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Progressive Era Chapter 11

Total questions: 80

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

He wrote the book The Jungle about the meatpacking industry:

a)

Upton Sinclair

b)

Edward Bellamy

c)

Henry George

d)

Theodore Roosevelt

2.

He wrote the book Looking Backwards:

a)

Upton Sinclair

b)

Edward Bellamy

c)

Henry George

d)

Theodore Roosevelt

3.

He wrote the book Progress and Poverty:

a)

Upton Sinclair

b)

Edward Bellamy

c)

Henry George

d)

Theodore Roosevelt

4.

Florence Kelly was one of the leaders of the National Consumers League (NCL). Her passion was the abolition of:

a)

Women's suffrage

b)

child labor

c)

labor unions

d)

immigration

5.

She was one of the leaders of the National Consumers League (NCL). She pushed for reforms of labor conditions, child labor and women's suffrage:

a)

Jane Addams

b)

Florence Kelly

c)

Mother Jones

d)

Susan B. Anthony

6.

She was the pioneer of social work and is best known for her Hull House project, which was a settlement for immigrants:

a)

Jane Addams

b)

Florence Kelly

c)

Mother Jones

d)

Susan B. Anthony

7.

She lost her family in a yellow fever epidemic. She became a labor leader who worked to create better working conditions for coal miners:

a)

Jane Addams

b)

Florence Kelly

c)

Mother Jones

d)

Susan B. Anthony

8.

They believed government reform and action was needed to improve the lives of Americans not private charity:

a)

Socialists

b)

Progressives

c)

Democrats

d)

Republicans

9.

This term refers to writers who tried to expose wrongdoing by political and business leaders:

a)

Yellow Journalism

b)

Muckrakers

c)

Newsboys

d)

Robber Barons

10.

This writer exposed political corruption in cities:

a)

Lincoln Steffans

b)

Upton Sinclair

c)

Ida Tarbell

d)

Robert LaFollette

11.

This writer exposed the business practices of Standard Oil:

a)

Lincoln Steffans

b)

Upton Sinclair

c)

Ida Tarbell

d)

Robert LaFollette

12.

This political system works on the principle of supply and demand. It calls for limited government regulation:

a)

Capitalism

b)

Socialism

c)

Communism

13.

This political system tries to make everyone have a fair opportunity. It calls for high taxes against the wealthy to pay for government regulations:

a)

Capitalism

b)

Socialism

c)

Communism

14.

A fire at this New York factory killed 146 women and children. Most died because the doors were locked and safety standards were not required:

a)

Galvaston

b)

Triangle

c)

Miami River

d)

Dayton

15.

They controlled neighborhoods and controlled corrupt officials:

a)

Political bosses

b)

Police

c)

Media

d)

President

16.

This means National government in Washington D.C.:

a)

Municipal

b)

State

c)

Federal

d)

National

17.

This is a court order to stop or prohibit an action:

a)

injunction

b)

initiative

c)

muckraker

d)

trust

18.

This gives cities the right to have local control of how they enforce a law:

a)

home rule

b)

social welfare

c)

utility

d)

initiative

19.

At the state level, this process allows citizens to propose or change laws:

a)

initiative

b)

referendum

c)

recall

d)

primaries

20.

At the state level, this process allows citizens to vote on a law or get rid of a law:

a)

initiative

b)

referendum

c)

recall

d)

primaries

21.

At the state level, this process allows citizens to remove an elected official:

a)

initiative

b)

referendum

c)

recall

d)

primaries

22.

This allows the voters to choose their candidates for their political party in upcoming elections:

a)

initiative

b)

referendum

c)

recall

d)

primaries

23.

This amendment allows the government to have an income tax:

a)

16th

b)

17th

c)

18th

d)

19th

24.

This amendment allows the for the direct election of U.S. Senators:

a)

16th

b)

17th

c)

18th

d)

19th

25.

This amendment banned all production, manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages:

a)

16th

b)

17th

c)

18th

d)

19th

26.

This amendment granted women the right to vote:

a)

16th

b)

17th

c)

18th

d)

19th

27.

The name of Theodore Roosevelt's domestic policies

a)

Open Door

b)

Square Deal

c)

Moral Diplomacy

d)

Return to Normalcy

28.

