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Progressive Era

Total questions: 61

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What amendment provided suffrage for women (1920)?
a)
16th
b)
17th
c)
18th
d)
19th
2.
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
3.
Whose book led to the direct passage of the Meat Inspection Act and indirect of the Pure Food and Drug Acts?
a)
Jacob Riis
b)
Lewis Hines
c)
Ida Tarbell
d)
Upton Sinclair
4.
What anti monopoly law made all"combinations, contracts, and conspiracies" that restrained free trade illegal (1890)?
a)
Interstate Commerce Act
b)
Sherman Antitrust Act
c)
Clayton Antitrust Act
d)
Keller-Cefauver Act
5.
Who was the person who founded the settlement house (Hull House) for the Assimilation and Americanization of the immigrant poor?
a)
Elixabeth Cady Stanton
b)
Jane Addams
c)
Susan B. Anthony
d)
Belle Starr
6.
Which of the following is an initiative?
a)
People have the right to remove a politician from office
b)
People have the right to choose who will run for President
c)
People have the right to propose a new law
d)
People have the right to veto or accept a law passed by the government
7.
This person helped to found the NAACP
a)
Ida B Wells
b)
Booker T Washington
c)
W E B DuBois
d)
Martin Luther King Jr.
8.
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
9.
Writers that dig up the bad things going on in society
a)
Suffragists
b)
Muckrakers
c)
Students
d)
Chaffinators
10.
Banned people from making, drinking or selling alcohol
a)
17th Amendment
b)
18th Amendment
c)
19th Amendment
d)
21st Amendment
11.
Progressive President who was endorsed originally by Roosevelt (who later runs against him), disliked the presidency, busted up trusts and  monopolies
a)
William H. Taft
b)
Woodrow Wilson
c)
Theodore Roosevelt
d)
Chester A. Arthur
12.
1906- Wrote The Jungle which exposed the conditions in the U.S. meat packing industry. (Helped pass the Pure Food and Drug Act) 
a)
Upton Sinclair 
b)
Lincoln Steffens 
c)
Jacob Riis 
d)
Frank Norris 
13.
17th Amendment-
a)
Banned sale, distribution and manufacture of alcohol
b)
required direct election of US Senators
c)
established the Income Tax
d)
Gave women suffrage rights
14.
Roosevelt’s Square Deal refers to:
a)
Fair treatment of people in society
b)
Using the government’s power to help citizens
c)
Settling issues for the betterment of society
d)
All of the above
15.
Which of the following best states the goal of prohibitionists?
a)
To eliminate the sale of alcohol to children
b)
To eliminate the use of alcohol in society
c)
To reduce accidents in the workplace
d)
To reduce the availability of alcohol to minors
16.
Suffrage refers to:
a)
Discrimination
b)
Women’s Rights
c)
The Right To Vote
d)
The Denial of Voting
17.
What did the Meat Inspection Act accomplish?
a)
Banned the use of assembly lines
b)
Allowed the government to have unlimited power
c)
Cleaned up food producing factories
d)
Advocated for minority groups
18.
Which idea of Theodore Roosevelt’s led to the creation of National Parks?
a)
Meat Inspection Act
b)
Preservation
c)
Conservation
d)
Intimidation
19.
Which of the following is a Recall?
a)
People have the right to choose who will run for President
b)
People have the right to remove an elected official from office
c)
People have the right to propose a new law
d)
People have the right to vote on any law passed by their government for approval/veto
20.
Ida B. Wells led a crusade to end lynching.
a)
true
b)
false
21.
Jim Crow laws were laws that
a)
separated the races
b)
denied citizenship to Asian immigrants
c)
taxed voters
d)
promoted discrimination against women
22.
Which effect can be traced directly to the Supreme Court's ruling in PLESSY V. FERGUSON  ?
a)
Southern blacks lost their voting rights for 60 years
b)
Lynching of African ameicans continued into the 1960's
c)
Racial segregation was permitted for nearly 60 years.
d)
race riots broke out in New York and other large cities
23.
Who expressed the belief that racism would end as blacks acquired practical work skills and proved their economic value to society?
a)
W.E.B. Du Bois
b)
Booker T. Washington
c)
Ida B. Wells
d)
Homer Plessy
24.
This is a system of  involuntary labor.  After slavery was abolished, Mexicans and African Americans living in the West and Southwest were often force into this system.
a)
log rolling
b)
debt peonage
c)
slavery
d)
detention
25.

