source of heat for the nation
the owners consented to a nine-hour workday.
Theodore Roosevelt crusaded for all of the following causes except . . .
conservation
segregation
trusbusting
the Panama Canal
What black leader told blacks they must better themselves economically before they could expect political equality?
George Washington Carver
Eugene Debs
W.E.B. Du Bois
Booker T. Washington
Who said, "Speak softly and carry a big stick"?
Joseph Cannon
Henry Ford
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
American leaders were afraid to grant the Philippines independence too quickly because they . . .
wanted the Philippines to pay for the damages caused by their insurrection
wanted to keep the Philippine markets open for trade
feared that another country would take over the Philippines
believed the Filipinos would be incapable of ruling themselves
What phrase is most closely associated with the Roosevelt Corollary?
Big Stick
International Policeman
Great White Fleet
Square Deal
Which of the following American actions was least popular in Japan?
Gentleman's Agreement
Great White Fleet
Root-Takahira Agreement
Treaty of Portsmouth
What popular reform took place during Taft's administration?
limitation of Speaker of the House
significant reduction in tariff rates
Pure Food and Drug Act
creation of the Federal Reserve Board
What action resulted in a final split between Taft and Roosevelt?
firing of the head of the U.S. Forest Service
tariff reform fiasco
dollar diplomacy
antitrust suit against U.S. Steel
What was Taft's foreign policy called?
dollar diplomacy
battleship diplomacy
New Nationalism
Square Deal
What progressive ran on a platform called "New Nationalism" in 1912?
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Why did Congress pass its first income tax in 1913?
loss of tariff revenues
rise of the Socialist Party
existence of a huge national debt
creation of the Federal Reserve
Woodrow Wilson is credited with all the following achievements except. . .
the Underwood Tariff Act
the Federal Reserve Act
the Federal Trade Commission Act
the Food and Drug Act
What reform measure has been called the "Magna Carta" of labor?
Nineteenth Amendment
Hepburn Act
Clayton Antitrust Act
Northern Securities Case
What was the most significant agricultural advance during the Progressive Era?
Combine
Harvester
Tractor
Barbed Wire
What black agricultural scientist helped popularize the peanut?
George Washington Carver
W.E.B. Du Bois
Hiram Revels
Booker T. Washington
Progressive education emphasized . . .
memorization
history
experience
latin
What Baptist pastor was a leading advocate of the social gospel?
John Dewey
W.E.B. Du Bois
Walter Rauschenbusch
Booker T. Washington
True or False
The Progressive movement opposed the growth of federal government.
True
False
True or False
Women's suffrage was an issue long before the progressives began to crusade for it.
True
False
True or False
Under the Hepburn Act (1906), railroads had to take the Interstate Commerce Commission to court to change the rates the commission set.
True
False
True or False
The Pure Food and Drug Act proved to be a wasteful, ineffective form of government intervention.
True
False
True or False
Booker T. Washington's views dominated American race relations during his lifetime.
True
False
True or False
The Roosevelt Corollary was popular among Europeans and Latin Americans.
True
False
True or False
Roosevelt earned the Nobel Prize for negotiating the Treaty of Portsmouth.
True
False
True or False
Taft initiated more antitrust suits and set aside more public lands than Roosevelt.
True
False
True or False
Henry Ford became famous for inventing the automobile.
True
False
True or False
Progressive education was an outstanding success in educating American children.
True
False
True or False
Bible Institutes arose to combat the rise of modernism.
True
False
In what form of municipal government do elected officials combine the duties of mayor and city council?
City Commission
City Counselors
City Officer
City Managers
City Governor
What is the popular term for breaking up monopolies?
Conservation
Segregation
Trustbusting
Muckraking
Swamp Draining
In what form of municipal government does the city council hire a professional to run the city?
City Commission
City Counselors
City Officer
City Manager
City Governor
What is the term for the 1919 ban on the manufacture, sale, or transportation of alcoholic beverages?
Conservation
Prohibition
Abolition
Muckraking
Segregation
What term referred to progressive writers who exposed abuse and corruption?
Conservationist
Segregationist
Trustbusters
Muckrakers
Swamp Drainers
What president was most closely associated with progressivism?
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
What philosophy on the use of national resources did Theodore Roosevelt promote?
Conservation
Segregation
Trustbusting
Muckraking
Swamp Draining
What term was applied to laws in the South that segregated the races?
Segregation Laws
Jim Crow Laws
Former-Slave Laws
John Brown Laws
Uncle Tom Laws
What political organization was founded in 1909 to fight legal battles on behalf of African Americans?
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
National Association for the Activities of Colored People (NAACP)
National Assembly of the Advocates for Colored People (NAACP)
National Advocates for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Who campaigned under the motto "New Freedom" in 1912?
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
In 1912 what third party won the most electoral votes of any third party in presidential history?
Bull Moose Party
Libertarians
Tea Party
Whig Party
Green Party
What board of five men was created during Woodrow Wilson's administration to help define and halt unfair trade practices?
Clayton Antitrust Commission
Federal Trade Commission
Hepburn Commission
Pure Food and Drug Commission
Anti-Trade Commission
Who perfected the assembly line method of production?
Joseph Cannon
Henry Ford
Theodore Roosevelt
James Naismith
Wright Brothers
Who invented the first airplane?
Joseph Cannon
Henry Ford
Theodore Roosevelt
James Naismith
Orville and Wilbur Wright
What mosquito-borne tropical disease was successfully attacked by medical officers?
Yellow Fever
Typhoid Fever
Influenza
Small pox
Cholera
What type of education had a significant impact in America from the 1920s to the early 1950s?
Progressive Education
Secular Education
Public Education
Charter Education
Secondary Education
What twentieth-century movement denies the existence of God and affirms the goodness and the perfectibility of man?
Secular Humanism
Deism
Socialism
Pantheism
Polytheism
What theological movement applies Darwinian evolution to Scripture?
Modernism
Social Gospel Movement
Calvinism
Arminianism
Progressivism
What progressive religious movement sought to regenerate man by reforming society?
Modernism
Social Gospel
Calvinism
Arminianism
Deism
What type of school, similar to a college, teacher courses mostly in the Bible or church-related fields?
Bible Institute
Seminaries
Bible Schools
Monasteries