The plan to develop and plan irrigation projects:

a)

National Reclamation Act

b)

United States Forest Service

c)

National Park Service

d)

Hepburn Act

29.

The plan to manage the country's water and timber resources:

a)

National Reclamation Act

b)

United States Forest Service

c)

National Park Service

d)

Hepburn Act

30.

The plan to manage the country's parks:

a)

National Reclamation Act

b)

United States Forest Service

c)

National Park Service

d)

Hepburn Act

31.

The regulated the railroads and outlawed the practice of rebates:

a)

National Reclamation Act

b)

United States Forest Service

c)

National Park Service

d)

Hepburn Act

32.

This became a new position in the President's cabinet:

a)

Environment

b)

Homeland

c)

Health

d)

Labor

33.

This required labeling and mandated disclosure of all ingredients in any consumable product:

a)

Pure Food and Drug Act

b)

Meat Inspection Act

c)

Federal Reserve Act

d)

Clayton Antitrust Act

34.

This required federal inspections of food processing and sanitary conditions:

a)

Pure Food and Drug Act

b)

Meat Inspection Act

c)

Federal Reserve Act

d)

Clayton Antitrust Act

35.

This created a Federal bank to monitor and supervise private banks. It also regulated money supply:

a)

Pure Food and Drug Act

b)

Meat Inspection Act

c)

Federal Reserve Act

d)

Clayton Antitrust Act

36.

This regulated big business and prohibited monopolies and unfair trade practices:

a)

Pure Food and Drug Act

b)

Meat Inspection Act

c)

Federal Reserve Act

d)

Clayton Antitrust Act

37.

Which of these is NOT a term or a practice of a monopoly?

a)

Trust

b)

Holding Company

c)

Competition

d)

Pool

38.

This is a tax on imported goods:

a)

Trust

b)

Tariff

c)

Trade

d)

Horizontal Articulation

39.

Progressives wanted to do this with tariffs:

a)

Raise them

b)

Lower them

c)

Keep them the same

40.

Monopolies wanted to do this with tariffs:

a)

Raise them

b)

Lower them

c)

Keep them the same

41.

This act was supposed to lower tariffs but instead it raised them.

a)

Payne-Aldrich

b)

McKinley

c)

Underwood-Simmons

d)

Sherman Antitrust

42.

This act was lowered the tariff from 40% to 25%.

a)

Payne-Aldrich

b)

McKinley

c)

Underwood-Simmons

d)

Sherman Antitrust

43.

The conflict between two conservationalists that led to the firing of one and made William Howard Taft continue to lose support:

a)

Payne-Aldrich

b)

McKinley-Roosevelt

c)

Ballinger Pinchot

d)

Oldcomer-Newcomer

44.

He succeeded Teddy Roosevelt in 1908 as President:

a)

William Howard Taft

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

Warren G. Harding

d)

Charles Evans Hughes

45.

He won the 1912 election for President:

a)

William Howard Taft

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

Warren G. Harding

d)

Charles Evans Hughes

46.

Teddy Roosevelt ran for President again in 1912. He was this party's candidate:

a)

Republican

b)

Democrat

c)

Socialist

d)

Bull Moose

47.

William Howard Taft ran for re-election as President in 1912. He was this party's candidate:

a)

Republican

b)

Democrat

c)

Socialist

d)

Bull Moose

48.

Woodrow Wilson ran for election as President in 1912. He was this party's candidate:

a)

Republican

b)

Democrat

c)

Socialist

d)

Bull Moose

49.

He won the Presidential election of 1912:

a)

Theodore Roosevelt

b)

William Howard Taft

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

Eugene V. Debs

50.

This ended the Progressive Era:

a)

The assassination of William McKinley

b)

The Great Depression

c)

World War I

d)

Red Scare

51.

Theodore Roosevelt sided with this industry's workers against big business by mediating a settlement:

a)

Coal

b)

Railroads

c)

Farming

d)

Teaching

52.

To break a law by using non-violent means:

a)

Civil disobedience

b)

Lockout

c)

Lynching

d)

Paramilitary occupation

53.

They tried to get change by lobbying states to grant women the right to vote:

a)

National American Women's Suffrage Association (NAWSA)

b)

Congressional Union (CU)

54.