_____ was an African American leader who felt he should "demand" equal rights and he campaign for voting rights.

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

W.E.B Du Bois

c)

Ida B. Wells

d)

Homer Plessy

26.
This law regulated railroads and required that their rates be "reasonable and fair."
a)
Pure Food and Drug Act
b)
Sherman Anti- Trust Act
c)
Dawes Act
d)
Interstate Commerce Act
27.
What is a monopoly?
a)
A company that has complete control of an industry and does not allow competition.
b)
A game that old people love to play.
c)
A business that is controlled by the government.
d)
none of the above
28.
Due to the corruption of the railroads companies, the U.S. government created this act to regulate railroad companies to be reasonable in prices.
a)
Interstate Commerece Act
b)
Dawes Act
c)
Transcontiental Act
d)
Laizzez Faire Act 
29.
Which law required government applicants to take competitive exams so that they would be hired based upon merit rather than political connections?
a)
Sherman Antitrust Act
b)
Pendelton Civil Service Act
c)
Underwood Tariff Act
d)
Celler-Kefaufer Act
30.

Based on this cartoon, which institutions was Nast criticizing?

a)

labor unions

b)

political machines

c)

settlement houses

d)

nativist organizations

31.
Who was the leader of the corrupt Tammany Hall, New York Political Machine?
a)
Andrew Carnegie
b)
Henry Ford
c)
John D. Rockefeller
d)
William "Boss" Tweed
32.
Legislation to reform the spoils system.
a)
Chinese Exclusion Act
b)
Blue Laws
c)
Pendleton Civil Service Act
d)
Political Machine
33.
Unofficial organization designed to keep a particular party or group in power.
a)
Chinese Exclusion Act
b)
Munn vs. Illinois
c)
Political Machine
d)
Ghetto
34.
Why did many immigrants support city political machines?
a)
Political machines were free of corruption
b)
political machines provides them with jobs
c)
political machines put powerful "bosses" out of business
d)
political machines fought against crime in the slums
35.

What was the name of the law, passed in 1883 during the Gilded Age, that sought to reform government? It required government applicants to take competitive exams so that they would be hired based upon merit rather than political affiliation. This law was passed in response to widespread political corruption and the assassination of President Garfield.

a)

Sherman Antitrust Act

b)

Pendelton Civil Service Act

c)

Underwood Tariff Act

d)

Celler-Kefaufer Act

36.

President that thought the government ought to take responsibility for the welfare of the people.

a)

Theodore Roosevelt

b)

Jacob Riis

c)

William McKinley

d)

Ulysses S. Grant

37.

What Act did Roosevelt use to break up corporate monopolies?

a)

Pendelton Act

b)

Monroe Doctrine

c)

Sherman Anti-Trust Act

d)

12th Amendment

38.

Amendment that created the first national income tax

a)

16

b)

17

c)

18

d)

19

39.

President that created the Federal Reserve System to regulate the economy.

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

William Taft

c)

Theodore Roosevelt

d)

William McKinley

40.

Political reform movement created to protect urban working class citizens.

a)

Populists

b)

Progressive

c)

Bull Moose

d)

Muckrakers

41.

Illegal and unjust treatment of a person or persons because of their race, gender, or national origin.

a)

Racism

b)

Segregation

c)

Discrimination

d)

Assimilation

42.

An organization of workers dedicated to protecting members' interests and improving wages, hours and working conditions for all.

a)

Labor Union

b)

Workers Rights

c)

Worker Strikes

d)

Collective Bargaining

43.

The negotiation of wages and other conditions of employment by an organized body of employees

a)

Labor Unions

b)

Workers Rights

c)

Worker Strikes

d)

Collective Bargaining

44.

What was the first nationwide industrial union?

a)

the Knights of Labor

b)

the AFL

c)

the Pinkertons

d)

the Anarchists

45.

Which incident was a result of a Chicago labor disturbance on May 4, 1886, in which people were killed by a bomb thrown during a demonstration?

a)

the Great Railroad Strike

b)

the Haymarket Square Riot

c)

the Homestead Strike

d)

the Pullman Strike

46.
_______ is when workers refuse to work in order to force an employer to meet their demands.
a)
labor unions
b)
party
c)
strike
d)
sweatshop
47.

Most strikes by unions in the late 1800s were unsuccessful mainly because

a)

unions were unconstitutional

b)

strikes had never been used before to settle labor issues

c)

government supported business instead of workers

d)

strikers failed to use militant tactics

48.

What kind of government did Social Darwinists want?

a)

A government that would intervene and soften the harsh conditions created by capitalism

b)

A government that didn't interfere in the process of evolution--one that let the poor and "unfit" die out

c)

A government that would only offer support for the wealthy

d)

No government at all--they were anarchists

49.

What did scientific racists believe?

a)

That "Negroes" were the superior race

b)

That race was a scientific category & we could rank the races from best to worst

c)

That race-mixing was an overall good thing and should be encouraged

d)

That race was a social construct

50.

What is an example of "positive" eugenics?

a)

Sterilizing criminals so they cannot have more children

b)

Encouraging the most "fit" or "desirable" members of society to have more children

c)

Arresting people who have low IQs

d)

Encouraging the use of birth control among people with low IQs

51.

What was ironic about calling the time between 1870 and 1900 "The Gilded Age"?

a)

America would soon strike gold again in Alaska.

b)

Mark Twain was a humorist and was making a joke.

c)

Although things appeared great, there was much suffering beneath.

d)

Historians borrowed the term from a book about the era.

52.

Social Darwinism was a philosophy that stated that _______

a)

political gain is a worthwhile aspiration for all Americans.

b)

only the best people survived in industrialized society.

c)

evolution takes place over millions of years.

d)

the wealthy have a moral obligation to help the poor.

53.

Why was Social Darwinism popular among the wealthy elite?

a)

It supported their beliefs that they deserved their wealth.

b)

It inspired them to reform society.

c)

It ensured they would be able to keep their riches.

d)

It supplied an answer to their concerns over poverty.

54.

Andrew Carnegie's "Gospel of Wealth" advocated which of the following?

a)

a plan for everyone in America to become rich

b)

political funding for schools and hospitals

c)

a special status for the American elite

d)

philanthropy on the part of the wealthy

55.
This process converted iron to steel and allowed for taller buildings, longer bridges, and heavier machinery.
a)
Carnegie Process
b)
Ironing Process
c)
Bessemer Process
d)
Bell Process
56.

How would bimetalism help the nation?

a)

It would put more money in circulation

b)

It would make the nation’s money supply safer

c)

It would lower the prices of seed and farm machinery

d)

It would allow them to profit from the mineral rights on their land

57.

This was a monetary system in which the government would give people silver or gold in exchange for paper currency.

a)

William Jennings Bryan

b)

Populist Party

c)

Republican Party

d)

William McKinley

e)

Bimetallism

58.
What was the famous speech by William Jennings Bryan called?
a)
The Cross Speech
b)
The Cross of Gold Speech
c)
Gold Standard
59.
What was the impact of initiative, referendum, & recall?
a)
gave citizens more democratic participation
b)
it gave more power to political machines
c)
it promoted indirect democracy
d)
it gave more power to smaller political parties
60.
Established the ICC & gave the federal govt the power to regulate the railroad industry.
a)
Interstate Commerce Act
b)
Clayton Anti-trust Act
c)
16th Amendment
d)
Railroad Regulation Act
61.
Main topic of William Jennings Bryan's 1896 Cross of Gold Speech?
a)
Fighting growing influence of business trusts
b)
Changing government's monetary policy
c)
Ending tax-free status of religious institutions
d)
Providing federal aid to poor families

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