They used civil disobedience to gain women's suffrage including protesting in front of the White House during World War I:

a)

National American Women's Suffrage Association (NAWSA)

b)

Congressional Union (CU)

55.

Alice Paul led this organization. She used tactics she had learned while she was studying in England.

a)

National American Women's Suffrage Association (NAWSA)

b)

Congressional Union (CU)

56.

Carrie Chapman Catt led this organization. She tried to persuade state leaders and congressional leaders to change laws for women's issues:

a)

National American Women's Suffrage Association (NAWSA)

b)

Congressional Union (CU)

57.

This law limited the use of child labor in factories but did not ban it.

a)

Manns-Elkins Act

b)

Underwood-Simmons Act

c)

Hughes Act

d)

Lochner Act

58.

His Presidential Platform was called New Freedom:

a)

Theodore Roosevelt

b)

William Howard Taft

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

Eugene V. Debs

59.

His Presidential Platform was called New Nationalism:

a)

Theodore Roosevelt

b)

William Howard Taft

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

Eugene V. Debs

60.

He led the United Mine Workers in a strike that was settled by President Roosevelt:

a)

John Lewis

b)

George Baer

c)

Charles Evans Hughes

61.

When government uses it's powers to govern itself rather than state or business control:

a)

home rule

b)

petition

c)

referendum

d)

city manager

62.

This act led to labels being required on anything that a person can consume:

a)

Meat Inspection Act

b)

Pure Food and Drug Act

c)

National Reclamation Act

d)

Hepburn Act

63.

To call a question for a vote is called a:

a)

direct primary

b)

initiative

c)

referendum

d)

recall

64.

Arnold Schwartzenneger became Governor of California by this people's right:

a)

Direct primary

b)

initiative

c)

referendum

d)

recall

65.

By taking out a petition and getting half of the registered voters to sign it, a state is exercising this process:

a)

Direct primary

b)

initiative

c)

referendum

d)

recall

66.

This group was left out of Progressive reforms:

a)

farmers

b)

labor

c)

women

d)

child labor

67.

This organization formed to fight segregation:

a)

NAACP

b)

UAL

c)

UIL

d)

MCAT

68.

Poring over documents, conducting countless interviews, and going undercover.

a)

muckraking

b)

yellow journalism

69.

Media (newspapers) sensationalized stories using imagination rather than facts.

a)

muckraking

b)

yellow journalism

70.

This reformer got the attention of Theodore Roosevelt:

a)

Upton Sinclair

b)

Ida Tarbell

c)

Edward Bellamy

d)

Lincoln Steffans

71.

This writer exposed John D. Rockefeller and his business practices:

a)

Upton Sinclair

b)

Ida Tarbell

c)

Edward Bellamy

d)

Lincoln Steffans

72.

This writer attacked political bosses and corrupt businesses and politicians:

a)

Upton Sinclair

b)

Ida Tarbell

c)

Edward Bellamy

d)

Lincoln Steffans

73.

His portrait hangs in NYPD precincts:

a)

Theodore Roosevelt

b)

William Howard Taft

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

Eugene V. Debs

74.

This system wants to give everyone a chance to be equal by focusing on high taxes to pay for education, medical care and social services

a)

Capitalism

b)

Socialism

c)

Capitalism

d)

Utilitarianism

75.

This system wants wants to have competition, a free market not regulated by government and incentives to produce goods by private industries:

a)

Capitalism

b)

Socialism

c)

Capitalism

d)

Utilitarianism

76.

Woodrow Wilson's choice of Louis Brandeis for the Supreme Court almost didn't happen because Brandeis was:

a)

Protestant

b)

Catholic

c)

Jewish

d)

Muslim

77.

The event that led to women's suffrage

a)

Red Scare

b)

World War I

c)

Prohibition

d)

Income taxes

78.

The most likely victim of corruption:

a)

Wealthy

b)

Politicians

c)

Police

d)

Poor

79.

Voters in states decide which candidates will stand for election by:

a)

Direct primary

b)

Initiative

c)

Referendum

d)

Recall

80.

The following were Progressives EXCEPT

a)

Hiriam Johnson

b)

Bob LaFollette

c)

Theodore Roosevelt

d)

William McKinley